Harriet Smith

Harriet Smith
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Harriet Smith is a former Research Associate in the Melanesia Program, where she worked primarily on the Aus-PNG Network. She holds a Master of International Studies from the University of Queensland, for which she undertook a research project on women in Fiji. During her undergraduate degree she spent a semester studying at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Her research interests include the Pacific Islands region, security, gender and sexuality, peace and conflict resolution, and the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence.

Pacific links: RAMSI, Baldwin Lonsdale, PNG voting update and more
Pacific links: RAMSI, Baldwin Lonsdale, PNG voting update and more
This week's links also include a look at the ongoing impact of the 2015-16 drought in PNG, the 2017 Pacific Update and the new documentary, My Father, My Country.
Pacific links: Resilience, US engagement, marine health and more
Pacific links: Resilience, US engagement, marine health and more
The limitations of resilience, elections in PNG, the UN Oceans Conference and more.
Pacific links: PNG’s coffee crop, UN Oceans, Pacer Plus impact questioned and more
Pacific links: PNG’s coffee crop, UN Oceans, Pacer Plus impact questioned and more
This week's links include reports from the UN Oceans Conference and a take on how cockroaches wrote the history of New Caledonia.
Pacific links: Ocean economies, PACER Plus, Robin Nair and more
Pacific links: Ocean economies, PACER Plus, Robin Nair and more
This week's links include the UN Oceans' Conference and detail on the PACER Plus trade deal.
Pacific links: Churches and climate change, PNG election, Fiji and Clause 24, and more
Pacific links: Churches and climate change, PNG election, Fiji and Clause 24, and more
This week's links include the role for religious leaders and churches in climate change strategies, PNG pollies taking to social media, and the end of RAMSI on the Solomons.
Pacific links: Manus Island asylum seekers told to move on, the rubbish-filled Henderson Island, PNG's informal economy and more
Pacific links: Manus Island asylum seekers told to move on, the rubbish-filled Henderson Island, PNG's informal economy and more
Demolition work will soon begin at the Manus Island detention centre while an economist urges PNG's politicians to consider the informal economy in the run up to the election.
Pacific links: Australia’s budget, shortwave services, the Pacific test, and more
Pacific links: Australia’s budget, shortwave services, the Pacific test, and more
The Australian Budget has been released and foreign aid spending has been cut again, but funding for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific remains largely unchanged.
Pacific links: Samoa's constitutional Christianity, Fiji's plea to Trump, tuna and more
Pacific links: Samoa's constitutional Christianity, Fiji's plea to Trump, tuna and more
This week's links include constitutional change in Samoa, the politics of tuna fishing and Fiji's plea to Trump on climate change.
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