Asia Pacific Week

Professor Janine O’Flynn has been appointed as the new Director of the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, returning to ANU to take up the role in January 2023.

Professor O’Flynn joined Crawford School as a research fellow in 2007 and was promoted to professor in 2012.

Dean of the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific Professor Helen Sullivan said she was delighted to welcome her former colleague back to the School.

Australia faces an energy crisis, with global shocks flowing through to local pressures. Michael Weaver unpacks how we got here and what spark is needed to solve the problem.

NSW and Queensland residents have this week been urged to conserve power and the east-coast wholesale electricity spot market has been suspended.

Experts at The Australian National University (ANU) say the current situation is, in part, a failure of policy and politics.

The discovery of pottery from the ancient Lapita culture by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shed new light on how Papua New Guinea (PNG) served as a launching pad for the colonisation of the Pacific – one of the greatest migrations in human history.

The new study makes clear the initial expansion of the Lapita people throughout PNG was far greater than previously thought.

The overwhelming majority of Australians say investment in infrastructure is the key to driving Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic recovery, according to research by The Australian National University (ANU).

The study is the first national report on how communities think about infrastructure, their trust in government to deliver it, and the ways they are being engaged around major projects in Australia’s $290 billion infrastructure rollout.

Two Malaysian scholars will uncover the deep connections between international relations and maritime law as recipients of the first wave of the Malaysia-Australia Maritime Exchange Virtual Visiting Fellowships for 2022.

Funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Fellowships unlock future programs that promote research exchanges between Malaysia and The Australian National University (ANU).

Professor Katerina Teaiwa has been named the 2021 Australian University Teacher of the Year for her visionary approach to teaching and mentoring students in Pacific studies at The Australian National University (ANU).

Awarded by Universities Australia, the accolade celebrates the work of some of the nation's best university educators.

Teaiwa, from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, has taught Pacific studies for more than 20 years and convened the innovative Pacific Islands field school from 2010-2019 and ANU Asia Pacific Week in 2020 and 2021.

Congratulations to all of the graduates from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific! Here, three of our grads talk about how their studies have shaped the direction they are now headed.

From studies of future fictional villages that marry historical trajectories and contemporary reality, to connecting climate science with public policy, the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP) is once again providing a high quality cohort of graduands this year.

Lunar New Year, also named the Spring Festival, is the most important celebration in the Chinese calendar and this year celebrates the water tiger. Michael Weaver finds out why it's such an important event for all cultures.

“Everyone should be reminded to be brave like a tiger this year.” That’s the sage advice of a young China studies scholar at The Australian National University (ANU) Dr Kai Zhang ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations.