The MAPS center funds specific researches every year. The aim of the research projects is to develop co-operation and active participation in activities organized by the MAPS center; staff to participate in appropriate researches to their field, and to allow collaborative researches to take place in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and to involve students in research projects.
Research Projects and Researchers
| No. | Research Projects | Research Topic | Principal Researcher | Partner Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indigenous Knowledge Systems & Practice Medicinal plants Inventory | Medicinal Plants & Indigenous Knowledge Systems | S. Winduo L. Digim’Rina | UPNG/PINBIO NRI NARI UNITECH |
| 2 | Literacy & Awareness Policy and Implementation Life long learning Elementary education Endangered languages | Language Loss and Shift in NG; including literacy activities in PNG | S. Kamene R. Baraka | UPNG SIL NLAS IPNGS UOG |
| 3 | Governance and Politics Political Leadership Stability in governance Legislative crisis | Governance, Crisis and State in PNG | A. Gelu A. Patience | UPNG NRI ANU Divine Word |
| 4 | Education, Research and Policy Postgraduate Diploma or Masters in MAPS Inter Institutional research and partnership | Development of a Postgraduate Diploma in Melanesian and Pacific Studies | S. Winduo B. Minol | UPNG Univ. of Hawaii U of Canterbury U of Hedeilberg |
| 5 | Law and Order Gun license and crime Youth and crime increase | Gun Control and Crime in Papua New Guinea | A. Kituai K. Gima | UPNG Community Devel Police Department |
| 6 | Media & Communication Broadcasting Liberalization: Implications for Educational and Cultural Functions | Rural Broadcasting in PNG and Indigenous Media Indigenous Media | L. Wafiwa N. Sorariba | UPNG Media Council NBC |
| 7 | Human Rights Issues Violence against women Violence against children | Rights, Political Representation and Violence Against Women | A. Natera Rosa Au | UPNG Community Devel Att/General |
| 8 | Socio-economic impact studies Social Mapping cultural change Social Change | Political growth and socio-economic realities | G. Wrondimi Dora Aylus | UPNG Community Development NRI |
| 9 | Education and Awareness Public Health Issues HIV/AIDS awareness Gender development Population and health issues | Gendered Face of HIV/AIDS | A. Waiko O. Sepoe | UPNG Health Community Development UOG NAIDSC |
| 10 | Land Tenure Resource Ownership Compensation Land registration Development and land Issues | Customary Land and the Global Pressures on Development | B. Sagir P. Waisi | UPNG UNITECH IPNGS |
| 11 | Arts and Cultural Development | PNG Films and Archives | B. Kanasa Regis Stella | MIAC NCC IPNGS |