Development Intelligence Lab
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The Lab is a think tank working on development cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. We're convinced that great development cooperation comes from unusual collaborations, inspired leadership, good natured debate, and cracking analysis.
🔴 ”Should we be using this moment to reshape modern economies to work less hours, to allow people to invest time into their families and communities, and to bolster civic participation?” - Pia Andrews, Serial Government Reformer.
Read their responses 👉 www.devintelligencelab.com/intel/22july...
Read their responses 👉 www.devintelligencelab.com/intel/22july...
The Intel • The use of AI is accelerating. What are we learning about the implications for development?
Responses by David Roach, Pia Andrews and Geordie Fung
www.devintelligencelab.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🔴 ”Should we be using this moment to reshape modern economies to work less hours, to allow people to invest time into their families and communities, and to bolster civic participation?” - Pia Andrews, Serial Government Reformer.
Read their responses 👉 www.devintelligencelab.com/intel/22july...
Read their responses 👉 www.devintelligencelab.com/intel/22july...
🔴 ”If you care about people, you need to care about AI.” - Geordie Fung, Development Intelligence Lab.
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🔴 ”If you care about people, you need to care about AI.” - Geordie Fung, Development Intelligence Lab.
🔴 ”With Big Aid receding and AI-driven disruption on the advance, both the ceiling of what’s possible and the floor of what’s secure are eroding.” - David Roach, Catalpa International.
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🔴 ”With Big Aid receding and AI-driven disruption on the advance, both the ceiling of what’s possible and the floor of what’s secure are eroding.” - David Roach, Catalpa International.
We think this edition struck a chord because the rapid rise of AI has left many in development asking the same questions. It helped readers make sense of emerging insights and understand where the big implications may lie
Here’s what our authors had to say on the topic…
Here’s what our authors had to say on the topic…
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We think this edition struck a chord because the rapid rise of AI has left many in development asking the same questions. It helped readers make sense of emerging insights and understand where the big implications may lie
Here’s what our authors had to say on the topic…
Here’s what our authors had to say on the topic…
The Lab will continue to build the evidence base for how conflict prevention is critical to development cooperation and Australian foreign policy.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Lab will continue to build the evidence base for how conflict prevention is critical to development cooperation and Australian foreign policy.
If you’re preparing a submission, take a look at the material available on our website: www.devintelligencelab.com/our-analysis, and join us at one of the many AAC 2025 sessions featuring Lab staff this week.
Our Analysis
At the Lab, we apply our analysis to live policy problems facing Australian development cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
www.devintelligencelab.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If you’re preparing a submission, take a look at the material available on our website: www.devintelligencelab.com/our-analysis, and join us at one of the many AAC 2025 sessions featuring Lab staff this week.
That this issue has now reached formal parliamentary consideration reflects decades of work from Australia’s peacebuilding, development and policy communities. This inquiry is an opportunity to help shape how Australia positions itself to meet one of the region’s most pressing challenges.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
That this issue has now reached formal parliamentary consideration reflects decades of work from Australia’s peacebuilding, development and policy communities. This inquiry is an opportunity to help shape how Australia positions itself to meet one of the region’s most pressing challenges.
We also built BudgetLines, a tool to put 25 years of international-affairs spending at your fingertips— we know that meaningful conflict prevention requires looking beyond either the defence or aid budgets in isolation.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We also built BudgetLines, a tool to put 25 years of international-affairs spending at your fingertips— we know that meaningful conflict prevention requires looking beyond either the defence or aid budgets in isolation.
Around this, there have been private roundtables, dialogues, features on Australia in the World and Asia Rising, meetings with MPs and advisers, and further analysis on how development serves the national interest and contributes to a more secure region.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Around this, there have been private roundtables, dialogues, features on Australia in the World and Asia Rising, meetings with MPs and advisers, and further analysis on how development serves the national interest and contributes to a more secure region.
🔴 Platformed expert Pacific and regional voices in Intel edition on multilateralism and emerging conflict risks.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
🔴 Platformed expert Pacific and regional voices in Intel edition on multilateralism and emerging conflict risks.
🔴 Published a landmark brief proposing an ‘Australian Model’ for conflict prevention.
🔴 Written on the UN Peacebuilding Commission and on how Australia can advance its conflict-prevention ambitions.
🔴 Co-convened a major dialogue with The Asia Foundation and the Australian Government.
🔴 Written on the UN Peacebuilding Commission and on how Australia can advance its conflict-prevention ambitions.
🔴 Co-convened a major dialogue with The Asia Foundation and the Australian Government.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
🔴 Published a landmark brief proposing an ‘Australian Model’ for conflict prevention.
🔴 Written on the UN Peacebuilding Commission and on how Australia can advance its conflict-prevention ambitions.
🔴 Co-convened a major dialogue with The Asia Foundation and the Australian Government.
🔴 Written on the UN Peacebuilding Commission and on how Australia can advance its conflict-prevention ambitions.
🔴 Co-convened a major dialogue with The Asia Foundation and the Australian Government.
Since then, our Senior Analyst Will Leben and Martina Zapf have led a major uplift in the Lab’s thinking and convening on this topic.
This year alone, they have:
This year alone, they have:
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Since then, our Senior Analyst Will Leben and Martina Zapf have led a major uplift in the Lab’s thinking and convening on this topic.
