PaCSIA is a not-for-profit organisation located in Brisbane, Australia. We design and conduct research, consulting and training in the areas of conflict analysis, conflict transformation and peacebuilding, and engage in culturally sensitive, dialogical research and practice. PaCSIA actively supports the prevention of violence and contributes to public debate and better understanding of peace and conflict through facilitation of dialogue and constructive conflict engagement processes. PaCSIA members come from a range of academic and professional backgrounds and have extensive expertise in research, practice and academia.
Our recent work…
PaCSIA is a leader in relational peacebuilding and the facilitation of intercultural dialogue. Our work aims to build connections between remote communities in Australia and Melanesia, to resolve conflicts at all levels, and to highlight First Nations voices and knowledges. Below are some examples of our recent work:
Peace-building in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville
PaCSIA actively supports the ongoing peace process in Bougainville after the devastating civil war of the 1990s and the implementation of the 2019 referendum on Bougainville’s independence.
By Shabnam Mondal The Bougainville Transition Dialogues Phase 2 (BTD2) project in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARoB), Papua New Guinea, continues the important work initiated by the Bougainville Referendum…
Over the past few weeks, we have been collating all the data gathered from phase 2 of the Bougainville Transition Dialogues into excel spreadsheets. Our team has been reading through…
The PaCSIA team has just returned from another field trip to Bougainville in which we met with our local facilitators from Central and Bana areas and discussed the progress of…
Panguna Mine Legacy
PaCSIA has worked in the Panguna Mine area in Bougainville since 2015 and facilitates conversations among communities about the environmental, social, psychological and spiritual impact of the Panguna Mine.
By Volker Boege PaCSIA has worked with communities affected by the environmental, social, cultural and health legacies of the Panguna copper mine in Bougainville for several years, commencing with the…
The pit of the Panguna Mine in July 2016 PaCSIA staff Volker Boege, Erica Rose Jeffrey and Serge Loode visited the Panguna Dialogue Project area in Central/South Bougainville for another…
In February and March another round of community dialogues for the Panguna Dialogue Project (PDP) took place on Bougainville. The dialogues were run by members of the Bougainville team of…
The first round of community workshops for the Panguna Dialogue Project (PDP) took place in October 2015. This was a joint endeavor by conducted by a PaCSIA team, consisting of Dr…
Connecting First Nations Peace-builders
PaCSIA creates opportunities for meaningful exchanges of knowledge and support between First Nations peacebuilders from Australia and Melanesia online and in person.
PaCSIA firmly supports a Yes! vote in the Voice Referendum! If you want more information on why we need the Voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution, please watch the video…
In August 2018 PaCSIA invited the four local partner organisations of the Melanesian Peace Dialogue Network (MPDN) to a three-day experience sharing workshop in Buka, Bougainville. Nasioi Peacebuilding Association (NPA)…
In August 2017 PaCSIA and its local partner organisations Prison Fellowship Solomon Islands (PFSI), Bougainville Indigenous Dialogue (BID) and Nasioi Peacebuilding Association (NPA) successfully concluded the pilot-year of the Melanesian…
