Priestley Habru

Research Interests

Pacific Peoples Information and Knowledge Systems Communication & Media Studies

Mr Priestley Habru

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Society and Culture

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences

Available For Media Comment.

A PhD candidate at Adelaide University researching strategic narratives as a tool of public diplomacy and their implications in the Pacific, particularly the deployment of narratives through mediated public diplomacy or the media in Solomon Islands. The focus is on the media and the public sphere in Solomon Islands as recipients of these narratives.

My research interests are in strategic narratives as a tool of public diplomacy, cross cultural communications and media in the Pacific.

Date Position Institution name
2021 - 2022 Communication Coordinator Australia Solomon Islands Resource Facility/Cardno
2020 - 2022 Communication Officer Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project
2006 - 2022 Editor/Reporter Island Sun Newspaper Ltd
2002 - 2006 Reporter/Sports Editor Solomon Star Newspaper Ltd

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak and understand spoken

Date Institution name Country Title
2018 - 2019 The University of Adelaide Australia Master of Arts (Global Media)
2004 - 2004 University of the South Pacific Fiji Postgraduate Certificate in Gender Studies
2000 - 2002 University of the South Pacific Fiji Bachelor of Arts (Journalism, Language and Literature)

Date Title Institution Country
2024 - 2024 Certificate in Philosophical Competency Pasifika Communities University Fiji Islands
2011 - 2011 Building the Capacity of National Women’s Machineries for Gender Sensitive Good Governance Flinders University Australia

Year Citation
2026 Wallis, J., O'Dwyer, C., & Habru, P. (2026). Lost at sea? The European Union’s influence over understandings of order in the Pacific Islands. European Politics and Society, 1-13.
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2023 Taylor, M., Habru, P., Middleby, S., Naupa, A., & Tarai, J. (2023). Perspectives from Melanesia: Aboriginal relationalism and Australian foreign policy (vol 77, pg 649, 2023). AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 77(6), 693.
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2023 Middleby, S., Taylor, M., Habru, P., Naupa, A., & Tarai, J. (2023). Perspectives from Melanesia: Aboriginal relationalism and Australian foreign policy. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 77(6), 1-7.
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2023 Wallis, J., Xie, G., Waqavakatoga, W., Habru, P., & Koro, M. (2023). Ordering the Islands? Pacific Responses to China's Strategic Narratives. Chinese Journal of International Politics, 16(4), 457-481.
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- Habru, P. (2001). REVIEW: Handy guide for dealing with ethnic reporting. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 7(1), 185-188.
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Year Citation
2024 Waqavakatoga, W., Habru, P., & Koro, M. (2024). How do Pacific Island countries respond to China's statecraft?. In J. Wallis, H. McNeill, M. Rose, & A. Tidwell (Eds.), Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands: Understanding Statecraftiness (pp. 201-218). Routledge.
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2024 Futaiasi, D., Habru, P., Koro, M., Waqavakatoga, W., & McNeill, H. (2024). Pacific Islands' statecraft: Where relationships are more important than might and money. In J. Wallis, H. McNeill, M. Rose, & A. Tidwell (Eds.), Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands: Understanding Statecraftiness (pp. 23-40). Routledge.
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2024 Habru, P., Utukana, W., Mapu, F. S., Biliki, J. T., & Mark, E. (2024). Scholarships as tools of statecraft. In J. Wallis, H. McNeill, M. Rose, & A. Tidwell (Eds.), Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands: Understanding Statecraftiness (pp. 41-49). Taylor & Francis Group (Routledge).
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2024 Habru, P., Utukana, W., Mapu, F. S., Biliki, J. T., & Mark, E. (2024). Scholarships as tools of statecraft. In J. Wallis, H. McNeill, M. Rose, & A. Tidwell (Eds.), Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands: Understanding Statecraftiness (pp. 41-49). Taylor & Francis Group (Routledge).
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