UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva

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Department: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies

Email: steven.ratuva@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3695952

Office: Logie 402

Language: English

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Fields of Research

Interdiscplinary research
Security
Conflict and peacebuilding
Geo-politics
Research innovation and creativity
Development studies
Affirmative action and inequality
Ethnicity and culture
Constitutions and electoral engineering
Social protection and well-being
Sociological theory
Political thought

Researcher Summary

Professor Steven Ratuva, an award-winning political sociologist and global interdisciplinary scholar, is Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies. He was awarded the 2020 Metge Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand -Te Apārangi, the country’s highest award in social science research excellence. He was also co-winner of the 2019 University of Canterbury research medal, the university’s highest academic honour. He became the first Pacific Islander and foreign national to win both esteemed and highly contested awards. He is also recipient of a number of research grants by Marsden, NZ Health Research Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others, totalling a few million dollars.

He was a recipient of a Fulbright Senior Fellowship and was Fulbright professor at the University of California (LA), Duke University and Georgetown University in 2018. He is Chair of the International Political Science Association research committee on Security, Conflict and Democratization and former President of the Pacific Islands Political Studies Association. He has transdisciplinary across sociology, anthropology, political science, development studies, economics, philosophy and history. With a PhD from the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex), he has published widely on a range of issues Pacific societies and culture, indigenous knowledge, development, conflict, peace, political change, coups, memory activism, social solidarity economy, social protection, elections, ethnicity, security, military, affirmative action, COVID-19, social indexes, indigenous knowledge, climate security and nationalism.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy: Conflict Resolution

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books

Ratuva S. (2021) Epistemic siege: Neoliberalism and the commodification of knowledge (Forthcoming). 1-200.

Ratuva S. (2021) Risks, identity and conflict: Theoretical perspectives and case studies. Palgrave- Springer. 1-250.

Ratuva S., Crichton-Hill Y., Ross T., Vakaoti P. and Basu A. (2021) Social protection and COVID-19: A comparative study of resilience and social solidarity. Singapore: Palgrave-Springer. 1-277. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2948-8.

Ratuva S., Hamdy A. and Compel R. (2021) Risk, identity and conflict: Theoretical perspectives and case studies. Singapore: Palgrave. 1-390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1486-6.

Ratuva S. (2019) Contested Terrain: Reconceptualising Security in the Pacific. Canberra: ANU Press. 304. http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/CT.2019.

Ratuva S. and Lawson S. (2016) The people have spoken: The 2014 elections in Fiji. Canberra: Australian National University Press. 282.

Ratuva S. (2013) Politics of Preferential Development: Trans-global Study of Affirmative Action and Ethnic Conflict in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa. Canberra: Australian National University Press. 282.

Ratuva S. (2005) Ethnic Politics, National Identity and Religious Conflict. Geneva/Suva: World Council of Churches.

Ratuva S. (2003) Human Rights Violations in Bougainville, 1989-1997. Sweden: Life and Peace Institute.

Ratuva S. (2003) Storm in Paradise: The 1987 Military Coup in Fiji. Sweden: Life and Peace Institute.

Ratuva S. (2002) Participation for Peace: A Study of Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Perception in Fiji. Suva: Ecumenical Center for Research, Education and Advocac.

Ratuva S. (2001) State Induced Affirmative Action, Economic Development and Ethnic Politics (Sociology/Social Policy Paper No. 1/2001). Suva: University of the South Pacific Press.

Ratuva S. (1999) Social Reconstruction, Affirmative Action and Development in South Africa (Sociology Dept. and Social Policy Paper No 1/1999). Suva: University of the South Pacific Press.

Chapters

Ratuva S. (2021) A replay of the 'War of the Worlds'? COVID-19 and social protection. In Ratuva S; Crichton-Hill Y; Ross, T T; Basu A; Vakaoti P (Ed.), COVID-19 and social protection: A study in human resilience and social solidarity Singapore: Palgrave-Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2948-8.

