The Social and Environmental Studies Division aims to contribute to the long-term sustainability of Papua New Guinean livelihoods and the environments, human resources and diverse cultures on which they depend. This cross-disciplinary division has expertise from the fields of environmental science, demography, anthropology and sociology.
Programs
Effective Population Planning
Contributing to effective population planning by assessing key trends effecting population growth.
Climate Change
Identifying policy responses to challenges posed by climate change and carbon trade. Click here to Download a presentation made by Research Fellow Nalau Bingeding at a workshop organised by the PNG Eco-forestry Forum recently.
HIV Social Research
Researching the drivers of the HIV epidemic and the social impact of HIV in PNG. The research program also hosts the Behavioural Surveillance Survey (BSS) Unit.
Community Empowerment
Researching community development and the empowerment of local communities.
Recent Publications
- Bio-Behavioural Sentinel Surveillance Survey among Women attending Port Moresby General Hospital Antenatal (PPTCT) Clinic 2008. BSS Report, 2009
- Bio-Behavioural Sentinel Surveillance Survey
among men and women attending Lae Friends STI Clinic 2008, BSS Report, 2009
- Community Driven Development: Lessons from Domil Spotlight with NRI, Vol. 3 No. 4
- Carbon Trade: Do We Know What We Are Doing? Spotlight with NRI, Vol. 3 No.4
- Sorcery and AIDS in Simbu, East Sepik and Enga Provinces, Occasional Paper No. 2
- The Institutional, Economic and Ecological Sustainability of Plastics Recycling in Papua New Guinea, Discussion Paper No. 104.
- Climate Change and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and the Degradation of Forests Spotlight with NRI, Vol. 2 No. 3.
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