Author Archives: pacificinstitute

Vale Dennis O’Rourke (1945-2013)

Posted on June 19, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The friends and colleagues of Dennis O’Rourke are deeply saddened by the death of one of the greatest documentary makers of his generation. Dennis died of cancer on June 15 in his home in Cairns surrounded by his partner Tracey … Continue reading →

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West Papua – advocacy, dialogue & engagement

Posted on June 19, 2013 by pacificinstitute

On the eve of the MSG Leaders’ Summit, the Pacific Institute for Public Policy argues that, “it’s time to talk frankly and openly about West Papua’s future. Melanesian leaders face a question integral to their collective identity: How and whether West … Continue reading →

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Development Policy Centre Annual Report 2012

Posted on June 17, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The ANU’s Development Policy Centre has a mandate to “research and promote discussion of – aid effectiveness, the Pacific and PNG, and development policy”. Read more about their work in the Development Policy Centre’s 2012 Annual Report.  If you don’t have time … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Salmah Eva-Lina Lawrence!

Posted on June 17, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Salmah Eva-Lina is a new PhD Candidate in Gender, Sexuality and Culture. She left a decade long career with a global business advisory firm leading risk management practices in London, New York and Sydney to undertake work in international and … Continue reading →

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Jobs: SSGM Pacific Research Fellow Positions

Posted on June 17, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific is seeking to appoint two Pacific Research Fellows with ongoing research interests in Melanesia (PNG, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, New … Continue reading →

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Pasifika Youth Camp (11-13 September 2013)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Pasifika Youth Camp, Weds 11 – Fri 13 Sept 2013, offers high school students in years 9 and 10 an informative, interactive and fun camp celebrating Pasifika culture and encouraging educational aspirations. Apply here by or before 1 August 2013.

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Job: Pasifika Outreach and Research Fellow Position

Posted on June 17, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific seeks to expand and deepen our outreach and research capacity on migrant Pacific communities with a special emphasis … Continue reading →

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PIF Secretariat – Briefing documents for SIDS 2014

Posted on June 17, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States will be held from 1 to 4 September 2014 in Apia, Samoa. It will focus the world’s attention on a group of countries that remain a special case for sustainable development … Continue reading →

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IISD complete coverage of SIDS meetings (1993-2012)

Posted on June 14, 2013 by pacificinstitute

For the past two decades, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) “has provided the main source of information regarding intergovernmental negotiations and activities to develop and implement sustainable development policy in small island developing States (SIDS). Its Earth Negotiations Bulletin reports … Continue reading →

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Job: Systems Administrator for PIF Secretariat

Posted on June 14, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has an exciting opportunity for a Systems Administrator to join their Corporate Services team in Suva, Fiji on a full time basis.

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Petition to save KIT Library & The Tropenmuseum (Amsterdam)

Posted on June 14, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The Library of the Royal Institute for the Tropics and The Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam’s ethnographic and multicultural museum [with an outstanding permanent exhibition of art and artefacts from New Guinea and Oceania], may close in the next few years if the Government of … Continue reading →

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ANU medical students fundraise for Fiji

Posted on June 13, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Photo Left to right: Casey Tipping, Blair Burke, Alistair Michell, Christina Hodge and Juliana Mai (by John Yek). “Fundraising is underway for the seventh Fiji Village Project (FVP), an ANU Medical School initiative to deliver vital services in the South … Continue reading →

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Australia Awards Fellowships (Round 14 closes 19 June 2013)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Applications are currently open for Round 14, for Australia Awards Fellowships beginning in 2014 (close 19 June 2013). Visit AusAID’s AAF page for more information. Australia Awards Fellowships provide senior officials and mid-career professionals from developing countries with the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Vanuatu Community says farewell to Prof. Darrell Tryon

Posted on June 7, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The Government and people of the Republic of Vanuatu were represented at the recent funeral of Professor Darrell Tryon. “Darrell was always a good friend to the people of Vanuatu, and was a great contributor to the building of our nation,” … Continue reading →

