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– Quentin Hanich recently collaborated with Prof. Joanne Wallis and Michael Rose to study Australian defence diplomacy in the Pacific. They found that Australia should continue to emphasise partnership and mutual benefit and use its defence diplomacy to emphasise multilateral security efforts that bolster regional institutions and meet Pacific priorities.

Leading Pacific tuna industry expert, Dr Transform Aqorau, has drawn from the region’s experiences with its massive tuna fisheries industry to sound caution in the development of the “next frontier” of deep seabed mining.

Professor Transform Aqorau is the Vice-Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University and widely respected for his thoughtful and visionary leadership. Ocean Equity Research is delighted to re-post his occasional blogs on Pacific development. These blogs provide important insights into the Pacific development context and look beyond global geo-political narratives.

Professor Transform Aqorau is the Vice-Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University and widely respected for his thoughtful and visionary leadership. Ocean Equity Research is delighted to re-post his occasional blogs on Pacific development. These blogs provide important insights into the Pacific development context and look beyond global geo-political narratives.

Professor Transform Aqorau is the Vice-Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University and widely respected for his thoughtful and visionary leadership. Ocean Equity Research is delighted to re-post his occasional blogs on Pacific development. These blogs provide important insights into the Pacific development context and look beyond global geo-political narratives.

Professor Transform Aqorau is the Vice-Chancellor of the Solomon Islands National University
and widely respected for his thoughtful and visionary leadership. Ocean Equity Research is
delighted to re-post his occasional blogs on Pacific development. These blogs provide important
insights into the Pacific development context and look beyond global geo-political narratives.

CLOSING DATE: 17 SEPTEMBER 2023

The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) Ocean Nexus Program at the University of Wollongong is recruiting an innovative post-doc researcher to undertake research into equity and transboundary fisheries governance, focusing on tuna fisheries in the Indo-Pacific region.

Quentin Hanich and Laura Osborne recently wrote and presented a paper in Busan, Korea that discusses illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing through the lens of social equity. Watch their presentation here!