PM Jeremiah Manele calls for stronger collaboration at the first SINU-ANU Seminar to steer the Solomon Islands toward sustainable, inclusive growth. 💡🌏 Read more: shorturl.at/huKW3 #SINU #ANU #PacificPolicy @anubellschool.bsky.social

DPA scholars meet U3A Canberra learners! 📘 Our Pacific-focused researchers are engaging with a passionate over-50s community via U3A’s Friday class. → Read the full story: shorturl.at/CPzGD #PacificPolicy #ANU #LifelongLearning @anubellschool.bsky.social

🚨 On 6 Nov, join our seminar “A Beginner’s Guide to Land Grabbing in Port Moresby” to unpack how NCD customary land has been alienated through legal avenues since 1975. Register now: shorturl.at/Z5UGh #PNG #LandRights #PacificPolicy @anubellschool.bsky.social

🌍 Join us 5 Nov 2025 for a key seminar on how service providers are helping #women access #justice in domestic violence cases in #Bangladesh & #PNG. 🧷 Register now: shorturl.at/V5Abv @anubellschool.bsky.social

Bougainville is approaching a pivotal moment in 2027. Join our seminar on how leadership, governance and development will shape its path toward self-determination and stability. 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/KkRiI #Bougainville #Pacific #Leadership @anubellschool.bsky.social

🌏 Thank you to everyone who joined us in Port Moresby for the Pacific Research Program Networking Event! A great evening of connection, collaboration & conversation on Pacific-led research. #PacificResearch #PNG #PRP @anubellschool.bsky.social

The #Pacific is navigating major shifts — from #climate change to #security and #mobility. 🌊 Join leading voices from #Vanuatu, Australia & the region on 27 Oct for a vital discussion on Pacific-led solutions. 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/hIK7u @anubellschool.bsky.social

📡 How effectively was the public informed when Samoa approved Starlink’s entry in 2025? A new DPA In Brief explores media coverage & communication around this major policy shift. 🔗 Read here: shorturl.at/LmJ4m #Pacific #Samoa #Starlink #Media

📣 Join us for Evaluating the #Bougainville Peace Agreement’s Implementation — a timely event examining the progress, challenges, and future of peace in Bougainville. 🗓 Date & time: Tuesday 14 October, 2.30 - 3.30 pm AEDT 🔗 Register now: shorturl.at/OpjdC @anubellschool.bsky.social

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

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

The festival of Pukpuk Treaty commentary continues, this time with PNG's Post-Courier, alongside my esteemed colleagues Oliver Nobetau and Richard McGregor of @lowyinstitute.bsky.social, and Michael Kabuni from @anudpa.bsky.social. www.postcourier.com.pg/experts-and-...

Congratulations to Dr Sonia Palmieri on her new book, Gender Sensitive Parliaments in Fiji.🌺 It examines how global #gender norms intersect with local #politics to shape parliamentary change in #Fiji. 📖 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @anubellschool.bsky.social

On 23–24 Sept, DPA ran its third Understanding the Pacific course for DFAT staff in 2025 🌏 Participants explored Pacific history, diversity & key issues—climate, gender, development, China & Australia’s role. #Pacific #climatechange #gender #development @anubellschool.bsky.social

📢 DPA Seminar Factors in Employment Policy in Solomon Islands & Vanuatu Stephen Close shares PhD findings on how politics shapes overseas scholarships & labour mobility in two Pacific nations. Register: shorturl.at/TofYk #SolomonIslands #Vanuatu @anubellschool.bsky.social

#PNG celebrated 50 years of independence with the PNG: 50 for 50 Symposium at ANU—reflecting on the past & imagining the next 50. Dive into the highlights here: shorturl.at/ogIwr @anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

“What we would like to see are whole-of-electoral-cycle initiatives that promote equal citizenship with a focus on disability,” says Ellenah Kelly and Kerryn Baker from our @anudpa.bsky.social. Read here: devpolicy.org/addressing-d... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

