Person

Gonschor, Lorenz

1979

2016: Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Was born in Germany, where he studied anthropology, political science, and history; he obtained a master's degree in Pacific Islands studies in 2008 from the University of Hawai'i–Mānoa and a PhD in political science in 2016 from the same institution. Since mid-2017 he is a senior lecturer at 'Atenisi University in Tonga, where he is also associate dean and librarian, and serves as The Contemporary Pacific's political reviews editor. His research interests include historical and contemporary governance and politics of Oceania; thematically his work focuses on international relations, regionalism, and decolonization, and geographically on the countries and territories of Polynesia.