The 2025 PNG Update will be held on 21-22 August at the Waigani Campus of the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby.

The theme for this year is 'Papua New Guinea at 50: past, present and future'.
 

The call for papers is now open!

We invite abstracts and panels that broadly address the theme, with potential topics including (but not limited to):

• PNG economy
• Government and accountability
• Politics and elections
• International relations, regional cooperation and security
• Trade and investment
• Social development: health, education and gender
• The constitution and rule of law
• Environmental sustainability and climate change
• Infrastructure development

Submission deadline is Friday 30 May.

Travel support is available for a limited number of Papua New Guinean or Pacific Islands postgraduate students and early career researchers (who have commenced work in the academic sector within the last 5 years).

Support is also available for a number of female Papua New Guinean researchers based in PNG.
 

The Update is free for all presenters and attendees. No registration is required.

Please visit this page in August for the program and venue details.