Announcements

5th PIURN Conference, 4 – 6 July 2023, hosted by USP Cook Islands Campus
  • For more information about the conference, CLICK HERE

Pacific Islands Universities Regional Network

PIURN

PIURN is a consortium of 15 universities in the Pacific Islands Countries and Territories established in 2013 to enable closer and meaningful collaboration among researchers in the consortium, and to collectively empower the Pacific Universities to become key contributors to finding solutions for challenges facing the region.

PIURN Research Themes

The Pacific Islands Universities Research Network has identified four main strategic research themes that are in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (2015-2030).

Food Security & Nutrition, and Health & Non-Communicable Diseases

Climate Change & Biodiversity, including Land Degradation

Capacity Building, and Data & Statistics

Social Development, Gender Equality & Education

PIURN Territories