Colin Wiltshire

Dr Colin Wiltshire

Research Fellow
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+61 2 6125 7570
Room: 2.295
Building: HC Coombs Building, #9

Colin is a research fellow in the politics of service delivery at the Department of Pacific Affairs. His research explores the political economy of budget and expenditure practices in PNG and its implications for development outcomes. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in PNG and focuses on applied policy-relevant research. Colin managed the PNG Promoting Effective Public Expenditure Project, a joint research initiative with PNGs National Research Institute. This research involved conducting one of the largest independent expenditure tracking and service delivery surveys in PNG’s history, and hosting influential budget forums in PNG. Most recently he was the lead researcher for the 2019 Solomon Islands National General Election Observation and the Managing Development in Solomon Islands Constituencies project.

DPA's James Batley at the report launch in Honiara

Launch of DPA’s observation report on the 2019 Solomon Islands National General Elections

On 5 February 2020, the Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) launched its 2019 Solomon Islands National General Elections (NGE) Observation Report at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) i

Children in a field

Joint district assessments and political context analysis in PNG

In partnership with CARE PNG, Colin Wiltshire, Thiago Oppermann and Theresa Meki have recently undertaken joint district assessments and political context analysis in Menyamya District and Gumine District, Papua New Guinea.

Gizo voting

2019 Solomon Islands general elections domestic observation

The Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) is leading a project which will observe the Solomon Islands General Elections, which is scheduled to take place by 17 April 2019.

Rita Pearson, 2015 election candidate in Taonita Teop, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, with some of her campaign team. Image SSGM

PNG Women in Leadership Support Program

In January 2017, the Department of Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University commencde a five year PNG Women in Leadership Support Program (WLSP).

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