Dr. Sandra Tarte is an academic and political commentator from
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
.
Background
Tarte grew up in Fiji. She has a BA in Political Science from the
University of Melbourne and a PhD in East Asian Studies from
Australian National University. She has also studied at the
University of Tokyo.
Career
Tarte began her career as a journalist for the ''
Fiji Times'' and ''
Islands Business'' magazine.
Since 1995, Tarte has been a lecturer and senior lecturer at the
University of the South Pacific in
Suva
Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ...
. She is currently Associate Professor and Head of the School of Government, Development and International Affairs in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Prior to her current position she was Head of School of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Law between 2007 and 2009.
Published books by Tarte include ''The New Pacific Diplomacy'' (2015, co-editor with Greg Fry), ''Japan’s Aid Diplomacy and the Pacific Islands'' (1998) and ''Diplomatic Strategies: the Pacific Islands and Japan'' (1997). She is also the author of numerous academic papers, including publishing in ''
The Contemporary Pacific'' and ''
Journal of Pacific Studies''.
Tarte's academic focus is the Pacific region, specifically regarding regional cooperation and politics. She has consulted for several international organizations including the
South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency, the
South Pacific Regional Environment Program, and
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, immigrant environmental activists from the United States. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth t ...
(Pacific).
She is currently on the advisory panel for the
Pacific Leadership Forum and a regular speaker with the leadership forum, Leadership Fiji.
References
Further reading Research Gate profile for Sandra Tarte, including selected published journal articles
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Living people
Fijian women writers
Fijian journalists
Academic staff of the University of the South Pacific
University of Melbourne alumni
University of Tokyo alumni
Australian National University alumni
20th-century Fijian writers
20th-century Fijian women
21st-century Fijian writers
21st-century Fijian women
20th-century women writers
21st-century women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Fijian women writers
21st-century Fijian women writers