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Vale: Karina May Taylor (1979 – 2013)

Posted on June 6, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Photo: Karina in the ANU’s Pacific Research Archive with Ms Josepha Joseph-Kapa (Head of Archives and the New Guinea Collection at the Michael Somare Library, University of Papua New Guinea). Karina Taylor, the former Archivist at the Pacific Research Archives of … Continue reading →

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The Pacific Plan and non-self-governing territories in the Pacific

Posted on June 5, 2013 by pacificinstitute

In the latest Podcast from the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program (SSGM), Nic Maclellan “discusses the capacity of United Nations agencies, the Pacific Islands Forum and other regional organisations to advance decolonisation initiatives in the region” with specific … Continue reading →

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Breaking the Spell: update on sorcery and witchcraft conference

Posted on June 5, 2013 by pacificinstitute

“Widespread practice and belief in sorcery and witchcraft are not only linked to brutal violence and killings in Melanesia – they are stifling the development and modernisation of the region” writes Belinda Cranston. Read her article, or more about the … Continue reading →

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Outrigger banners: Micronesian canoe in ANU Menzies Library

Posted on June 4, 2013 by pacificinstitute

This small canoe demonstrates two of the most striking features of Micronesian (and some Polynesian) canoes.

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‘Governance is Political in Papua New Guinea’

Posted on June 3, 2013 by pacificinstitute

by Dr Bill Standish, Visiting Fellow in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. “Governance is Political in Papua New Guinea” was first published in IBS Journal of Business and Research, Volume 6 (January 2013) by the Institute of … Continue reading →

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“Hijacking decolonisation”: French Polynesia at the UN

Posted on June 1, 2013 by pacificinstitute

“In a historic decision, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on 17 May to reinscribe French Polynesia on the UN list of non-self-governing territories. The resolution, sponsored by Solomon Islands, Nauru and Tuvalu with support from Vanuatu, Samoa … Continue reading →

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Engaging with Capitalism: Cases from Oceania (Research in Economic Anthropology, Volume 33)

Posted on June 1, 2013 by pacificinstitute

by Fiona McCormack and Kate Barclay, published by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. Engaging with Capitalism: Cases from Oceania emerged from a conversation on the e-mail listserv of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania (ASAO-Net) and a subsequent working session … Continue reading →

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Oceania Newsletter No.70

Posted on June 1, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Oceania Newsletter No. 70 (June 2013) is now available from the Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Update on GEF IWRM projects in Pacific Island Countries

Posted on May 30, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Pacific Implementing Sustainable Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries project recently issued progress snapshots for: Fiji, FSM, Majuro Atoll (Marshall Islands), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

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Combatting family and sexual violence in PNG: Ume Wainetti

Posted on May 29, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Ume Wainetti (of the PNG Family and Sexual Violence Action Committee) gave a talk at the ANU hosted by the Development Policy Centre on 22 May 2013 titled ‘Combatting family and sexual violence in PNG: What has been achieved and … Continue reading →

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France in the South Pacific

Posted on May 29, 2013 by pacificinstitute

by Denise Fisher, Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies, Research School of Humanities & the Arts College of Arts and Social Sciences. This publication is now available in  PDF View Online ePub mobi or print copy formats from ANU Epress. France is a … Continue reading →

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PACE-Net Newsletter No.6 (May 2013)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by pacificinstitute

PACE-Net newsletter No.6 (May 2013) is now available. It provides an update on PACE-Net initiatives and PACE-Net “Recommendations for a Strategic Plan on Research, Innovation and Development in the Pacific” that will guide the PACE-Net+ collaboration over the next few … Continue reading →

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From the ground up

Posted on May 24, 2013 by pacificinstitute

“It would be better to give Australian aid and governance support to Timor-Leste’s local communities rather than state institutions,” argues JOANNE WALLIS in her latest post to the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific website.

