With Whaea Lynda Toki (right) - Wharenui, Unitec
Witnessing and solidarity without action is spectatorship"
Dr Evangelia Papoutsaki
mentoring
for social
change communication
A globally engaged interdisciplinary scholar, educator, storycatcher and published author with over three decades of international experience in research, education, and practice, particularly focused on the Asia Pacific. Proven leadership in research, teaching, editorship and academic governance, with a strong commitment to mentoring emerging researchers and fostering social justice. Extensive publication record and a history of successful project leadership and international collaborations..
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Research Training
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Research Design & Evaluation
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Advocacy Research
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Project Design & Evaluation
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Curriculum Development & Evaluation
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Proposal & Report writing
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Communication for Development & Social Change
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Communication Campaign Design & Evaluation
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Editorial & Publishing work
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Digital Storytelling
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Civic Education
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Coaching & Mentoring
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Building Networks Facilitator
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Co-Convenor - Small Island Cultures Research Initiative (SICRI) International Network
Current Japan Foundation Research Fellow - Hokkaido University 2025
New Book - Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia
New Book - Island Cultures and Festivals: a Creative Ecosystem
Co-Editor - Island Activisms - Okinawan Journal of Island Studies, 2023(4:2)
& Island Creativity, Ingenuity, & Practice, Island Studies Journal, 2023(18:2)
Deep Ecology Facilitator - The Work That Reconnects
Industry Mentor - ACP-EU Enhancing capacity for the sustainability of Cultural & Creative Industries in the Pacific
Lead Researcher - Aotearoa New Zealand Government Evacuation and Resettlement Support for the 2021 Afghanistan crisis
Certificate of Prof. Dev. - Stepping Into Governance Workshop for Ethnic Communities - Governance NZ
“Papoutsaki goes further than theory: she gives us the root and branch mechanisms for how to turn this into action...the 'tweezers and microscope'” - J.C
Your course is really powerful and impressive, but what is more important for me is your passionate personality. You are a great example of what a real Teacher should be - open-minded, sincere, charismatic, experienced and warm-hearted. I have began to look at the world from another perspective. Thank you very much! -A.D. CSC 2017
MEDIA COVER: "Documenting the Transformation of Amami Society: A Study of the Islands’ Social and Cultural Dynamics", NankaiNichiNichi
FAVORITE QUOTE
"As long as societies distribute needs and power unequally between populations, it is unethical for communications and human service professionals to help solve minor and/or immediate problems while ignoring the systemic barriers created by societies that permit or perpetuate inequalities among citizens. Real change is not possible unless we deal with the crucial problem in human societies: lack of economic and social power among individuals at the grassroots"
- Melkote, 2000, p.46
MEDIA COVER: "Island Girl", Gulf News
"Mapping the communicative ecology of small tourist island communities: a comparative ethnographic study of three Japanese islands" ---Japan Foundation Research Fellowship
This comparative ethnographic research aims at studying the communicative ecology of tourism in small island communities. The study focuses on case studies within the Setouchi, Ryukyus and Hokkaido Island groups. Each group of islands presents a distinct tourism emphasis: with the Setouchi group highlighting art, the Ryukyus showcasing natural heritage and market tourism and Hokkaido highlighting indigenous culture.
Host institutions: Center for Advanced Toursim Studies, Hokkaido University and Kagoshima University Amami Research Station.
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