Dr Amanda H. A. Watson
Department of Pacific Affairs
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Dr Amanda H.A. Watson is a Fellow at the ANU Department of Pacific Affairs.
Dr Watson’s research focuses on digital technologies and infrastructures in the Pacific Islands region. Her expertise includes undersea internet cables, satellite internet services and telecommunications in the Pacific.
She has a particular interest in mobile telephone uptake and use in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Her multi-year project with academic partners in PNG monitors mobile internet prices. She also remains actively engaged in telecommunication sector regulatory processes and developments in PNG. Her research looks at the roles of mobile telephones in everyday lives, service delivery and development in rural and urban areas.
In addition to her expertise on digital technologies, Dr Watson has an interest in media freedom and closely follows developments in PNG that may impede or improve media freedom.
Dr Watson is a fellow with the Department of Pacific Affairs at ANU. Her work has been published in various academic journals, as well as book chapters, policy papers and submissions, blog posts and newspaper articles.