Ratuva S. (2021) Oceanic vibes: (Neo)Colonialism and memory activism in the Pacific (In Press). In Wustenberg J; Gutman Y (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of memory activism Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ratuva S. (2021) Retheorizing risk, identity and conflict: A global critical assessment. In Ratuva S; Compel R; Hamdy A (Ed.), Risk, identity and conflict: Theoretical perspectives and case studies Singapore: Palgrave-Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1486-6.

Ratuva S. (2021) Risk, identity and conflict: Some concluding remarks.. In Ratuva S; Hamdy A; Compel R (Ed.), Risk, identity and conflict: A theoretical and empirical study Singapore: Palgrave. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1486-6.

Ratuva S. (2019) Aid and Foreign Policy: New Zealand Development Assistance in the Pacific. In Brady A (Ed.), Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future: 55-73. Cham: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18803-0_4.

Ratuva S. (2019) Exploring global ethnicity: A broad sociological synopsis. In Ratuva S (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity: 26. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0242-8_1-2.

Ratuva S. (2019) Multi-faceted Dilemmas: Politics and the Changing Dynamics of Civil-Mlitary Relations - A Global Synopsis. In Ratuva S; Radomir C; Aguilar S (Ed.), Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment: 15-38. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2008-8_2.

Ratuva S. and Brady A-M. (2019) Neighbours and Cousins: Aotearoa-New Zealand's relationship with the Pacific. In Brady AM (Ed.), Small States and the Changing Global Order: New Zealand Faces the Future: 145-163. Cham: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18803-0_9.

Ratuva S., Compel R. and Aguilar S. (2019) Guns and roses: The nexus between the military and citizenry in the new security environment. In Ratuva S; Radomir C; Aguilar S (Ed.), Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment: 1-13. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2008-8_1.

Ratuva S., Compel R. and Aguilar S. (2019) Some concluding remarks: The future of civil-military relations. In Ratuva S; Radomir C; Aguilar S (Ed.), Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment: 433-439. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2008-8_22.

Ratuva S. (2018) Coups d’État et récupération : Transformations politiques et ingénierie constitutionnelle aux îles Fidji. In Boyer J-M; Chauchat M; Giraudeau G; Samuel G; Caroline G; Catherine R (Ed.), L’avenir institutionnel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie: 97-112. Noumea: Presses universitaires de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.

Ratuva S. (2018) L’éléphant et le maharadjah: L’ingénierie constitutionnelle dans les sociétés complexes en transition. In Boyer J-M; Chauchat M; Giraudeau G; Gorohouna S; Gravelat C; Ris C (Ed.), L’avenir institutionnel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie: 29-40. Noumea: Presses universitaires de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.

Ratuva S. (2017) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Challenges and Prospects. In Chang K; Chang A (Ed.), Routledge handbook of Asia in world politics: 158-168. London: Routledge.

Ratuva S. (2017) DILEMMAS OF ASIAN REGIONALISM: Globalization, neoliberalism and the challenges of APEC. Routledge Handbook of Asia in World Politics: 158-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315682808-12.

Ratuva s. (2016) Red wine, red waves, red politics: A personal peep into Epeli Hau'ofa's mind and life. In Brown T; Moon P (Ed.), Writings and artworks for Epeli Hau'ofa: Tongan views of the Pacific: 89-108. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

Ratuva S. (2016) Shifting democracy: Electoral changes in Fiji. In Ratuva S; Lawson S (Ed.), The people have spoken: The 2014 elections in Fiji: 17-40. Canberra: Australian National University Press.

Ratuva S. (2016) Shifting sands: Fiji's foreign policy and geopolitical reconfiguration of the Pacific. In Holtz A; Kowash M; Hasenkamp O (Ed.), A Region in Transition: Politics and Power in the Pacific Island Countries: 585-608. Saarbrucken: Universaar Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2016) The people have spoken...'. In Ratuva S; Lawson S (Ed.), The people have spoken: The 2014 elections in Fiji (1st ed.): 1-16. Canberra: Australian National University Press.

Ratuva S. (2016) Tonga. In Levine S (Ed.), Pacific ways (2nd ed.): 337-349. Wellington: University of Victoria Press.

