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Dr Apisalome Movono BA, MA, PGCTT, PhD,

Senior Lecturer in Development Studies

Doctoral Co-Supervisor
School of People, Environment and Planning

Apisalome is the co-founder of the Laucala Beach Sustainability Society which works for the restoration and protection of the Laucala Beach Ring-Ditch Fortification site.  Api has authored a number of conference papers, book chapters, and journal articles and was awarded an East-West Centre Fellowship in 2019, and recently completed a World Bank, Pacific Ocean Finance Fellowship in March 2020. The pursuit of attaining the SDGs is well embedded in his research interests and translates into the work he does. He has the pleasure of working for the people of the South Pacific and his commitment to his region involves researching and promoting development that is fair, resilient, and sustainable for his people and generations to come. His work seeks to create an understanding of Pacific Island people and to find solutions and long-term strategies for the many challenges Pacific Islanders face.

Email: a.movono@massey.ac.nz
Phone: 06 3569099 ext. 86384

Mobile:0225101135

Api’s research focuses on tourism’s social and economic impacts on indigenous Fijian communities. He joined us at Massey University at the start of 2020 after around 10 years serving in various positions at the University of the South Pacific (USP), with a little ‘time out’ to complete his Ph.D. at Griffith University. His Ph.D. research drew on postmodernist techniques and sought to improve our understanding of resilience, sustainable livelihoods, climate change and tourism development amongst indigenous Fijian communities. In 2020, he joined the Development Studies team at Massey University, New Zealand, as a Senior Lecturer.

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Professional

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts - University of the South Pacific (2009)
  • Master of Arts - University of the South Pacific (2012)
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching - University of the South Pacific (2013)
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Tourism Management - Griffith University (2018)

Fellowships and Memberships

  • Member, East West Centre (Fellow) (2019)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Ecological impacts, Livelihoods; Tourism development, Coastal communities, Complex Adaptive Systems, Pacific Islands, Sustainable Development, Resilience, Decolonizing Research

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Resource Development and Management, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Anthropology (160100):
Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000): Impacts of Tourism (150601): Other Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services (159900):
Social and Cultural Anthropology (160104): Studies In Human Society (160000):
Tourism (150600)

Research Outputs

Journal

de la Torre Parra, L., Movono, A., Scheyvens, R., & Auckram, S. (2023). Pacific approaches to fundraising in the digital age: COVID-19, resilience and community relational economic practices. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 64(2), 222-238
[Journal article]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
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Scheyvens, R., Movono, A., & Auckram, J. (2023). Enhanced wellbeing of Pacific Island peoples during the pandemic? A qualitative analysis using the Advanced Frangipani Framework. International Journal of Wellbeing. 13(1), 59-78
[Journal article]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
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Scheyvens, RA., Movono, A., & Auckram, S. (2023). Pacific peoples and the pandemic: exploring multiple well-beings of people in tourism-dependent communities. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 31(1), 111-130
[Journal article]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
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Gibson, D., Vada, S., Bibi, P., Masau, N., Powell, B., Movono, A., . . . Johnson, H. (2022). Beyond the air-conditioned boardroom: Bridging western and Fijian Indigenous knowledge in tourism research.. Pacific Dynamics. 6(1), 99-123 Retrieved from https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/items/6a2d1c76-f7ab-4471-bec6-45ef0c6cbebc
[Journal article]Authored by: Movono, A.
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Hardy, A., Young, T., Cheer, J., Scheyvens, R., & Movono, A. (2022). Humanising research: A citizen social science agenda. Annals of Tourism Research. 96
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Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R. (2022). Adapting and reacting to Covid-19: Tourism and resilience in the South Pacific. Pacific Dynamics. 6(1), 124-150 Retrieved from https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/103408
[Journal article]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
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Movono, A., Scheyvens, R., & Auckram, S. (2022). Silver linings around dark clouds: Tourism, Covid-19 and a return to traditional values, villages and the vanua. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 63(2), 164-179
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Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R. (2022). Tourism and Politics: Responses to Crises in Island States. Tourism Planning and Development. 19(1), 50-60
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Scheyvens, R., Carr, A., Movono, A., Hughes, E., Higgins-Desbiolles, F., & Mika, JP. (2021). Indigenous tourism and the sustainable development goals. Annals of Tourism Research. 90
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Hutchison, B., Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R. (2021). Resetting tourism post-COVID-19: why Indigenous Peoples must be central to the conversation. Tourism Recreation Research. 46(2), 261-275
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Movono, A., & Becken, S. (2018). Solesolevaki as social capital: a tale of a village, two tribes, and a resort in Fiji. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. 23(2), 146-157
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Cheer, JM., Pratt, S., Tolkach, D., Bailey, A., Taumoepeau, S., & Movono, A. (2018). Tourism in Pacific island countries: A status quo round-up. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies. 5(3), 442-461
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Movono, A., Cheer, JM., Pratt, S., Tolkack, D., Bailey, A., & Taumoepeau, S. (2018). Tourism in Pacific island countries: A status quo round‐up. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies. 5(3), 442-461 Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/app5.250
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Scheyvens, R., & Movono, A. (2018). Development and change: Reflections on tourism in the South Pacific. Development Bulletin. 80, 134-139 Retrieved from https://crawford.anu.edu.au/rmap/devnet/devnet/db-80.pdf
[Journal article]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
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Movono, A., & Dahles, H. (2017). Female empowerment and tourism: a focus on businesses in a Fijian village. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research. 22(6), 681-692
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Pratt, S., McCabe, S., & Movono, A. (2016). Gross happiness of a 'tourism' village in Fiji. Journal of Destination Marketing and Management. 5(1), 26-35
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Book

Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R. (2021). Tourism in a World of Disorder: A Return to the Vanua and Kinship with Nature in Fiji. In COVID in the Islands: A comparative perspective on the Caribbean and the Pacific. (pp. 265 - 277).
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Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R.(2021). Mana of the Pacific. : Potton & Burton
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Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R. (2021). Tourism in a World of Disorder: A Return to the Vanua and Kinship with Nature in Fiji. In Y. Campbell, & J. Connell (Eds.) COVID in the Islands: A comparative perspective on the Caribbean and the Pacific. (pp. 265 - 277). : Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
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Report

Scheyvens, R., Movono, A., Tasere, A., Neihapi, P., Taua'i, L., Turner, L., . . . Auckram, J.(2022). Measuring the wellbeing of tourism-reliant communities in the South Pacific during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palmerston North: Institute of Development Studies, Massey University
[Technical Report]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
Powles, A., & Movono, A. (2021). UK Positioning in the Pacific Ahead of COP26.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Movono, A., Powles, A.Edited by: Greener, B.
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Other

Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R. (2022). Culture as a foundation for development in the Pacific: Time to turn the tables.. : Asia & Pacific Policy Forum
[Internet publication]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
Movono, A., Hughes, E., Hapeta, J., Scheyvens, R., & Stewart-Withers, R. (2021). Indigenous scholars struggle to be heard in the mainstream. Here’s how journal editors and reviewers can help.. : The Conversation
[Internet publication]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R., Stewart-Withers, R.
Scheyvens, R., & Movono, A. (2021). Tourism in the Pacific: What’s behind the smile?. : Stuff
[Internet publication]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
Scheyvens, R., Movono, A., Strickland, D., Bibi, P., Tasere, A., Hills, G., . . . Teama, F. (2020). Development in a world of disorder: tourism, COVID-19 and the adaptivity of South Pacific people. : Institute of Development Studies, Massey University
[Working Paper]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
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Scheyvens, R., & Movono, A. (2020). Traditional skills help people on the tourism-deprived Pacific Islands survive the pandemic. : The Conversation
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Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R. (2020). Pacific tourism is desperate for a vaccine and travel freedoms, but the industry must learn from this crisis. : The Conversation
[Internet publication]Authored by: Movono, A., Scheyvens, R.
Movono, A., & Scheyvens, R. (2020). Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble.
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Consultancy and Languages

Languages

  • Indigenous Fijian
    Last used: Recently
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent
  • English
    Last used: Daily
    Spoken ability: Excellent
    Written ability: Excellent

Teaching and Supervision

Contact Supervisor

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • Ruveni Tuimavana - Doctor of Philosophy
    Understanding iTaukei Relational Living through Re-settled Land: Exploring Internal Migratory Fijians
  • Adam Fraser - Doctor of Philosophy
    Habitability, sovereignty and negotiation – the challenges for the Cook and Marshall Islands to adapt in place to climate change.
  • Litia Simpson - Doctor of Philosophy
    Can Circular Economy advance Pacific SIDS SDG and DNC targets while maintaining self determination?  An institutional coevolutionary dimensional analysis

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