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Danielle Watson

Dr Danielle Watson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice, Faculty of Law at the Queensland University of Technology. Danielle was awarded a PhD in Sociolinguistics from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine in 2016.  She was the former coordinator of the Pacific Policing Programme at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji. Danielle specializes in police/civilian relations on the margins with particular interests in hotspot policing, police recruitment and training as well as many other areas specific to policing in developing country contexts. Her research interests are multidisciplinary in scope as she also conducts research geared towards the advancement of tertiary teaching and learning.

It’s time to move beyond a Western understanding of development

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Danielle Watson, Julie Berg - 17 Oct 2022

It’s time to move beyond a Western understanding of development

Measurements of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in the Pacific have for too long failed to recognise the importance of traditional systems of knowledge and authority, Danielle Watson and…

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Rethinking Human Security in the Pacific

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Danielle Watson - 16 Mar 2022

Rethinking Human Security in the Pacific

Is it time for a paradigm shift? Pacific states, their partners, and scholars of the region must continue to evolve their understanding of the region’s security landscape as new…

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Danielle Watson - 29 Sep 2021

The gender agenda in Pacific policing: Moving beyond lip service

Despite greater rhetorical support for women’s role in Pacific policing, institutional resistance has proven to be a major roadblock, Danielle Watson and Loene Howes write.

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