"In many respects it is a unique relationship [between ANU & UPNG] — a relationship between two national universities that is also, by extension, a relationship between two nations," says Sinclair Dinnen of @anudpa.bsky.social. Read here: devpolicy.org/the-historic... @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

📚 To mark #PNG50, a landmark new book has arrived. Nearly 30 stories—authored by Papua New Guineans—spotlight teachers, academics, church leaders, and community figures who helped shape the nation since 1975. Read more here: shorturl.at/fzfGq @anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

#PNG at 50! This symposium asks: what lessons from the past will shape the next 50 years? Hear from diplomats, leaders, and academics as they confront challenges and chart a path toward PNG’s centenary. #PNG50 #Pacific @anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

#PNG faces barriers to #women’s participation in politics & labour mobility. Join us for a seminar exploring how #migration, #politics & #gender intersect. 📢Speakers: Geejay Milli, Natasha Turia & Dr Mercy Masta 🔗 Info here: shorturl.at/pA8b7 @anubellschool.bsky.social

From #Semey to the #MarshallIslands, #nuclear testing left enduring scars across Oceania & Central Asia. Civil society is leading the call for #justice. 👉Read the publication here: shorturl.at/BD3hE @anubellschool.bsky.social

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

“Stablecoins are becoming more tightly regulated and, as a result, more credible as digital dollars abroad,” writes Monique Taylor in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-s-stablecoin-opportunity-pacific

🔎 How do #women in the #Pacific perceive risks of #crime—both physical and online—and what strategies do they use to stay safe? A new DPA In Brief shares insights from a pilot study across five Pacific countries. 👉 Read more: shorturl.at/L1Be6 @anubellschool.bsky.social

Join PhD candidate Romitesh Kant (DPA, ANU) as he explores how #masculinities shape #leadership, legitimacy & #power in #Fiji’s politics. 🗓️ Wed, 27 Aug, 10:30am - 12pm AEST 📍 shorturl.at/TQuWi @anubellschool.bsky.social

Grateful to @anudpa.bsky.social for publishing my In Brief on how nuclear programs by the US, UK, France & USSR scarred both Oceania & Central Asia—linking the regions in shared struggles for justice & healing. Read: openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/entities/pub...

Join PhD candidate Romitesh Kant (DPA, ANU) as he explores how #masculinities shape #leadership, legitimacy & #power in #Fiji’s politics. 🗓️ Wed, 27 Aug, 10:30am - 12pm AEST 📍 shorturl.at/TQuWi @anubellschool.bsky.social

Democracy in the #Pacific is vibrant but faces challenges. A new report from DPA & International IDEA explores #Fiji, #PNG, #SolomonIslands and #Vanuatu — offering 3 strategies to strengthen global understanding of #democracy. Read more: shorturl.at/OLqH3 @anubellschool.bsky.social

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

“It was incredibly valuable to have time away from day‑to‑day work to think deeply and engage with content that is directly relevant to our work.” DFAT staff share their reflections on DPA’s Understanding the #Pacific course. ➡ Read more: shorturl.at/OCUMa @anubellschool.bsky.social

This week, DFAT staff joined our two‑day Understanding the #Pacific course at ANU. From #climate change to regional #diplomacy, participants explored key challenges shaping Australia’s engagement in the Pacific. 🌏 Hear more from participants: shorturl.at/OCUMa @anubellschool.bsky.social

Explore the latest insights on #Pacific affairs — check out DPA’s fresh line-up of #publications for Semester 1, 2025! 🔎 Access the articles here: bellschool.anu.edu.au/content-cent... @anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

Curious about the big ideas shaping our region? Discover the thought-provoking seminars hosted by DPA in Semester 1, 2025 — now live on YouTube! 📺 Watch them here: bellschool.anu.edu.au/content-cent... @anubellschool.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

