Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop

Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop
Residence New Zealand
Alma mater Macquarie University
Scientific career
Fields Pacific Studies
Institutions University of the South Pacific, Auckland University of Technology, UNDP, UNIFEM and UNESCO
Thesis

Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop CNZM is a Samoan-New Zealand academic. She is the first person in New Zealand to hold a Chair in Pacific Studies.[1]

Education

Fairbairn-Dunlop studied at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a Master of Arts degree. She completed a PhD at Macquarie University in Australia.[2]

Career

Fairbairn-Dunlop lived in Samoa from 1981 to 2005, where she worked for aid organisations based in the Pacific such as UNDP, UNIFEM and UNESCO.[3]

On her return to New Zealand, she was appointed the inaugural director of Va’aomanu Pasifika, the Pacific Studies department at Victoria University of Wellington.[4]

Fairbairn-Dunlop was the founding Professor of Pacific Studies at Auckland University of Technology. She is also chair of the Health Research Council Pacific team and sits on a number of Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health committees, the Social Sciences committee of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and the UNESCO Social Sciences Committee.[3]

In 2013 she was appointed president of PACIFICA, an organisation which aims to help Pacific Island women to participate in and contribute to public life in New Zealand,[5]

Recognition

In 2008 Fairbarin-Dunlop received the Insignia of a Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to research on families.[4] In 2009 she received the Insignia of a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education and the Pacific community.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop". SAMOAN BIOS. 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  2. ↑ "Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop". 1 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop - AUT". www.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  4. 1 2 "Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop | The Governor-General of New Zealand". www.gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Professor takes up new post". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  6. ↑ "Tagaloatele Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, CNZM | The Governor-General of New Zealand". www.gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  7. ↑ "Professor honoured for services to Pacific". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
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