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The Pacific Leadership Program Research Steering Committee comprised of Pacific and Australian based academics, provides strategic direction to this Program area and meets regularly to identify areas of new research, which is subsequently commissioned through the Program. The Research Steering Committee also plays an important role in the promulgation and dissemination of regional scholarship, analysis and research to help inform decision-makers.
The membership of the Pacific Leadership Program Research Steering Committee is as follows:
Professor Albert C Mellam (Chairman)
Foundation Executive Dean, School of Business Administration, University of PNG
Dr Alumita Durutalo
Lecturer in Politics & International Affairs, USP, Fiji
Fr Jan Czuba
President, Divine Word University, Papua New Guinea
Associate Professor David Hegarty
Director of State, Society & Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Project, ANU
Dr Wood Salele
Dean of the Faculty of Business & Entrepreneurship, NUS, Samoa
Dr Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
Research Fellow at East West Centre, Hawaii
Ms Deb Muirhead
AusAID Research Advisor
Dr Edmundo Viegas
Director Institute of Development Studies, East Timor