Ratuva S. and Lawson S. (2016) Concluding note: The election to end all coups? In Ratuva S; Lawson S (Ed.), The people have spoken: The 2014 elections in Fiji (1st ed.): 273-280. Canberra: Australian National University Press.

Ratuva S. (2014) Introduction. In Vltchek A (Ed.), Oceania: Neocolonialism, Nukes and Bones: 9-14. Pokeno: Atuanui Press.

Ratuva S. (2013) Coerced Preferences: Horizontal Inequality and Affirmative Action in Fiji. In Premdas R; Gometz T (Ed.), Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict Oxford: Routledge.

Ratuva S. (2013) In search of common values: Ethnic schema, ethnic conflict and national reconciliation in fiji. Education for Values: Morals, Ethics and Citizenship in Contemporary Teaching: 311-322. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203770979-30.

Ratuva S. (2012) Coerced preferences: Affirmative action and horizontal inequality in Fiji. Affirmative Action, Ethnicity and Conflict: 95-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203078839.

Ratuva S. (2008) Australia's New Assertiveness in the Pacific: A View from the 'Backyard'. In Fry G; Kabutaulaka TT (Ed.), Intervention and State-Building in the Pacific: The Legitimacy of Cooperative Intervention Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Ratuva S. (2007) Coups and Migration: Fiji’s Population Trend. Aboriginal Education World No. 17 Taiwan: National Cheng Chi University.

Ratuva S. (2007) Na Kilaka Vaka-Viti ni Veikabula: Indigenous knowledge and the Fijian cosmos: Implications on bio-prospecting. In Ratuva S; Mead A (Ed.), Pacific Genes and Life Patents: Pacific Indigenous Experiences and Analysis of the Commodification and Ownership of Life Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

Ratuva S. (2007) Pacific Perspective on the United States. In al KCE (Ed.), Global Perspectives on the United States Great Barington: Berkshire Publishing Group.

Ratuva S. (2007) The Paradox of Multiculturalism: Ethno-political Conflict in Fiji. In Brown A (Ed.), Security and Development in the Pacific Islands: Social Resistance in Emerging States London: Lynne Reinner.

Ratuva S. (2007) The Pre-Election Cold War: The Role of the Fiji Military during the 2006 Election. In Fraenkel J; Firth S (Ed.), From Election to Coup in Fiji: The 2006 Campaign and its Aftermath Canberra: ANU Press.

Ratuva S. (2007) Veivala kei na Veisaututaki: Land Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Fiji. In Efi TTTT; Suaalii-Sauni TM; Martin B; Henare M; Te Paa JP (Ed.), Pacific Indigenous Dialogue on Faith, Peace, Reconciliation and Good Governance Apia: USP.

Ratuva S. (2006) Primordial politics? Political Parties and Tradition in Melanesia. In Rich R; Hambly L; Morgan M (Ed.), Political Parties in the Pacific Islands Canberra: ANU Pandanus Press.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political and Ethnic Identity in a Post-colonial Communal Democracy: The Case of Fiji. In Allahar A (Ed.), Ethnicity, Class and Nationalism: Caribbean and Extra-Caribbean Dimensions Oxford: Lexington Books.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in Federated States of Micronesia. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in Fiji. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in Kiribati. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in Marshall Islands. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in Nauru. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in Samoa. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in the Solomon Islands. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in Tonga. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2005) Political Parties in Vanuatu. In Day A (Ed.), Political Parties of the World London: John Harpers Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Boarder Disputes in the Pacific. In Calvert P (Ed.), International Border Disputes London: John Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Political and Dissent Movements in Federated States of Micronesia. In Szajkowski B (Ed.), Revolutionary and Dissent Movements of the World London: Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Political and Dissent Movements in Kiribati. In Szajkowski B (Ed.), Revolutionary and Dissent Movements of the World London: Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Political and Dissent Movements in Nauru. In Szajkowski B (Ed.), Revolutionary and Dissent Movements of the World London: Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Political and Dissent Movements in Palau. In Szajkowski B (Ed.), Revolutionary and Dissent Movements of the World London: Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Political and Dissent Movements in Samoa. In Szajkowski B (Ed.), Revolutionary and Dissent Movements of the World London: Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Political and Dissent Movements in Vanuatu. In Szajkowski B (Ed.), Revolutionary and Dissent Movements of the World London: Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Political and Dissent Movements in Vanuatu. In Szajkowski B (Ed.), Revolutionary and Dissent Movements of the World London: Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) Political Movements and Political Conflict in Fiji. In Szajkowski B (Ed.), Revolutionary and Dissent Movements of the World London: Harper Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2004) State Security and Political 'Reliability': The Dynamics of State Security Mapping and Ethnic Stratification. In Molloy I (Ed.), The Eye of the Cyclone: Issues in Pacific Security Queensland: University of Sunshine Coast Press.

