David W. Hegarty, BA, DipEd (Melb), MA (SOAS)
Visiting Fellow, State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program (SSGM)

Email: david.hegarty@anu.edu.au

Biographical Statement

David Hegarty has combined an academic and public policy career specialising in politics, development and security in the Pacific Islands region. He was Convenor of the research and outreach program – State, Society & Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) – at the Australian National University from1999 to 2008. He has held positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (including as Australian High Commissioner to Samoa), in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and as an advisor to a former Minister for Trade and Overseas Development. In 2001 he served as Leader of the International Peace Monitoring Team in Solomon Islands. He lectured previously at the ANU (Strategic & Defence Studies Centre) and at the University of Papua New Guinea (1970-82). He is currently a Visiting Fellow with SSGM.

Conference presentations include: Local-Level Governance in Melanesia: Trends and Issues' (DEVNET Conference, Wellington, NZ, Dec. 2008); 'Pacific Islands: States in the Making...' (Human Rights & Governance in the Pacific Colloquium, Canberra, April 2008); 'Governance Indicators - Characterising the Pacific?' (PIPSA, Pt Vila, Dec 2007); 'Arc of Instability in the South Pacific?'(New Zealand Committee for the Security Council Asia-Pacific, Wellington, April 2007); China's expanding role in the South Pacific, (Tokyo, May 2007); 'Successful Community Support Activities – Lessons from Post-Conflict Melanesia', (with Dr Marjorie Sullivan), 'Engaging Communities', International Conference (UN & Gov Qld), Aug 2005. 'Why is Governance Reform so Difficult in Papua New Guinea?' (CSEG/Lowy Update, Sydney 2005); 'Francis Fukuyama in the South Pacific?' (PIPSA, New Caledonia 2004); 'Intervention, Regionalism, Engagement: New forms of security management in the South Pacific? (Asia-Pacific Roundtable, ISIS, Malaysia 2004); 'Peace Interventions in the South Pacific: Lessons from Bougainville and Solomon Islands' (Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii 2003).

Research Interests

Political change and development; governance, state-building, civil society; conflict and conflict-resolution strategies in the Pacific Islands region.

Key Publications

• 'Peace-Building in the Pacific Islands: Lessons from Bougainville, Solomon Islands and Fiji' (with Anthony Regan), Handbook on Conflict and Mediation in Asia, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva, 2007
• 'South Pacific Security' in Ayson and Ball (eds), Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific, A&U, 2006
• 'New Modes of Security Management' in Henderson and Watson (eds), Securing a Peaceful Pacific, Christchurch, 2005
• 'Effective Development in Papua New Guinea', (Co-Editor) Development Bulletin No. 67, 2005
• 'Rebuilding State and Nation in Solomon Islands' (with colleagues), SSGM Discussion Paper, 2004/2

Career Highlights

Convenor, SSGM Program, ANU (1999-2008); Australian High Commissioner to Samoa, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1995-98); Adviser to the Minister for Trade and Overseas Development (1991-92); Senior Adviser, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (1989-91); Senior Fellow, Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, ANU (1986-89); Senior Lecturer, Political Studies Department, University of Papua New Guinea (1976-82).