The Pacific

The Pacific

  • 33 enrolled award students

  • 666 co-publications with collaborators in the region since 2020

  • 26 agreements with 27 partners

  • 1,935 alumni

  • 56 UoA students participated in a mobility experience

  • 33 staff born in the region

* Data as at December 2023

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Collaboration in action

  • New Colombo Plan scholars
    Students on campus

    TheÌýNew Colombo PlanÌýis an initiative of the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Government to improve knowledge of the Indo-Pacific in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog by helping ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn undergraduate students study and undertake internships in the region.ÌýIn recent years, the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has had several New Colombo Plan scholars studying in Fiji at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of the South Pacific, includingÌýLeah Schamshurin, Yasmine Wright-GittensÌýandÌýCooper Williams.

  • Securing Antarctica's future
    Antarctica

    The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide is one of multiple partners in theÌýSecuring Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF)Ìýresearch program, which will forecast environmental change across the Antarctic, deploy effective environmental stewardship strategies, and secure Antarctica as a natural reserve devoted to peace and science.

    SAEF’s collaboration extends to 30 organisations in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and abroad, including links with the Antarctic national programs in Chile, Norway, South Africa, and the UK.

    , from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s School of Biological Sciences, is a Chief Investigator in the program, who will be focusing on biosecurity planning and safeguarding Antarctica from new and emerging invasive species.Ìý

  • Endangered bats discovered in Fiji
    Flying bat

    A cave containing thousands ofÌýendangered Pacific Sheath-tailed batsÌýhas been discovered on Vanua Balavu, an island on the remote Lau archipelago in Fiji.

    The Pacific Sheath-tailed bat population was previously believed to be numbered in the hundreds, but a joint expedition involving the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide found an estimated 2,000-3,000 bats.

    The virtual extinction of these bats from other regions of the Pacific makes this new roost in Fiji a monumental find, and the only stronghold for the species’ conservation in the region.

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Partner institutions

  • Pacific Theological College
  • ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of the South PacificÌý
  • ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Canterbury

Contact us

For more information about the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide's engagement in this region, please contact theÌýGlobal Engagement Branch.Ìý

Staff resources

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide staff can access country-specific resources and engagement information in theÌýStaff Resources Hub.Ìý