Ratuva S. (2004) The Dilemma of Smallness: Globalization and Challenges for Pacific Governance and Foreign Policy. In Sullivan N (Ed.), Governance Challenges for PNG and the Pacific Islands Madang: DWU and State Society in Melanesia project (ANU).

Ratuva S. (2003) In search of common values: Ethnic schema, ethnic conflict and national reconciliation in Fiji. Education for Values: Morals, Ethics and Citizenship in Contemporary Teaching: 313-324. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203416730.

Ratuva S. (2003) Le Paradoxone du multiculturalisme: Gestion des Differences dans L’ Etata Syncretique de Fidji. In Faberon A (Ed.), L’Etat pluriculturalel et les droits aux differences Brussels: Brylant.

Ratuva S. (2003) Reinventing the Cultural Wheel: Restorative Justice in Multi-ethnic Fiji. In Dinnen S (Ed.), A Kind of Mending: Conflict and Restorative Justice in the Pacific Canberra: Pandanus Press.

Journal Articles

Strating R., Guilfoyle D., Ratuva S. and Wallis J. (2022) Commentary: China in the Maritime Pacific. Marine Policy 141 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105092.

Ratuva S. (2021) COVID-19, communal capital and the moral economy: Pacific Islands responses.. Cultural Dynamics Special issue(Special Issue): 1-11-1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09213740211014312..

Ratuva S. (2021) Rethinking human security: COVID 19 and social solidarity economy in the Pacific. Development Bulletin 82(1) 1-10.

Ratuva S. (2021) Social indexology, neoliberalism and racialised metrics: legitimising the ‘inferiority’ of Global South countries. Third World Quarterly 42(9): 2096-2114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2021.1913406.

Ratuva S. (2021) The politics of imagery: Understanding the historical genesis of Sinophobia in Pacific geopolitics (In Press).. East Asia: an international quarterly.

Ratuva S., Basu A., Crichton-Hill Y., Ross T., Martin-Neuninger R. and Vakaoti P. (2021) Integrated social protection and COVID-19: Rethinking Pacific community responses in Aotearoa. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2020.1861033.

Ratuva S. (2020) The moral economy of markets and COVID-19 responses. Cultural Dynamics (Duke University).

Ratuva S. (2020) The pandemic and regional security: Redefining new threats. Development Bulletin (ANU).

Ratuva S. (2019) Horizontal inequality, minorities and affirmative action: A comparative study of Pacific minorities in NZ and US. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture.

Ratuva S. (2019) Social indexology and the neoliberal imperative: The use of ranking the resurgence of ‘scientific’ racism. Cultural Dynamics.

Ratuva S. (2018) Tonga. Contemporary Pacific 30(1): 204-213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cp.2018.0015.

Ratuva S. (2017) Anxiety and Diminished Hope: The Potential Impact of Trump’s Presidency on Pacific Security. Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs 106(2): 165-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2017.1296711.

Ratuva S. (2017) Country review of Tonga. Journal of Contemporary Pacific 29(1): 181-188.

Ratuva S. (2017) Man vs myth: The life and times of Ratu Sukuna. Fijian Studies: A journal of Contemporary Fiji 13(1): 3-15.

Ratuva S. (2016) Subalternization of the Global South: Critique of Mainstream ‘Western’ Security Discourses. Cultural Dynamics 28(2): 211-228.

Ratuva S. (2016) Subalternization of the Global South: Critique of Mainstream ‘Western’ Security Discourses. Cultural Dynamics 28(2): 211-228.

