New from me & my amazing co-author Ellenah Kelly on disability equity in politics and elections in Solomon Islands

New article on PNG politics - practising politics in a disorderly democracy @anudpa.bsky.social

Addressing disability inequality on polling day is just the beginning @anudpa.bsky.social

My review of Jacinda Ardern’s memoir now out in AJPH, featuring - importantly - my first reference to Impulse Body Spray in an academic journal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

ANU & NUV students explored #resilience and #policy in #Vanuatu 🇻🇺 — learning from local leaders, building friendships & deepening #Pacific solidarity. 🌏 Read more ➡️ shorturl.at/WsbkL @anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

New open access article from @romiteshkant.bsky.social & me on how the 2013 Fiji constitution limits diversity & inclusion in politics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article (open access!) on findings from the Pacific Attitudes Survey Vanuatu @anudpa.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The latest Intel asked @kerrynbaker.bsky.social "50 years of independence in PNG: What do we need to think about for the future of the Australia-PNG Partnership?" Read her response here 👉 lnkd.in/gQ-PavN5 Sign up to get the Intel straight to your inbox 👉 ow.ly/rYB250SavNo

Delighted to contribute to this week’s Intel question from @devintellab.bsky.social, asking: "50 years of independence in PNG: What do we need to think about for the future of the Australia-PNG Partnership?" Read my full response: devintelligencelab.com/the-intel

This excellent piece today from Anna Naupa explores attitudes around contested issues of political candidacy & national identity in Vanuatu (partly using our @anudpa.bsky.social Pacific Attitudes Survey data!)

My piece on an eventful 2024 in Solomon Islands, and looking toward what 2025 might bring for @eastasiaforum.bsky.social @anudpa.bsky.social

This MP wants to end Vanuatu’s male monopoly on government @anudpa.bsky.social

📢New issue of #PAG20 is out!📢 In "Tradition Meets Democracy" @kerrynbaker.bsky.social and co-authors look to the role of traditional and nontraditional gender norms in structuring women's political participation in 🇼🇸. polisky gendersky https://buff.ly/3WMwEbA

Where geopolitics and development meet

Great analysis from Anna Naupa here on rebuilding public trust in parliament after (another) snap election in Vanuatu (including the importance of a strong opposition)

A process to review and amend Fiji's constitution is underway maitvfiji.com/fiji-cabinet...

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa’s first female Prime Minister, remains the country's PM, but the FAST party remains divided. Good analysis from Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson & Lilomaiava Maina Vai on Devpolicy: devpolicy.org/samoa-politi...

What do you do when a country's official electorate map is completely divorced from the reality on the ground? I don't know, but Papua New Guinea is about to find out. Thiago Opperman explains the problem today on Devpolicy: devpolicy.org/where-is-men...

From Papua New Guinea's final days as a colony, across the promise & challenges of its independence, at the front lines of it relations with Australia, the late Charles Lepani was there. Stephen Howes has a informed personal & historical obituary on Devpolicy: devpolicy.org/vale-charles...

Vanuatu elects fewer female MPs than basically anywhere on the planet: just six in 45 years. I spoke with the only woman MP of the last parliament, Gloria Julia King, on the struggles women face getting selected and elected. www.thesenior.com.au/story/886869...

New Zealand rejects a proposal by the Cook Islands to create its own passports and citizenship. Citizenship in nations that are not-quite-states is complicated and deserves more comparative study @globalcit.bsky.social islandsbusiness.com/news-break/n...

In our most recent episode, @jochandler.bsky.social speaks to causes of the recent explosion of harvesting of fish maw in the remote Kikori delta in Papua New Guinea.

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Tradition Meets Democracy" @kerrynbaker.bsky.social and co-authors use survey data to look to the role of traditional and nontraditional gender norms in structuring women's political participation in 🇼🇸. Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...