Seu'ula Johansson-Fua

Seu'ula Johansson-Fua (born 1974) is an academic and educationalist from Tonga. She is Director of the Institute of Education at the University of the South Pacific.

Seu'ula Johansson-Fua
Born1974 (age 45–46)
NationalityTonga
OccupationDirector of the Institute for Education, University of the South Pacific
Academic background
EducationBA Diploma in Teaching, University of Waikato
MA in Educational Administration, University of Toronto
PhD in Educational Administration, University of Toronto

Early life and education

Seu'ula Fua was born in 1974.[1] She received her MA in Educational Administration from the University of Toronto and a BA Diploma in Teaching from the University of Waikato.[2] She earned her PhD in Educational Administration from the University of Toronto.[2]

Career

Johansson-Fua is director of the Institute of Education at the University of the South Pacific.[3] In 2018 she launched a Network for Educational Research which brought together education ministries from a variety of Pacific countries, including the University of the South Pacific, to further collaborative research and understanding.[3]

Research interests

As a Tongan academic, Johansson-Fua sees her Tongan rather than a general indigenous identity as central to her practise.[4] She has described how the concept of Faka’apa’apa guides ideas of leadership in Tonga, based on four key principles of generosity, love, helpfulness, and humility.[5] Another strand of her research in education centres on talanoa, a traditional oral communication method amongst Pacific Islanders.[6]

As an educational researcher, Johansson-Fua has published on how schools and school relationships need to function within local cultural contexts.[7] The Rethinking Pacific Education Initiative by Pacific Peoples for Pacific Peoples (RPEIPP) is an academic and educational research project, which Johansson-Fua was a convener of and co-edited a book on.[8] She also oversees and continues the ‘Kukū Kaunaka’ Collection, an archive of PhD and Masters dissertations written by Tongan scholars from around the world.[9] She has been vocal in addressing the absence of input from Pacific Islanders in international and comparative education research.[10]

Johansson-Fua has worked with the United Nations Population Fund to co-author a research paper on domestic violence in Tonga.[11] In 2012, she was a member of the team that assessed the potential for heritage tourism in Tonga.[12]

Impact

Johansson-Fua's work on talanoa has inspired the foundation of the arts organisation Talanoa.[13]

Selected bibliography
  • Johansson Fua, S. (2007), "Looking towards the source – social justice and leadership conceptualisations from Tonga", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 45 No. 6.[14]
  • Johansson Fua, S. (2016), "The Oceanic Researcher and the Search for a Space in Comparative and International Education", International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, Vol. 15 No. 3.[15]

References
  1. "Cultural mapping, planning and policy : Tonga / by Seu'ula Johansson Fua ... [et al.]".
  2. "Meet our Board of Trustees a". Mordi Tonga. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  3. "Establishment of Network for Educational Research promises to improve education outcomes across Pacific". Saipan Tribune. 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  4. Fa'avae, David (2019). "Tatala 'a e Koloa 'o e To'utangata Tonga: A way to disrupt and decolonise doctoral research". MAI Journal: New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship. 8 (1). doi:10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.1.1.
  5. "Leadership Through the Looking Glass: Why Understanding What Leadership Means in Different Contexts Matters – Social Sciences Birmingham". blog.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. Prescott, S. M., & Johansson Fua, S. (2016, July). Enhancing Educational Success Through Talanoa : A Framework for the Pacific. A. Kautoke (Ed.), Vaka Pasifiki Education Conference (pp.1-27).
  7. Sanga, Kabini; Maebuta, Jack; Johansson-Fua, Seu’ula; Reynolds, Martyn (2020). "Re-thinking Contextualisation in Solomon Islands school leadership professional learning and development". ISSN 2463-641X. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Of waves, winds and wonderful things : a decade of rethinking Pacific education. 'Otunuku, Mo'ale,, Nabobo-Baba, Unaisi, 1962-, Johansson-Fua, Seuʻula Falelalava, 1974-. [Suva, Fiji]. ISBN 978-982-01-0906-3. OCLC 884187020.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "King Tupou VI commissions Kukū Kaunaka Collection". Matangitonga. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  10. Coxon, Eve (2016-09-30). "Editorial: Strengthening Educational Relationships in Oceania and Beyond". International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives. 15 (3): 1–4. ISSN 2202-493X.
  11. "National Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Tonga". UNFPA Pacific Island Countries. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  12. "Tongan Heritage Tourism Scoping Study" (PDF). Institute for Business Research, University of Waikato. May 2012.
  13. "About". Talanoa. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  14. Johansson Fua, Seu'ula (2007-10-02). Normore, Anthony H. (ed.). "Looking towards the source – social justice and leadership conceptualisations from Tonga". Journal of Educational Administration. 45 (6): 672–683. doi:10.1108/09578230710829865. ISSN 0957-8234.
  15. Johansson-Fua, Seu’ula (2016-09-30). "The Oceanic Researcher and the Search for a Space in Comparative and International Education". International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives. 15 (3): 30–41. ISSN 2202-493X.
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