A5077791188- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Global Education and Multiculturalism
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Educational Challenges and Innovations
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Education Systems and Policy
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Disaster Response and Management
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
University of the South Pacific
2017-2024
Background: There is growing recognition of the physical and mental health impacts climate change attendant burden on care systems, including from World Health Organisation, United Nations, national governments. However, repercussions 'social health'— our access to meaningful social connections quality these relationships — largely missing this discourse. Social an important factor underpinning health. Moreover, determines collective ability both adapt mitigate change, enabling us navigate...
This study explores the impacts of climate crisis (CC) on indigenous Fijians’ ancestral lands and psychological ontological elements associated with these impacts. Informed by an methodology, this sheds light deep relationship between communities their lands, extent to which CC has disrupted bond, responses disruption. It also how have communities’ security ultimately impacting collective epistemic identity. introduces concept ‘pre-traumatic stress’ describe anxiety distress individuals...
This article reports on the findings of original field research carried out in small island developing state Fiji, South Pacific. A North-South partnership was built upon previous collaboration between team members and, so doing, pioneered blending Pacific and Western approaches sensitive to a postcolonial positioning. The study interrogates practitioner perspectives on: nature quality teachers teaching Fiji; challenges teachers' work lives; priorities for successful qualitative reform;...
This paper reflects on the University of South Pacific Tuvalu Campus experience. Whilst COVID-19 poses pedagogical and financial issues in a university already experiencing management crisis, it also creates an opportunity for strengthening institutional systems relationships that brought out resilient ability has to bounce back stronger better than before.
This paper aims to explore how the principles of participatory action research (PAR) articulate with questions climate justice. Drawing on three qualitative case studies in Brazil, Fiji and Kenya, explores university institutional capabilities, asking mobilising PAR support transformative outcomes can further The argues that for become a pathway build universities' key considerations are needed. needs to: (a) move beyond change individual behaviour respond affect norms, procedures practices;...
In 2023, a high number of climate disasters were recorded globally, highlighting the urgent dangers inherent in change and inequities that result from its uneven impacts. Higher education institutions (HEIs) potentially play crucial role furthering justice through their research, teaching, community engagement public awareness. Many students enter HEIs with expectations concerning regarding more broadly institution’s contribution to action. this article, we explore these alongside...
This paper takes inspiration from the Indigenous Fijian practice of ‘curui’ – weaving or patching together as a metaphor to explore connections between climate justice, gender equality, and education in policies practices. The argues that neither equality nor can be ‘silver bullets’ for huge challenges crisis raises, particularly small island developing states (SIDS) such Fiji exist at sharp end crisis. contributes close analysis national change development plans 2010, identifying ways which...
Initial teacher education programs across the world continue to support short-term international teaching practicums (ITPs) build pre-service teachers' (PSTs') intercultural knowledge and skills. While much research has endorsed value of such ITPs, studies have raised questions about ethical issues, including elitism danger reinforcing PSTs' colonial prejudices. This qualitative study investigates an innovative ITP for Australian PSTs in Suva, Fiji, showing how Pasifika (talanoa) concepts...