Graham Hassall is author of ‘Including Small Island States in Global Politics’ 

Graham Hassall obtained a PhD in Pacific History from the Australian National University in 1990 and has subsequently worked in Schools of Law, Governance, and Government.

He is currently an Associate Professor, Public Policy and Administration in the School of Government at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, having previously taught at the University of the South Pacific (Fiji Island), Landegg Academy (Switzerland), the University of Melbourne (Australia), and the University of Papua New Guinea. 

His academic interests are in governance and constitutional systems, leadership and ethics, democracy and elections, and peace and security. He has participated in projects in these fields with a diverse range of academic and professional networks, including the Asian Development Bank; the Global Project for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC Pacific); Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE); the United Nations Development Programme; the Commonwealth Secretariat; the United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs among others.

His book on Asia Pacific Constitutional Systems, with Cheryl Saunders, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2002.  Recent publications include book chapters on government in Palau, Fiji and Vanuatu; regional surveys of local government in the Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance; and a symposium on Pacific Regionalism (Kennedy Graham (ed), Models of Regional Governance for Pacific Island States: The Future Architecture of Pacific Regionalism,University of Canterbury Press, Christchurch). In addition to these academic pursuits Graham has a personal interest in emergent global society, communications, and governance. 

International workshop in Rio de Janeiro 

Watch video footage of Graham Hassall introducing his paper on 'including small island states in global politics' at our international workshop in Rio de Janeiro.  

The workshop brought together academics, activitists and policymakers from around the world and generated lively debates and new understanding on how to understand and overcome exclusion.

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