Research Projects

PAU has many research projects in progress and nearing completion.  As time progresses these projects will be listed on our website and individual project pages created for each of the research projects.

 

Recently Completed Projects

Title of Research Project

Researcher

Status of Research

Solid Waste Management Practices

Stephen Vele

2G Media Services

Staff research

Successful models of youth leadership

 

Dr Lalen Simeon, Ben Thomas, Dr Tracie Mafileo, Dr Barry Gane

School of Business & Beri Meare Centre

Faculty research

Effective Bible teaching in rural areas of Solomon Islands: an investigation of bible teaching at Jones Adventist College

 

Bevan Tutuo

School of Theology

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research thesis

Towards an Understanding of Contemporary Worship in the Adventist Church in Port Moresby

Pr David Gairo

School of Theology

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research thesis

The Leadership Perceptions and Practices of Ni-Vanuatu Seventh-day Adventist Pastors

Pr Ericson Restuetune

School of Theology

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research thesis

A Practical Approach to the Nurture of Church Members in Papua New Guinea:  A Case Study of Morata Seventh-day Adventist Church

Pr Max Zaccias

 

School of Theology

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research thesis

A study on the feasibility of establishing an Adventist Professional's association for evangelism to support the mission of the SDA church in Port Moresby

Reuben Akia

School of Theology

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research thesis

Discovering the dynamics of equipping, sustaining and building disciples in Papua New Guinea Seventh-day Adventist Churches

Pr Robert Jonathan

School of Theology

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research thesis

Survey of strategic planning needs for Fiji mission field ministers and a suggested model for ministry

 

Pr Sefanaia Turava

School of Theology

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research thesis

The role of the teacher in addressing

Student occult sub-cultures in a Papua New Guinea secondary school: A case study

Unia Kaise Api

School of Theology

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research thesis

Youth Resilience in PNG
Dr Tracie Mafile'o Faculty Research

  

 

Research Projects In Progress

 

Title of Research Project

Researcher

Status of Research

Cultural Bridges in PNG Cultures

Pr Graeme Humble

School of Theology

Current faculty research for PhD (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)

The implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP)at the three special education facilities (Cheshire Home, Red Cross Special School and St John School of the Blind) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and the involvement of parents in the IEP

Fulori Bola

School of Education

Current faculty research

Maternal mortality in Papua New Guinea

 

Nina Pangiau

School of Health Sciences

Current faculty research for PhD (University of Newcastle, Aust.)

Workline in a Changing Environment

Simon Luke

Current faculty research for PhD (Avondale College, Aust.)

What can be learnt about male circumcision with a cohort of students and staff at a PNG university (Pilot Study)

Rachel Tommbe and Lester Asugeni

School of Health Sciences

Current faculty research

Is male circumcision an acceptable and feasible intervention to reduce HIV transmission in Papua New Guinea?

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JCU Research Link

 

Dr Tracie Mafileo, Rachael Tommbe and Lester Asugeni

School of Health Sciences

Current faculty research in collaboration with James Cook University & Divine Word University

SDA Education Through the Eyes of Missionaries

Dr Jillian Thiele

Current faculty research

Dance in the South Pacific Islands: Encounters with Adventist Christian faith 

Jennifer Jones

School of Arts & Humanities

Current faculty research for PhD (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)

Perceptions of late adolescent children of PAU staff about growing up on campus

 

Danijela Schubert

Research for DMin (Fuller Theological Seminary, USA)

Students' perceptions of change attributed to a service learning program in a tertiary Adventist institution in the South Pacific (Education)

Leroy Elisha

School of Education

Current faculty research for PhD (Adventist Institute of Advanced Studies, Philippines)

Demographic profile of PNGUM membership from 1900-present

 

Dr Jennifer Litau

 

School of Arts & Humanities

Current faculty research

 

Early Christian gospels: Their production and transmission. A comparative codicological, palaeographical, and text-critical study of canonical and non-canonical gospel papyri (Theology)

 

Dr Scott Charlesworth

School of Theology

Current faculty research ongoing

HIV Risk amongst Rural SDA Women in Yabiufa, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Nellie Hamura-Oa

Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry research to be completed in 2010

 

 


 


 

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Last Updated: 17 August, 2010