Ratuva S. (2016) Tectonic fractures or storm in a tea cup? Fiji versus Australia and New Zealand. Weld Trends (World Trends): Das Aubenpolitics Journal (112 February 2006): 34-40.

Ratuva S. (2015) Protectionism versus Reformism: The Battle for Taukei Ascendency in Fiji's 2014 General Election. The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs 104(2): 137-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2015.1017259.

Ratuva S. (2015) The interface between affirmative action and neoliberalism: The case of Fiji. Cultural Dynamics 27(1): 135-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0921374014564653.

Ratuva S. (2014) A New Cold War? American and Chinese Posturing in the Pacific. Asia-Pacific Policy Review (ANU) 1(2): 409-422.

Ratuva S. (2014) A New Regional Cold War? American and Chinese Posturing in the Pacific. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 1(2): 409-422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app5.38.

Ratuva S. (2014) Ethnicity, affirmative action and coups in Fiji: indigenous development policies between the 2000 and 2006 coups. Social Identities 20(2-3): 139-154. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2014.881281.

Ratuva S. (2014) Ethnicity, Affirmative Action and Coups in Fiji: Indigenous Development Policies between the 2000 and 2006 Coups. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture 22(2-3): 139-154.

Ratuva S. (2014) Failed States or Resilient Subaltern Communities: Pacific Indigenous Social Protection System in a Neoliberal World. Pacific Journalism Review 20(2): 40-58.

Ratuva S. (2013) Constitutional Engineering and Re-democratization in Fiji. The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth 95(2): 126-132.

Ratuva S. (2013) From the Edge: Reflections on Pacific Research. Transnational Subjects: History, Society and Culture 2(2): 253-259.

Ratuva S. (2013) Legitimizing Regime Change: Fiji’s New Constitution and the 2014 Election. The Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth 95(3): 182-189.

Ratuva S. (2012) Fiji's Illusive Democracy: Paradoxes, Dilemmas and Hopes. Parliamentarian: Journal of Parliaments of the Commonwealth 94(3): 186-196.

Ratuva S. (2012) Ian Campbell (2011) worlds apart: A history of the pacific Islands, 2 ^nd edition: Canterbury University Press. New Zealand Sociology 27(1): 166-169.

Ratuva S. (2011) The Fiji Military Coups: Reactive and Transformative Tendencies. Journal of Asian Political Science 19(1): 96-120.

Ratuva S. (2011) The Gap between Global Thinking and Local Living: Dilemmas of Constitutional Reform in Nauru. Journal of Polynesian Society 120(3): 241-268.

Ratuva S. (2011) The Military coups in Fiji: Reactive and transformative tendencies. Asian Journal of Political Science 19(1): 96-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02185377.2011.568249.

Ratuva S. (2010) Back to Basics: Towards Integrated Social Protection for Vulnerable Groups in Vanuatu. Pacific Economic Bulletin 25(3): 40-63.

Ratuva S. (2010) Critical Fiji media studies defy climate of censorship. Pacific Journalism Review 16(1): 219-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v16i1.1022.

Ratuva S. (2010) Vakatorocaketaki ni Taukei: The Politics of Affirmative Action in Post-colonial Fiji. Pacific Economic Bulletin, (ANU) 25(3): 168-192.

Ratuva S. (2009) Commodifying cultural knowledge: Corporatised western science and Pacific indigenous knowledge. International Social Science Journal 60(195): 153-163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.01709.x.

Ratuva S. (2009) Commodifying Cultural Knowledge: Corporatized Western Science and Pacific Indigenous Knowledge. International Social Science Journal 195(1): 153-163.

Ratuva S. (2009) Pain, suffering but a ray of hope for Fiji’s future. Pacific Journalism Review 15(2): 214-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v15i2.994.

Ratuva S. (2007) Fiji's Education System: Development and Short-comings. Aboriginal Education World 16.

Ratuva S. (2007) Indigenous Scholarship and Higher Education: The Case of Fiji. Aboriginal Education World 14.

