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Our academics regularly provide analysis, opinion and commentary in the media.

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Pacific Islands focus: health sovereignty, polio outbreak and regional relationships
Isabelle Zhu-Maguire writes for Croakey Health Media

In a country wedded to fossil fuels, what would an Australia-Pacific climate conference look like?
Isabelle Zhu-Maguire writes for Croakey Health Media

What does a parity parliament in Australia mean for the Pacific?
Associate Professor Sonia Palmieri writes for DevPolicy Blog

Ukraine's attack on Russian air bases marks 'next phase' in drone warfare
Professor Stephan Fruehling speaks to ABC Digital

From “partner of choice” to problem-solving partners in the Pacific
Henrietta McNeill-Stowers & Anouk Ride writes for DevPolicy Blog

PCIS: island communities must define 'Security in Micronesia' for themselves
Dr Denghua Zhang speaks with Kuam News

In Australia’s post-US future, we must find our own way with China
EmProf Hugh White speaks to The Guardian

‘Be very realistic’: Defence expert on the new world order – and Indonesia’s rise
Em Prof Hugh White speaks to The Age

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David Oakeshott
Dr David Oakeshott is a Senior Research Officer with the Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) and a former PhD student with DPA.
  • Pacific
Family Protection Orders

A study on the use and efficacy of protection orders as a key response to domestic and family violence in Papua New Guinea
Although domestic violence legislation has been enacted in many middle and low income countries, there is very little evidence of how they have worked in diverse socio-cultural and political settings.
Workshop participants at Pasifika House, Brisbane, 9 December 2022.
by DPA

Workshops on safety and wellbeing of Pacific workers in Australia
Researchers from DPA held workshops to discuss the preliminary findings of research on the safety and wellbeing experiences of people who are working in Australia with the PALM scheme.
  • Welfare
  • Labour Migration
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
Dr Judy Putt with the award

Bell School prize for ‘Partnership, Impact and Engagement’ awarded to the research project on 'Family Protection Orders'
The research project on 'The use and efficacy of family protection orders in PNG' has been awarded the Bell School prize for ‘Partnership, Impact and Engagement’.
  • Ending violence against women and girls
  • Gender
Kazimier Lim

Kazimier Lim
For the longest time, Kazi thought he would work as a manager at a luxury property. However, in middle school, he began questioning power, prestige and norms in international politics.
Ann Zhang.jpg

Ann Zhang
Considering herself a people-oriented person, Ann studied diplomacy as a form of communication and intellectual exchange.
People on a boat in Papua New Guinea
by PXhere

Recordings now available – State of the Pacific 2022
Listen to the panel discussions from State of the Pacific 2022.
  • Politics
  • Security
  • Labour Migration
  • Governance and regulation
  • Geopolitics and Regionalism
  • Gender
Bilums from PNG

New research released on family protection orders in Papua New Guinea
This research is the first of its kind in PNG that specifically looks at how family protection orders are working following the introduction of the Family Protection Act.

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Mon, 9 Dec 2024

The Future of Doing IR Differently

Department of International Relations 75th Anniversary Public Lecture Series
Thu, 5 Dec 2024

Hope and possibility beyond the doom and gloom: Hothouse 2024 wrap

It has been another concerning year for climate change, inequalities and health.
Fri, 29 Nov 2024

The Embodied Political Ecology of Global Solar PV Supply Chains

China, Development and International Order Seminar Series
Tue, 26 Nov - Wed, 27 Nov 2024

ANU Southeast Asia Institute Student Research Symposium 2024

Connecting Southeast Asian Research: Grounded Empirics, Textured Theory, and Regional Methodologies
Mon, 25 Nov 2024

Advancing Afghan Women's Rights

Hosted by the ANU Gender Institute

Thu, 21 Nov 2024

Defence Indigenous Engagement: Advancing Reconciliation or Militarised Inclusion?

Department of International Relations 75th Anniversary Public Lecture Series
Tue, 19 Nov 2024

Nancy Munn in Central Australia: Gendering the field and how what mattered and who mattered changed

A public lecture brought to you by Fulbright Australia, the ANU Gender Insitute, the School of Culture, History & Language and the ANU First Nations Portfolio
Fri, 15 Nov 2024

What do we see when we ask “What is China?”

Graduate Research and Development Network on Asian Security (GRADNAS) Seminar Series

Watch event recordings on YouTube