The Pacific

The Pacific

  • 33 enrolled award students

  • 666 co-publications with collaborators in the region since 2020

  • 26 agreements with 27 partners

  • 1,935 alumni

  • 56 UoA students participated in a mobility experience

  • 33 staff born in the region

* Data as at December 2023

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Collaboration in action

  • New Colombo Plan scholars
    Students on campus

    TheÌýNew Colombo PlanÌýis an initiative of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Government to improve knowledge of the Indo-Pacific in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ by helping ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n undergraduate students study and undertake internships in the region.ÌýIn recent years, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has had several New Colombo Plan scholars studying in Fiji at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of the South Pacific, includingÌýLeah Schamshurin, Yasmine Wright-GittensÌýandÌýCooper Williams.

  • Securing Antarctica's future
    Antarctica

    The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is one of multiple partners in theÌýSecuring Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF)Ìýresearch program, which will forecast environmental change across the Antarctic, deploy effective environmental stewardship strategies, and secure Antarctica as a natural reserve devoted to peace and science.

    SAEF’s collaboration extends to 30 organisations in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and abroad, including links with the Antarctic national programs in Chile, Norway, South Africa, and the UK.

    , from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s School of Biological Sciences, is a Chief Investigator in the program, who will be focusing on biosecurity planning and safeguarding Antarctica from new and emerging invasive species.Ìý

  • Endangered bats discovered in Fiji
    Flying bat

    A cave containing thousands ofÌýendangered Pacific Sheath-tailed batsÌýhas been discovered on Vanua Balavu, an island on the remote Lau archipelago in Fiji.

    The Pacific Sheath-tailed bat population was previously believed to be numbered in the hundreds, but a joint expedition involving the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide found an estimated 2,000-3,000 bats.

    The virtual extinction of these bats from other regions of the Pacific makes this new roost in Fiji a monumental find, and the only stronghold for the species’ conservation in the region.

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Partner institutions

  • Pacific Theological College
  • ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of the South PacificÌý
  • ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Canterbury

Contact us

For more information about the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's engagement in this region, please contact theÌýGlobal Engagement Branch.Ìý

Staff resources

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide staff can access country-specific resources and engagement information in theÌýStaff Resources Hub.Ìý