Teaching Qualification
Teaching Qualification
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I hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Studies in Academic Practice from Newcastle University (UK).
I achieved the status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Experience
My teaching experience includes curriculum development, module/course leader, lecturing, class teaching, dissertation supervision, pastoral care, assessment at undergraduate and graduate level, face-to-face teaching and online teaching.
The University of the South Pacific (Fiji Islands)
The University of the South Pacific (Fiji Islands)
Undergraduate Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
Pacific in a Changing World Order (2nd year)
International Politics of Asia-Pacific (3rd year)
Postgraduate Teaching
Postgraduate Teaching
Diplomacy, Negotiation and Statecraft
Intervention and Peace-Building
Postgraduate Supervision
Postgraduate Supervision
SRP
1. 2025. Lafita Paeniu: The Falepili Union Treaty. Co-supervisor.
DRP
1. 2025. Liah Carlot: Political crisis in Vanuatu. Main supervisor.
MA Supervision:
2. 2024-2025. Mauiana Lemoto: The Impact of the Monarch and Nobility Leadership Structures on Modern Governance in Tonga: a case study of Ha’ateiho village, Tongatapu. Co-supervisor.
1. 2024-2025. Ozayr Umraan Akbar: Understanding the nexus between Fiji’s climate change policy and social equity. Co-supervisor.
PhD Supervision:
4. 2025-to date. Tyson Ghera: The Synergistic Impacts of Climate Change and Unsustainable Harvesting on Coral Trout Spawning Aggregations and Livelihood Dependence in Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands: A Biophysical and Socioeconomic Assessment. Funded by the U.S.-Pacific Resilience and Adaptation Fellowship Program Scholarships. Co-supervisor.
3. 2025-to date. Baraniko Namanoku: Climate perceptions and willingness of people to spend resources on adaptation and/or migration in Kiribati. Funded by the U.S.-Pacific Resilience and Adaptation Fellowship Program Scholarships. Co-supervisor.
2. 2025-to date. Liah Carlot: Political Instability: A major contributor to delayed essential services in Vanuatu. Funded by the Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund. Main supervisor.
1. 2023-to date. Kiali Molu: The viability of maintaining the status of an independent state ‘terra firma’ due to sea-level rise: the case of Tuvalu. Funded by the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme. Main supervisor.
Roles and Responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities
Coordinator of Postgraduate Diplomacy and International Affairs Program (2021-to date).
Staff Representative of the School of Law and Social Sciences to the Academic and Professional Staff Review Committee (2024-2026).
Member of Hiring Committees (2024-to date).
Website Manager for the Discipline of Government, Development and International Affairs (2022-2025).
Internal examiner for MA theses.
External examiner for Phd theses.
Guest Speakers
Guest Speakers
H.E. Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia, Samoa's High Commissioner to Fiji. Topic: Pacific Climate Diplomacy.
Ondra L. Berry, Major General Nevada National Guard & Adjutant General for the State of Nevada, US. Topic: Leadership.
Major Eroni Duaibe, Fiji Military Forces. Topic: Vaccine Diplomacy.
Dr Brain Jones, British High Commissioner to Fiji, Kiribati, Tuvalu, FSM and RMI; Andrew Heseltine, Second Secretary Regional Affairs; Billie Selby, Regional Climate Adviser. Topic: Diplomacy.
Dr Gordon Nanau, Senior Lecturer in Government, Development and International Affairs. Topic: Oceanic Diplomacy.
Mrs. Emeline Siale ILOLAHIA, Executive Director PIANGO. Topic: NGOs and Diplomacy.
PL409 students with H.E. Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia, Samoa's High Commissioner to Fiji. Photo taken after his talk on Pacific Climate Diplomacy, November 2022.
PL200 students with Ondra L. Berry, Major General Nevada National Guard & Adjutant General for the State of Nevada. Photo taken after his talk on Leadership, May 2022.
Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Undergraduate Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
Introduction to International Politics (1st year)
Truth, Lies and Politics (1st year)
The Politics of Happiness (2nd year)
Project in Politics (3rd year)
Undergraduate Dissertation (3rd year)
Undergraduate Supervision
Undergraduate Supervision
Thesis supervision on soft power, sports diplomacy, happiness, Gross National Happiness.
Postgraduate Teaching
Postgraduate Teaching
Thinking About Global Politics
Postgraduate Dissertation
Roles and Responsibilities
Roles and Responsibilities
Member of Hiring Committees.
Guest Speakers
Guest Speakers
The Politics of Happiness:
John de Graaf, American activist, author, and filmmaker whose mission is 'to help create a happy, health and sustainable quality of life for America'.
Dorine van Norren, Dutch diplomat and independent researcher working on Global South perspectives of happiness, including Gross National Happiness, Ubuntu and Buen Vivir.
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