Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140101206

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140101206

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Melanesia's violent environments: Extractive resource industries, agrarian change and conflict in the Western Pacific. Large-scale mining activities were deeply implicated in the armed conflicts on the islands of Bougainville (1989-98) and Guadalcanal (1998-2003). Island Melanesia is now on the brink of a major new mining boom, compelling an urgent reconsideration of the relationships between mining, violence and political fragmentation in this island region. This project will focus on the role of agrarian change and patterns of socio-economic inequality at different geographical scales, a poorly understood dimension of these relationships. The results will contribute to the development of policy approaches that minimise the risk of further violence, while also offering new theoretical insights into the complex global phenomenon of 'resource conflict'.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-01-2014

End Date: 04-11-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $368,720.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Studies of Pacific Peoples' Societies | Human Geography not elsewhere classified | Other Studies in Human Society

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources) not elsewhere classified | Pacific Peoples Development and Welfare |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Human Geography not elsewhere classified | Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources) not elsewhere classified | Other Studies in Human Society | Pacific Peoples Development and Welfare | Studies of Pacific Peoples' Societies

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