Jonathan Pryke

Director, Pacific Islands Program

Areas of expertise

Pacific economic development; Australia-Melanesia relations; Australian foreign aid and the Pacific

Contact

@jonathan_pryke

Biography

Publications

News and media

Jonathan Pryke is a former Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program. Jonathan’s research is interested in all aspects of the Pacific Islands, including economic development in the Pacific Islands region, Australia’s relationship with the Pacific, the role of aid and the private sector in Pacific Islands development and Pacific labour mobility. Jonathan joined the Lowy Institute in 2015 from the Development Policy Centre at the Australian National University where he was a researcher, editor of the Development Policy Blog and a co-convener of the Australasian Aid Conference. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Sydney, a Masters of Public Policy (Development Policy), Masters of Diplomacy and Graduate Diploma in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University.

Does Chinese aid make Australians more generous?

A survey finds surprising results when Australians are asked to consider Chinese aid in the Pacific.

Commentary

PNG’s China strategy a wake-up call for Canberra policymakers

Originally published in The AustralianJonathan Pryke

Pacific links: life on Manus, kava questions, seasonal workers, more

From tracking development data to the visit of PNG’s PM, stories and links from across the Pacific islands region.

PNG: Marape’s blueprint for change in a fast vanishing honeymoon

The new PM has big ambition to write a new chapter for the country but not to put himself at the centre of every deal.

The Pacific: pinching pennies doesn’t make for policy longevity

Australians might be wary on aid but are far more alert to the region’s biggest security concern in climate change.

Australia’s aid in PNG: the need for a gendered approach

Tackling endemic domestic violence and the lack of women in parliament should be renewed as a focus across the Pacific.

Commentary

New PNG prime minister, same problems

Touting a new narrative of the Pacific family, Scott Morrison is profoundly changing where the Pacific fits into Australian foreign policy. Originally published in the Australian…