Priestley Habru
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
Currently a PhD Candidate at The University of Adelaide researching Public Diplomacy and its implication in the Pacific.
He has a Master of Arts in Global Media from The University of Adelaide in July 2019 under an Australian Awards Scholarship. Also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Gender Studies from the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, under the Australian Awards Pacific Scholarship. Attained a Bachelor of Arts Majoring in Journalism, Language and Literature from the University of the South Pacific under a New Zealand Government funded scholarship. He is journalist by profession having worked in Solomon Islands for over 15 years before embarking on his PhD studies in October 2022.
My research interests are in public diplomacy, cross cultural communications and media in the Pacific.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2021 - 2022 Communication Coordinator Australia Solomon Islands Resource Facility/Cardno 2020 - 2022 Communication Officer Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
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) -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2011 - 2011 Building the Capacity of National Women’s Machineries for Gender Sensitive Good Governance Flinders University Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Habru, P., Utukana, W., Mapu, F. S., Biliki, J. T., & Mark, E. (2024). Scholarships as tools of statecraft. Unknown Journal, 41-49.
2024 Habru, P., Utukana, W., Mapu, F. S., Biliki, J. T., & Mark, E. (2024). Scholarships as tools of statecraft. Unknown Journal, 41-49.
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.
Scopus3 WoS22023 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.
Scopus6- Habru, P. (n.d.). REVIEW: Handy guide for dealing with ethnic reporting. Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa, 7(1), 185-188.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2024 Waqavakatoga, W., Habru, P., & Koro, M. (2024). How do Pacific Island countries respond to China's statecraft?. In Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands: Understanding Statecraftiness (pp. 201-218). Routledge.
DOI2024 Futaiasi, D., Habru, P., Koro, M., Waqavakatoga, W., & McNeill, H. (2024). Pacific Islands' statecraft: Where relationships are more important than might and money. In Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands: Understanding Statecraftiness (pp. 23-40). Routledge.
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