The network was founded in 2013 as a part of an initiative by universities in the Pacific to encourage academic research in the region.
This year as the National University of Samoa hosts, key topics are up for discussion amongst the 12 universities involved in the network.
One of the topics is research conducted by experts in each university uncovering the changes in language in the Pacific, and in each island respectively.
“There are researches done before with evidence that show our language is slowly dying,” said NUS Vice Chancellor Fui Leapai Asofou So’o.
