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Research
Generating original scholarship on small island and ocean state economies — how international norms travel through development frameworks, trade agreements, and procurement systems, and whose economies are served when they arrive.
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Translation
Translating that research into forms that governments, communities, and practitioners can use — policy briefs, briefing notes, and accessible analyses that close the distance between academic rigour and practical action.
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Convening
Convening conversations across the Caribbean, Pacific, and Australia that existing institutions are not positioned to hold — bringing together the scholars, policymakers, and communities navigating development on their own terms.
CURRENT WORK
Active research
Published · Australian Journal of Management
A Systematic Review of Indigenous Procurement Policy Literature
A comprehensive mapping of the IPP scholarly field — identifying critical evidence gaps and charting a comparative research agenda across post-colonial societies.
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Forthcoming · Peer-reviewed journal
Institutional Logics and Indigenous Procurement Policy
A theoretical contribution examining how competing institutional logics produce goal and means ambiguity in procurement systems designed to advance Indigenous economic empowerment.
Conference · CSA 50th Anniversary 2026
Two presentations at the Caribbean Studies Association
Presenting at the global flagship for Caribbean scholarship — examining emancipatory entrepreneurship, CARICOM MSME policy, and what decolonial development looks like in practice.