Ratuva S. (2007) Tertiary Education in Oceania. Aboriginal Education World 15.

Ratuva S. (2004) From Homo Civicus to Homo Politicus? Political Governance and Civic Education in Fiji. Journal of Fijian Affairs 3(1): 29-40.

Ratuva S. (2004) Reconceptualizing Contemporary Pacific Islands States: Towards a Syncretic Approach. The New Pacific Review, (ANU) 2(1): 246-262.

Ratuva S. (2003) Homo Journaliticus and the Politics of the Media: A Cynical Synopsis. Journalism Review 9.

Ratuva S. (2002) Economic Nationalism and Communal Consolidation: Affirmative Action in Fiji. Pacific Economic Bulletin, (ANU) 17(1).

Ratuva S. (2002) Economic nationalism and communal consolidation: Economic affirmative action in Fiji, 1987-2002. Pacific Economic Bulletin 17(1): 130-137.

Ratuva S. (2002) God’s Will in Paradise: The Politics of Religion and Ethnicity in Fiji. Development Bulletin 59.

Ratuva S. (2001) The Social Construction of Humour: Political Cartooning in the Pacific. Pacific Journalism Review 2(6).

Ratuva S. (2000) The May 2000 Coup in Fiji and the Indigenous Question: Dilemmas and Contradictions. Indigenous Affairs 2000(2).

Ratuva S. (1998) The Politicization of the Concept of Indigenousness in the Pacific: The Case of Fiji. Indigenous Affairs 1998(4).

Ratuva S. (1997) Fiji Still Couped Up. Insight: Journal of Life and Peace Institute 2(2).

Ratuva S. (1993) The Myth of Post-Cold War Disarmament: Post-Soviet Disorder and Rearmament in the Asia-Pacific Region. Journal of Pacific Studies 17(1).

Ratuva S. (1993) The Rise and Demise (?) of Taukeism: Post Coup Indigenous Nationalism in Fiji. Review 20.

Ratuva S. (1987) Education a Tool of Ideological Control. Fiji Teachers Union Journal 4.

Edited Volumes

Ratuva S. (2019) International handbook of ethnicity. Singapore: Springer-Nature Publishers.

Ratuva S. (2019) The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 2044. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0242-8.

Ratuva S; Compel R; Aguilar S (Ed.) (2019) Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2008-8.

Ratuva S; Compel R; Anguilar S (Ed.) (2019) Guns & roses: Comparative civil-military relations in the changing security environment. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2008-8.

Wright AF; Ratuva S; Millar P; Meek A; Prentice C (Ed.) (2018) Pacific Dynamics, Special Issue on Memory and the Pacific. Pacific Dynamics 5Christchurch.

Ratuva S. and Mead A. (2007) Pacific Genes and Life Patents: Pacific Indigenous Experiences and Analysis of the Commodification and Ownership of Life. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

Conference Contributions - Published

Ratuva S. (2021) Geo-politics and big power contestation. In.

Conference Contributions - Other

Ratuva S. (2021) Chair of Indo-Pacific security alliance panel (Opened by PM J. Ardern). Te Papa, Wellington: Standing in the future: NZ and the Indo-Pacific region, 14-14 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) Chair of panel on Climate crisis and SDG in the Pacific. University of Canterbury and Online: SDG and sustainability, by Aotearoa New Zealand Alliance on Sustainable Development, 24 Jun 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) China and the Indo-Pacific security alliance. University of New South Wales and Zoom: China in the Asia-Pacific, 26 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) COVID, wellbeing and community research. UNITEC, Auckland: Health Research Council symposium, 2-2 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) Critical research. cultural responses and community wellbeing. University of Otago: Health Research Council symposium, 16-16 Apr 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) Global security in the new era of COVID. Online: World Congress on Political Science, 10 Jul-14 Jun 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) Military industrial complex and global resource grab. Online: World Congress on Political Science, organized by the International Political Science Association, 14 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) Post-Reset and the new Pacific responses. Briefing paper for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 20 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) Rethinking futures: Globalization and the new generation. Wellington: Pacific community youth forum, 24 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) State fragility and political transformation. Online: World Congress on Political Science, organized by the International Political Science Association, 13 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) The geopolitics of size and political power: Small island states and the United Nations Security Council. New York, NY, USA: Virtual conference organized by the United Nations Association of Germany and UN Security Council diplomats and officials, 23-23 Jun 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) The Pacific Islands in the context of Japan and New Zealand relationships. Wellington, zoom: Asia New Zealand Foundation conference on Japan-NZ bilateralism, 22 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) The UN Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and prospects. Online: Aotearoa Sustainability Alliance national conference on New Zealand and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 24-24 Jun 2021.

