Past events
The War Game: Australian War Leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq
In this seminar, Professor David Horner will be discussing his new book, The War Game, Australian War leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq. Committing the nation to war is the gravest decision its...
How Thai and Burmese torturers talk
In 2021, a group of anti-narcotics cops in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand suffocated a man to death with plastic bags. The torture and killing would have gone unreported but it was captured on a video,...
Coral Bell School Inaugural Annual Lecture on Indigenous Diplomacy
Indigenous peoples have a long history of conducting international diplomacy, from their relations with one another across the continent for tens of millennia, their engagement with peoples...
Navigating climate displacement: What options are there for Kiribati?
Please note: This is a hybrid event and will also be available on Zoom.
Speaker: Akka Rimon, PhD Candidate, Department of Pacific Affairs/Australia Pacific Security College
In the...
DORO Behind the Byline
DORO Behind the Byline comes as a sequel to Afro-Asia in Upheaval: A Memoir of Front-line Reporting. It shifts the focus back to the examination of domestic events that determined profoundly the...
Encountering ‘Sainaman’: Friction and Friendship at a PNG Mining Project
Please note: This is a hybrid event and will also be available on Zoom.
Speaker: Shaun Gessler, PhD Candidate, DPA
What does China’s increasing economic engagement in the Pacific...
Pacific Security Cooperation Workshop
PLEASE NOTE: This is an in-person event only. The event will be recorded and a copy of it will be publicly available at a later date.
The Pacific Security Cooperation workshop will take...
Kisim planti wok (accessing more jobs): Papua New Guinea and Pacific Labour Mobility programs
Please note: This is a hybrid event and will also be available on Zoom.
Speaker: Natasha Turia-Moka, PhD Candidate, DPA
With a population of almost nine million people, Papua New...
Governing garbage: the interplay between formality and informality in solid waste management in the Indonesian urban context
This research focuses on the interplay between formality and informality in waste management and its impact on urban governance. It investigate how formal and informal waste systems interact in...
Clientelism and Public Health: Explaining Variation in Healthcare Services in Three Indonesian Cities
What explains the disparity of healthcare services in Indonesia, with inadequate and uneven distribution of healthcare resources and technical capacities across regions?
Many studies have...