Reserachers working on


PACIFIC REGIONAL POLITICS


(alphabetical order)

Sémir AL WARDI
Associate Professor, Laboratoire Gouvernance et Développement Insulaire at Université de la Polynésie française, French Polynesia

Administrative areas: French Polynesia
Places: Polynesia, Melanesia
Keywords: Colonialism, Democracy, Foreign Policy, French Overseas Territories, Governance, Indigenous Politics, Pacific Regional Politics, Political Culture

Ruci Mafi BOTEI
PhD Student, Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture & Pacific Studies at University of the South Pacific, Fiji

Administrative areas: Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands
Places: Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Agency, Culture-nature Relations, Customary Law, Cutural Change, Epistemology, Pacific Regional Politics, Pacific Studies, World Heritage

Tony CROOK
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Pacific Studies at University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

Administrative areas: Papua New Guinea
Places: Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Western Province (Fly)
Keywords: Knowledge, Secrecy, Ritual, Kinship, Gender, Horticulture, Mining, Climate Change, Pacific Regional Politics, Development

Alison FLEMING
Independent researcher, European Programme at Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

Administrative areas: Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia, Shefa (Vanuatu)
Places: Melanesia, Australia (area)
Keywords: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, Sustainability, Social-ecological System, Resilience, Pacific Regional Politics, Natural Resources, Land Tenure, Interdisciplinarity

Hugh GOVAN

Administrative areas: Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Rapanui - Easter Island (Chile), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Galapagos (Ecuador)
Places: Melanesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Eco-anthropology, Environment, Fisheries, Gender Violence, Land Tenure, Oceans, Non Communicable Diseases, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Small-scale Fisheries, Public Policies

Andreas HOLTZ
Independent researcher

Administrative areas: Vanuatu, Fiji, Australia, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Nauru
Places: Australia (area), Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Cultural Studies, Governance, Indigenous Politics, International Relationships, Mining, Pacific Regional Politics, Political Economy, Regional Integration, Security, Sub-regionalism

Tarcisius KABUTAULAKA
Associate Professor, Center for Pacific Islands Studies at University of Hawai'i-Manoa, United States

Administrative areas: Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Australia
Places: Melanesia, Australia (area)
Keywords: Development Studies, Development, Logging, Pacific Regional Politics, Pacific Studies, Political Economy, Foreign Policy, Natural Resources

Stephanie LAWSON
Professor, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University, Australia

Administrative areas: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
Places: Melanesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Custom, Democracy, Globalization, Governance, Inter-ethnic Relations, International Relationships, Pacific Regional Politics, Politics, Post-Colonialism, Race / Racism

Dr. Joanna SIEKIERA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law / Bergen Pacific Studies Research Group at Universitetet i Bergen, Norway

Administrative areas: Wellington (New Zealand)
Places: Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia
Keywords: Regionalism, Regionalisation, Regional Organisations, Law and Culture, International Relationships, Governance, Pacific Regional Politics, Public Policies