Ratuva S. (2021) Weapons of mind destruction: The crisis of global knowledge and implications on the Global South. Sydney, Zoom: Australian and New Zealand Geographical Society conference Keynote, 12 Jul 2021.

Ratuva S. (2020) Epistemic siege: The commodification of knowledge. Massey University: Development Studies series, 8 Oct 2020.

Ratuva S. (2020) Global security and political transformation: A theoretical analysis. Online: International Political Science Association Webinar, 3-4 Aug 2020.

Ratuva S. (2020) The shifting security agenda and power relations. Online: Track 1.5 Security Dialogue: New Zealand, Australia and US, 1 Dec 2020.

Ratuva S. (2019) Critique of the Indo-Pacific concept: Big power hegemony and geopolitical implications for small states. Australian National University: Conference on Indo-Pacific concept and regional politics, 6-7 Jul 2019.

Ratuva S. (2019) Racism in geo-politics: The case of Sinophobia. The global influence of China: Implications for the future, 18-19 Mar 2019.

Ratuva S. (2019) Sinophobia and French colonial designs in Oceania. Australian National University: Conference on China and Pacific politics: New research directions, 3-4 Jun 2019.

Ratuva S. (2019) Subaltern views and geo-politics: Big power contestation in the Pacific. Australian National University: US, Australia and NZ regional engagement: Track 1.5 conference, 25-26 Jun 2019.

Ratuva S. (2019) The risks of racialization in the new global audit and ranking cultures. University of Nagasaki: International Conference on risks, security and ethnicity, 10-11 Jul 2019.

Ratuva S. (2018) Indexology, human ranking and security: A critical global perspective. Brisbane: World Congress on Political Science, 21-26 Jul 2018.

Ratuva S. (2018) Social indexology, human ranking and "scientific racism": A critical analysis of the global trend. Duke University: Fulbright public lecture, 17 Apr 2019-17 Apr 2018.

Ratuva S. (2018) Social indexology, orientalism and racialized ranking: A critique of the neoliberal order. University of California, Los Angeles: Fulbright public lecture, 14-14 Mar 2018.

Reports

Ratuva S. (2020) Pacific Islands architecture: Review of the Observers and Forum Dialogue Partners. In Pacific Islands architecture: Review of the Observers and Forum Dialogue Partners, 1-60.

Ratuva S. (2019) Pacific Islands-Japan trade relations: A review of the Pacific Islands Trade Center (Tokyo). In Pacific Islands-Japan trade relations: A review of the Pacific Islands Trade Center (Tokyo), Pacific Islands Forum. 1-55.

Ratuva S. (2014) Pacific Health Research Guidelines.Health Research Council of New Zealand. Commissioned by Health Research Council of New Zealand. 32pp.

Ratuva S. (2013) Evaluation of European Union funded Minority Rights Group and Citizens Constitutional Forum Project on Minorities in Fiji.International Minority Rights Group. Commissioned by International Minority Rights Group.

Ratuva S. (2013) Survey on Electoral Systems Appeals Process for Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati, Tuvalu, PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru and Cook Islands.International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance. Commissioned by International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance.

Ratuva S. (2012) The 2006 Tonga Riots.Tonga High Court. Commissioned by Tonga High Court.

Oral Presentations

Ratuva S. (2014) Electoral Systems and Impact on Results: The 2014 Fiji Election. University of the South Pacific, Fiji.

Ratuva S. (2014) Fiji Elections and Implications to Regional Geo-politics. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials, Wellington, New Zealand.