This year alone, they have:
This year alone, they have:
We first picked up early demand signals for a more integrated conflict-prevention posture in our brief on geostrategic competition and fragility, which our General Manager, Martina Zapf, and CEO, Bridi Rice, later explored in a range of speeches at the AAC, NSC Conference and ACFID CEO forum.
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We first picked up early demand signals for a more integrated conflict-prevention posture in our brief on geostrategic competition and fragility, which our General Manager, Martina Zapf, and CEO, Bridi Rice, later explored in a range of speeches at the AAC, NSC Conference and ACFID CEO forum.
🔴 ”To make the relationship shock-resistant to future bilateral tremors, a new foundation must be cemented - one with people at the centre.” - Oliver Nobetau, Lowy Institute.
Read their full responses 👉 www.devintelligencelab.com/intel/04marc...
Read their full responses 👉 www.devintelligencelab.com/intel/04marc...
The Intel • 50 years of independence in PNG: What do we need to think about for the future of the Australia-PNG partnership?
Responses by Oliver Nobetau , Maholopa Laveil and Natasha Turia
www.devintelligencelab.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🔴 ”To make the relationship shock-resistant to future bilateral tremors, a new foundation must be cemented - one with people at the centre.” - Oliver Nobetau, Lowy Institute.
Read their full responses 👉 www.devintelligencelab.com/intel/04marc...
Read their full responses 👉 www.devintelligencelab.com/intel/04marc...
🔴 ”After 50 years of aid as a former colonial administrator, this is a fitting point to re-define Australia’s relationship with PNG…” - Natasha Turia, Department of Pacific Affairs and Development Policy Centre, Australian National University.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🔴 ”After 50 years of aid as a former colonial administrator, this is a fitting point to re-define Australia’s relationship with PNG…” - Natasha Turia, Department of Pacific Affairs and Development Policy Centre, Australian National University.
🔴 ”Budget support has once again become a major part of the PNG-Australia partnership - but perhaps not all for the best.” - Maholopa Laveil, Australian National University.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🔴 ”Budget support has once again become a major part of the PNG-Australia partnership - but perhaps not all for the best.” - Maholopa Laveil, Australian National University.
We think this edition resonated because it platformed PNG voices leading the conversation. With the 50-year milestone prompting reflection and looking ahead, readers appreciated hearing directly from those who know the context best.
Here’s what our authors had to say on the topic…
Here’s what our authors had to say on the topic…
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We think this edition resonated because it platformed PNG voices leading the conversation. With the 50-year milestone prompting reflection and looking ahead, readers appreciated hearing directly from those who know the context best.
Here’s what our authors had to say on the topic…
Here’s what our authors had to say on the topic…
You can find more information, including the full program, on the AAC website: devpolicy.org/2025-Austral...
devpolicy.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
You can find more information, including the full program, on the AAC website: devpolicy.org/2025-Austral...
🔴 Bridi Rice will be a panellist in Panel 5a ‘Interrogating Australia’s Pacific integration agenda’ on Friday 5 December, 11:30 am, at the Molonglo Theatre. Alongside Jan Hutton, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Natasha Turia, ANU; and Wilson O.; chaired by Darren Lim.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🔴 Bridi Rice will be a panellist in Panel 5a ‘Interrogating Australia’s Pacific integration agenda’ on Friday 5 December, 11:30 am, at the Molonglo Theatre. Alongside Jan Hutton, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Natasha Turia, ANU; and Wilson O.; chaired by Darren Lim.
🔴 Victoria Cooper will present ‘America’s politics, Australia’s development cooperation’ for Panel 4e 'Donor disruption in aid' on Friday 5 December, 8:30 am, at the Brindabella Theatre. Alongside Grace Stanhope, Riley Duke, Lowy Institute; and Lucy P., Monash University; chaired by Cameron Hill.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🔴 Victoria Cooper will present ‘America’s politics, Australia’s development cooperation’ for Panel 4e 'Donor disruption in aid' on Friday 5 December, 8:30 am, at the Brindabella Theatre. Alongside Grace Stanhope, Riley Duke, Lowy Institute; and Lucy P., Monash University; chaired by Cameron Hill.
🔴 William Leben will be a panellist in Panel 4d ‘Development and conflict prevention in the Indo-Pacific’ on Friday 5 December, 8:30 am, at the Acton Theatre. Alongside Dr Anouk Ride, ANU; and Jo Podlesak, Conciliation Resources; chaired by Tania Miletic.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🔴 William Leben will be a panellist in Panel 4d ‘Development and conflict prevention in the Indo-Pacific’ on Friday 5 December, 8:30 am, at the Acton Theatre. Alongside Dr Anouk Ride, ANU; and Jo Podlesak, Conciliation Resources; chaired by Tania Miletic.
🔴 Mira Sulistiyanto will chair Panel 3c 'Indonesia law and justice programs: sustainability, inclusion and effectiveness' on Thursday 4 December, 3:15 pm, at the Barton Theatre. Featuring Desi Yunitasari, Devi Yusvitasari, Dio Wicaksana, Gladys Nadya, Marsha Maharani, and Arsa Ilmi Budiarti.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
🔴 Mira Sulistiyanto will chair Panel 3c 'Indonesia law and justice programs: sustainability, inclusion and effectiveness' on Thursday 4 December, 3:15 pm, at the Barton Theatre. Featuring Desi Yunitasari, Devi Yusvitasari, Dio Wicaksana, Gladys Nadya, Marsha Maharani, and Arsa Ilmi Budiarti.