PIURN plenary session to unveil new vision for PIURN and enforce new partnerships.

PIURN Plenary Session – July 4th  Chair: Professor Pal Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor and President of The University of the South Pacific  Panellists: ·        Dr Henry Puna, The Secretary General to the Pacific Islands Forum ·        Professor Catherine Ris, President of the University of New Caledonia ·   Professor Ora Renagi, Vice-Chancellor of Papua New Guinea University of …

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USP Cook Islands to host the 5th Pacific Islands Universities Research Network (PIURN) Conference

The University of the South Pacific (USP) Cook Islands Campus is organizing, with Te Puna Vai Marama (Cook Islands Centre for Research), the 5th PIURN Conference, on 4-6 July 2023, focusing on “Exploring this Sea of Islands”, engaging with the work of one of the Pacific’s most revered academics, Epeli Hau’ofa. With 240 delegates from …

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PIURN Board Meeting 2023

The University of the South Pacific hosted the 2023 Board Meeting of the Pacific Islands Universities Research Network (PIURN). Professor Pal Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor andPresident of USP and Professor Catherine Ris, President of University of New Caledonia, co-chairs of PIURN, welcomed the members universities of the consortium on April 4th, 2023, at USP. National University of …

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USP and UNC deepen and strengthen their 20-year collaboration

Twenty years after the first MOU signed between the University of the South Pacific and the University of New Caledonia, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor and President of USP, and Professor Catherine Ris, President of UNC, signed a new MOU, on Thursday January 27th, 2023, in Nouméa, New Caledonia. Presidents Ris and Ahluwalia committed to enhancing …

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USP PhD Students participation to the FALAH Training week

The French Embassy in Fiji supported the travel costs for two PHD students, from the University of the South Pacific, Mrs Jyoti Prasad and Mr Filipe Veisa, to attend the training session of the FALAH (Family Farming, Lifestyle and Health) project at the National University of Vanuatu, in Port-Vila, 17-21 October 2022. Alongside with University …

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Documentary “Nations of Water, Law and Climate-induced migration in the Pacific”

The University of New Caledonia (UNC) and the PacificIslands Universities Research Network (PIURN) is honored to present you thedocumentary “Nations of Water, Law and Climate-induced migration in thePacific”, directed by Pr Géraldine Giraudeau. The 52 minutes documentary highlights the legal challengesfaced by the Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTS) due to climatechange, with sea-level rise, …

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USP hosts the first scientific FALAH Workshop

The University of the South Pacific (USP) hosted the first scientific meeting of the Family Farming, Lifestyle and Health (FALAH) project, from June 28th to June 30th, at  USP Laucala campus in Suva, Fiji. The FALAH Project falls under the European Commission Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions and Research and Innovation Staff Exchange – RISE …

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