What’s at stake in Australia’s #COP31 bid? Salā Dr George Carter speaks to ABC about why Pacific leadership on climate diplomacy matters, and how Turkey’s challenge could reshape the outcome. 🎧: quicklink.anu.edu.au/zru8 @anudpa.bsky.social @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

A step forward for women’s political inclusion in #PNG. Aust. High Commissioner Ewen McDonald met the team behind IPIP – a new #PNGAusPartnership initiative led by ANU to support women’s leadership & participation in elections. #Inclusive #Leadership #Pacific @anubellschool.bsky.social

Romitesh Kant, PhD scholar from our @anudpa.bsky.social, speaks to ABC about Fijian politician Lynda Tabuya and how cyberbullying is weaponised to silence Pacific women in politics. 🎧: quicklink.anu.edu.au/0979 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social

#Honiara was transformed through community-made by-laws. Across #Melanesia, locals are crafting their own rules — with mixed success. Our new two-part article explores how and why. 🔎 Part 1: shorturl.at/DCO9c Part 2: shorturl.at/cWjZi @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social

In a new two-part series, Anna Naupa explores how the 2024 #Vanuatu referendum ties into political integrity reforms and what it means for future #Pacific referenda. Read more 👇 Part 1: shorturl.at/1hTVV Part: 2: shorturl.at/IGwDS @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social

🚀 #Starlink is transforming internet access in the #Pacific — from remote schools to disaster zones. But in some places, it’s banned. 🌐 What’s behind the mixed response to this satellite internet revolution? Read more: shorturl.at/mUzxs @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social

PM Rabuka launched the 1st Foreign Policy White Paper, shaping how #Fiji will engage with the world for the next 10 years. Built on sovereignty, security & prosperity, it defines Fiji's foreign policy vision.🌏 🔗 Read here: shorturl.at/RVYoD @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social

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

The #Pacific is more than a strategic chessboard. It's a region demanding agency, resilience & real partnerships. Dr Meg Keen reflects on her work across the Islands in a new article: 🔗 shorturl.at/SDeH1 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social

Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/AJBH.09.2025 @ausdictionarybiog.bsky.social @romiteshkant.bsky.social @anudpa.bsky.social @anu-chl.bsky.social @kteaiwa.bsky.social @amywayness.bsky.social @auswhn.bsky.social

"[In Pacific nations] the national economy & the social sectors are affected by illicit & exploitative movements of logs, minerals, beche-de-mer & fish as shipments enter & leave the region undetected" says Drs Anouk Ride & Henrietta McNeill-Stowers. ➡️ quicklink.anu.edu.au/wa91 @anudpa.bsky.social

“Australia has an opportunity to role-model positive practice in its own context, bearing in mind that the Pacific needs to find its own way to parity,” says A/Prof Sonia Palmieri, Head of our @anudpa.bsky.social “The emphasis on local actors is critical here.” ➡️https://quicklink.anu.edu.au/b5c6

How did Denghua Zhang come to study #China’s influence in the #Pacific? This reflective piece shares the moments, voices, and questions that inspired his journey. A personal story with global relevance. 🔗 Read the piece: shorturl.at/WrM87 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social

How inclusive were the 2024 #SolomonIslands #elections for people with disabilities? Join us for a seminar reflecting on the vote, #disability rights & civil society’s role. 🗓️ Wed, 21 May 2025, 2:30 – 3:30pm 🔗 shorturl.at/W7Rx8 @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social

Join us to examine how formal assistance programs interact with traditional systems in Fiji, Cook Islands, and Marshall Islands, and what that means for women’s economic inclusion. 🗓️ Tue, 27 May 2025, 11:00am – 12:00pm 🔗 shorturl.at/dFgtA @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social

Join Dr. Emma Kluge as she spotlights the 1960s #Papuan #independence campaign—where Pacific activists engaged the UN & Afro-Asian networks to challenge #colonial & imperial power. 🗓️ Thu, 22 May 2025, 2:00 – 3:00pm 🔗 shorturl.at/HjD2s @anu-asiapacific.bsky.social @anubellschool.bsky.social