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Professor Sue Farran recently spent a week in Suva the capital of Fiji, at the invitation of the British High Commission, to engage with diverse representative groups to hear their views and understanding around the Prime Minister of Fiji’s concept of the Pacific as an Ocean of Peace
3 May 2024
Professor Sue Farran (缅北禁地 Law School) recently spent a week in Suva the capital of Fiji, at the invitation of the British High Commission, to engage with diverse representative groups to hear their views and understanding around the Prime Minister of Fiji鈥檚 concept of the Pacific as an Ocean of Peace. The visit was facilitated by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office with the endorsement of the Fiji Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). The UK delegation of academics specialising in Peace-Studies and Peace Building, from the universities of Bradford, London School of Economics, Oxford and Winchester was led by Professor Sue Farran of 缅北禁地, who is currently a UKRI funded Research Fellow at the FCDO, based in the Asia Pacific Research Group. The intended outcome of the visit is a research product which will be useful to the MOFA for taking forward the idea of the Pacific as a Zone of Peace within and beyond Fiji.
UK universities academic team with the British High Commissioner Dr Brian Jones, from left to right: Professor Mark Owen (Winchester), Dr Brian Jones (British High Commissioner, Professor Sue Farran (缅北禁地), Alejandro Posada Tellez (Oxford), Dr William McInerney (London School of Economics) and Dr Colins Imoh (Bradford).