Amanda H A Watson

Compulsory SIM card registration in Papua New Guinea

January 24, 2018

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Telikom headquarters, Port Moresby (image: Amanda Watson)

Telecommunications in Papua New Guinea – in conversation with Telikom

September 5, 2017

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by Amanda H A Watson, Mahesh Patel

Kitava health centre nurse, Milne Bay Province, 2014 (image: Amanda Watson)

Ten years in Papua New Guinea: in conversation with Digicel

July 31, 2017

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by Amanda H A Watson, Gary Seddon

Corporate philanthropy in Papua New Guinea – in conversation with the Digicel Foundation

May 30, 2017

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by Amanda H A Watson, Beatrice Mahuru

Binary code (Christiaan Colen/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)

Telecommunication and broadcasting regulation in Papua New Guinea – in conversation with the regulator

March 21, 2017

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by Amanda H A Watson, Hans Adeg, Kila Aluvula, Gibson Tito

Does PNG rank highly for Internet porn searches?

January 31, 2017

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Mobile phone (Flickr/Ken Banks, kiwanja.net)

Remote data collection in Papua New Guinea: an aid to policy deliberations

July 7, 2015

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by Amanda H A Watson

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.