Ratuva S. (2014) Fiji's Open List Proportional System and Bainimarama's Victory. University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Discussion/Working Papers

Ratuva S. (2021) Hierarchies of knowing. In Association of Commonwealth Universities Review, Association of Commonwealth Universities. Commissioned by Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Ratuva S. (2021) Tectonic fractures in Pacific regionalism. In The Diplomat, The Diplomat. Commissioned by The Diplomat.

Ratuva S. (2021) Weapons of mind destruction: Neoliberalization of knowledge, epistemic inequity and the Global South. .

Ratuva S. (2021) Where to now for the Pacific Islands Forum and regionalism. Australian Institute of International Affairs. Commissioned by Australian Institute of International Affairs.

Ratuva S. and Teaiwa K. (2021) Pacific regionalism on trial: A way forward. Pacific Cooperation Foundation.

Student Supervision

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Current

PhD - Daly S: Culture, parenting styles and schools: The case of Samoan parents in NZ (2021)
PhD - Haley N: Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific
PhD - Karlyn T: Indigenous Conflict Resolution: How Ranonggans Perceive Conflict
PhD - Kataoka M: Pacific Studies PhD
PhD - Kolova S: Pacific Studies PhD
PhD - Leo L: Pacific diaspora and contribution to climate change (2022)
PhD - Liavaa LF: Climate change responses and gender in Tonga (2022)
PhD - Noa A: New Zealand and Chinese aid in the Pacific: A comparative critical analysis (2021)
PhD - O'Halloran-Thyne D: Pacific Studies PhD
PhD - Patsatsia A: Political Science PhD
PhD - Penaia N: English PhD
PhD - Ratulomai S: Corporate communication in a neoliberal environment: The cases of Air NZ and Air Pacific
PhD - Ratulomai S: Corporate culture and innovation: The case of Fiji Airways and Air NZ (2021)
PhD - Tetini T: Climate change and cultural identity in the Cook Islands (2021)
PhD - Togiaso J: Education PhD
PhD - Wragg UM: Gender, land ownership and power: Comparative study of Fiji and Cook Islands (2023)
Masters - Vakamacawai E: Independent Course of Study: Motivational theories and community wellbeing

Completed

PhD - Espesor J: Conflict, peacebuilding and civil society: The cases of Mindanao and Ache (2018)
PhD - Gharbaoui D: Climate change and migration: The case of Fiji (2020)
PhD - Laing E: Energy project and development in the Pacific (2017)
PhD - Puloka E: Exploring conceptualizations of environmental issues in Pacific science (2021)
PhD - Shimasaki CO: The narratives of nuclear bomb survivors: The case of Japan and Christmas Island (2021)
PhD - Tavita L: Power, church and politics in Samoa (2021)
PhD - Tran V: Sacred forests and minority groups in Vietnam (2020)
PhD - Willis J: Climate change narrative in Kiribati and Tuvalu (2018)
Masters - Bland L: Effectiveness of EU Conditionality as a Mechanism to Promote Democracy and Human Rights in Cambodia, in the Context of the Everything but Arms Agreement Withdrawal (2019)
Masters - Boomen M: Framework for a war crimes database: Case study on the Bougainville conflict (2017)
Masters - Cavuilati V: Climate change and malnutrition in Fiji: A cross-sectional study amongst children in Ba medical subdivision (2017)
Masters - Matakarawa S: Gold Mining and Acute Respiratory Infection in Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Vatukoula, Fiji (2018)
Masters - Pipes CR: The socio- cultural and cosmological aspects of taro (2020)
Masters - Scott: Climate Change Adaptation Programs in the Solomon Is: A Study of Peceptions and Relationship (2020)
Masters - Tay C: Subconscious interconnectivity of identities between the synthetic and real world (2017)
Masters - Balkonan R: The role and utility of regional organizations in the Pacific--a case study of Vanuatu (2018)

Review and Refereeing

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Marked PhD and MA thesis. ( 2012 - 2023)

Key Methodologies

Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) technique
Political Economy Analysis (PEA)
Critical Discourse Aanalysis
Critical Phenomenological Assessment