The Oceania Institute's research

Key areas of research

• Climate change

  Understanding how the climate is Oceania is changing, and how islands, cities, people and villages can adapt to avoid climate impacts.

• Food, livelihoods and biodiversity

  Finding ways to balance land uses that support food security, biodiversity conservation, and livelihoods.

• Health and wellbeing

  Working to improve the public health and futures of vulnerable communities through research, education and inclusive development.

• Infectious diseases

  Improving health through research and the prevention, treatment and cure of infectious diseases.

• Language, culture and history

  Recognising creativity of contemporary Oceanic language and culture, and understanding our entwined histories.

• Law, peace and politics

  Supporting legal reform, peacebuilding efforts, and gender justice, while developing a critical understanding of Australia’s approach to the region.

• Sustainable urban and rural development

  Addressing challenges of uneven development and helping to establish economically viable, socially just, environmentally sustainable, and safe and healthy human settlements