Discipline of Land Management and Development
Staff
Staff

Mr Eroni Batikawai

Email: eroni.batikawai@usp.ac.fj

Career summary

Mr. Eroni Batikawai is currently pursing PhD research at the University of Melbourne. He graduated with a double gold medal in Land Planning & Real Estate from USP in 2007 and earned a Master of Business in Property from the University of South Australia in 2011. He was recognized for his outstanding academic performance in his Master’s program by being inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society.

As an indigenous Fijian, Mr. Batikawai has experience in both private valuation practice and estate management in Fiji, including a position at Appraisals Pacific in Nadi from 2008 to 2009. In 2012, he was granted provisional membership in the Australian Property Institute (API). Since 2012, Mr. Batikawai has been a member of the academic staff at the Discipline of Land Management & Development at USP, where he teaches property and real estate courses.

Teaching

Mr. Batikawai is currently on study leave, pursuing a PhD as a full-time student at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Research Interests

  • Indigenous land rights and compensation assessment,
  • Housing Market Analysis – housing affordability, housing needs, housing policy, housing prices index, housing needs assessment,
  • Good governance and land management,
  • Behavioral study in property appraisal, real estate agency and property development,
  • Property economics and land price modelling.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Batikawai, E. and A. Nawaqalevu (2020). A Residential Satisfaction Assessment of Public Rental Board Housing in the Greater Suva Urban Area, Fiji Islands. The Journal of Pacific Studies 40: 6-33.

Batikawai, E. and A. Nawaqalevu (2021). An Empirical Study on Client-induced Valuation Bias – Evidence from Fiji. The Journal of Pacific Studies 41: 88-107.

Conference Papers/Presentations

  • Infrastructure needs Assessment in urban settlements in Fiji – Mr Eroni Batikawai, presented at the Capacity Building in Green Infrastructure and Housing for Poverty Reduction in the Pacific Region, Tanoa Hotel, Nadi, Fiji Islands, 25th to 27th June, 2018. https://www.adb.org/news/events/green-infrastructure-and-housing-poverty-reduction-pacific-region
  • The Role of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in the property sector – presented at the 10th Fiji Institute of Valuers & Estate Management (FIVEM) Conference, Pullman Hotel, Nadi, November 22ND -23RD November, 2019.