Amanda H A Watson

Mobile phones in the Pacific: a book review

September 10, 2019

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by Amanda H A Watson

The digital divide between and within countries

August 13, 2019

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by Amanda H A Watson, Kyung Ryul Park

Learning to fly: piloting research in Papua New Guinea

July 31, 2019

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by Grant Walton, Amanda H A Watson, Charles Kingsley Wapinien

A tax on mobile phones in PNG?

May 16, 2019

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by Amanda H A Watson, Rohan Fox

Credit: Oxford University Press and Juha Laitalainen

‘A village goes mobile’: mobile phones and social change

January 29, 2019

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Digicel customers registering their SIM cards, 31 July 2018 (Credit: Amanda H A Watson)

SIM card deactivation commencing in PNG

August 1, 2018

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UPNG students with their mobile phones (Credit: Amanda Watson)

PNG SIM card registration extension

May 17, 2018

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UPNG students using their mobile phones (Credit: Amanda Watson)

PNG National Court case on SIM card deactivation today

May 15, 2018

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Madang MP Bryan Kramer talks to media after the hearing (Credit: Amanda H A Watson)

PNG National Court interim injunction prevents SIM card deactivation today

April 30, 2018

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Digicel staff members register customers at a temporary stand while others wait, Port Moresby, December 2017 (Credit: Amanda H A Watson)

Compulsory SIM card registration in Papua New Guinea

January 24, 2018

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Amanda H A Watson

Dr. Amanda H A Watson is a Research Fellow with the Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. From January 2017 to August 2019, she was part of a small team of ANU academics based in Port Moresby, teaching courses in the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Business and Public Policy under the ANU-UPNG Partnership. Dr Watson's research focuses on mobile phone use in PNG, including strategic uses and regulatory issues. Her PhD thesis looked at the uptake and use of mobile phones during the earliest days of mobile phone adoption in PNG. Dr Watson has also taught at Divine Word University, Macquarie University, Queensland University of Technology and TAFE NSW. Her work has been published in various academic journals, as well as book chapters, blog posts and newspaper articles.