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Papuan Voices: Australian Tour

Posted on May 22, 2013 by pacificinstitute

2:00-3:30pm 27 May 2013, Sparkes Helmore Theatre, College of Law, ANU. Papuan Voices is a video-advocacy initiative assisting West Papuan communities to tell their stories. It challenges common misconceptions about this troubled territory and builds local storytellers in a region … Continue reading →

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Securing Village Life: Development in Late Colonial Papua New Guinea

Posted on May 20, 2013 by pacificinstitute

by Scott MacWilliam, Visiting Fellow with the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project (SSGM) in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. This publication is now available in  PDF View Online ePub mobi. Securing Village Life: Development in Late Colonial Papua New Guinea examines … Continue reading →

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Tribute to The Late Professor Darrell Tryon (1942-2013)

Posted on May 18, 2013 by pacificinstitute

by Emeritus Professor Malcolm Ross, Pacific Linguistics, ANU. Emeritus Professor Darrell Tryon, longtime researcher into the languages of Vanuatu, the Solomons and the Loyalty Islands, died in Canberra on Wednesday 15th May at the age of 70. Darrell had been … Continue reading →

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An Information-communication revolution in the Pacific

Posted on May 17, 2013 by pacificinstitute

A World Bank update on ICT in the Pacific and a new project by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to bring broadband to the Pacific… [read this update or more background on the World Bank’s Pacific Regional Connectivity … Continue reading →

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Darrell Tryon (1942-2013): A Personal Tribute

Posted on May 17, 2013 by pacificinstitute

By Prof. Brij V Lal, Pacific and Asian History, ANU. By now you all will have heard of Darrell Tryon’s passing. A full account will appear in due course on his life and contribution, but for now I write simply … Continue reading →

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Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Pacific History (University of Auckland)

Posted on May 16, 2013 by pacificinstitute

The Department of History invites applications for a permanent appointment in Pacific History, at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level.  The successful applicant will join a dynamic department with a commitment to thematic, transnational and/or comparative historical research and training. We … Continue reading →

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ANU Linguistics Newsletter 4(2) (May 2013)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Linguistics newsletter Vol.4 No.2 (May 2013) is now available. This newsletter gives updates on linguistics research at the ANU across the Asia Pacific and includes important information on ongoing research across the island of New Guinea.

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Chief Roi Mata’s Domain World Heritage site now has office on Lelepa Island

Posted on May 14, 2013 by pacificinstitute

World Heritage site of the Chief Roi Mata’s Domain now has a permanent office recently opened on Lelepa Island.  The opening on 5 May 2013 marked a significant day in the history of the World Heritage site, the first World … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Paul Mitchell!

Posted on May 13, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Paul Mitchell has recently begun a part-time Masters by Research in Pacific History, addressing a historical topic that is of very real significance for contemporary Vanuatu, and for the people of Malekula in particular. He plans to conduct archival and … Continue reading →

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Envisioning tomorrow: social work in PNG

Posted on May 12, 2013 by pacificinstitute

Documentary by Cameron Rose, Catherine Flynn and Kerry Brydon. This short documentary has emerged from the ongoing collaboration in Social Work at the University of Papua New Guinea and Monash University, that began in 2010 with the Go8-UPNG project. Papua New Guinea … Continue reading →

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Charité: return of ancestral remains

Posted on May 10, 2013 by pacificinstitute

On 26 April the Charité University Hospital in Berlin returned the ancestral remains of 33 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to their Traditional Owners. This was the first ever return of Australian Indigenous ancestral remains from a German institution and … Continue reading →

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Courage is Contagious: Jennifer Robinson at TEDx Sydney 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by pacificinstitute

See ANU Alumnus Jen Robinson surprise the audience at the Sydney Opera House on 4 May with her talk at TEDx Sydney 2013 [see the follow-up TEDx video interview].

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BLUE MARBLE – The Pacific in the post-2015 development agenda

Posted on May 7, 2013 by pacificinstitute

BLUE MARBLE – The Pacific in the post-2015 development agenda, the latest “Discussion Starter” from the Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP), is a wide-ranging document that “investigates the need for a new perspective on development, one which encompasses peace-building, … Continue reading →

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