About us
DevNet connects academics, students and development practitioners to facilitate the exchange of ideas, information and research.
The Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network links people and organisations involved and interested in the broad field of international development in Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider world…
CONFERENCES
DevNet’s conferences have been held biennially since 1998. Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest, regular conference on international development, provides a great opportunity for people from Aotearoa, the Pacific and others to learn from each other and from international experts. Keynote speakers have…
RESOURCES
eSocSci is an interactive knowledge space for communicating social science research and bringing together people who have common research interests in Aotearoa New Zealand. It includes an eLibrary of working papers on topic related to a variety of topics including migration, health, education…
PROF. ANTHONY BEBBINGTON
Director of the Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, MA, USA
MICHAEL EDWARDS
Director of the Governance and Civil Society Unit at the Ford Foundation
Events
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02 December
2020 DevNet Conference
The 12th Biennial Conference of the Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies...
FACEBOOK POSTS
DevNet conference 2020 - Development Matters! We are now calling for session proposals. NB a call for papers will follow this in the coming months. Let us know your ideas for the conference 🙂
DevNet2020: CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
devnet.org.nz
We are delighted to invite you to propose sessions for the 2020 DevNet conference, to be hosted by Massey University...Sharing because Cristine’s research was also supported by an MFAT Field Research Award! Watch out later this year for more opportunities to apply for these awards to support student fieldwork
Research with over 150 people from Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu has found that “...the Australian Government initiative, Pacific Step Up, is a step in the right direction, but any commitment to building strong and respectful relationships in the region is going to take time. Australia must be prepared to listen, engage respectfully and demonstrate solidarity on issues of importance to the region,” Leanne Smith, Director of the Whitlam Institute. A question for us - is Aotearoa New Zealand doing any better?
Pacific Perspectives on the World — Whitlam Institute
www.whitlam.org
Listening to Australia’s island neighbours in order to build strong, respectful and sustainable relationships Read this Whitlam Institute Research project by Peacifica.DevNet’s 2020 conference, Development Matters, is being promoted at our sister organisation’s conference in Melbourne!
The DSAA is our sister organisation, and we look forward to welcoming our Australian colleagues to PN!
TWITTER FEEDS
At this point we are still planning for the DevNet conference 2020 - Development Matters! We are now calling for session proposals. NB a call for papers will follow this in the coming months. Let us know your ideas for the conference https://devnet.org.nz/devnet2020-call-for-session-proposals/?fbclid=IwAR2k1-t1qWW-LCZ33iKbXvYR7HJ3hZsKnnEIl8e0mfhL8oZuYMLjghvQtHs
Sharing because Cristine’s research was also supported by an @MFATgovtNZ Field Research Award! Watch out later this year for more opportunities to apply for these awards to support student fieldwork
Congratulations Cristine Werle who submitted her Master’s thesis last night! Cristine’s thesis is titled “The gift of health: Cuban medical cooperation in Kiribati” & was completed as part of @sj_mclennan & @ProfessorHuish @MarsdenFund research on Cuban cooperation in the Pacific
Rochelle Stewart-Withers promoting DevNet and the #devnet2020 conference at the DSAA conference in Melbourne. We hope to welcome many of you to @MasseyUni for the conference in December #dsaa #dsaaconf #devstudies
2A reminder to all Master's and PhD students in NZ universities who are hoping to do overseas, development-related fieldwork in 2020 - you might be eligible for a MFAT Field Research Award! Applications close 9 December. https://mailchi.mp/995d4d6edc4f/field-research-awards-open-now