Moprofesa Bedford ke setsebi sa lipatlisiso tsa bofalli 'me ho tloha bohareng ba lilemo tsa bo-1960 esale a ntse a etsa lipatlisiso ka mekhoa ea ho falla ha baahi sebakeng sa Asia-Pacific. Thesis ea hae ea MA ho Geography (University of Auckland) e ne e bua ka litaba tsa baahi Kiribati le Tuvalu (1967) le PhD ea hae ho tsoa Univesithing ea Sechaba ea Australia e ne e le ka mekhoa ea ho falla Vanuatu (1971). Lipatlisiso tsa morao-rao Papua New Guinea le Fiji lilemong tsa bo-1970 li ile tsa tšehetsoa ke lithuso tse tsoang Univesithing ea Hawai'i (PNG) le UNESCO (Fiji). Ho tloha lilemong tsa bo-1980 liphuputso tsa Moprofesa Bedford li bile le tsepamiso e matla ea ts'ebeliso, e sebetsanang le mathata a bohlokoa leanong la bojaki New Zealand le tikolohong ea Asia-Pacific.
Ka 1990 Moprofesa Bedford o ile a fuoa Khau ea New Zealand bakeng sa lits'ebeletso ho New Zealand 'me ka 2008 a etsoa Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO) ka lebaka la ho ananela litšebeletso tsa hae tsa jeokrafi. Ka 2000 o ile a khethoa ho Fellowship oa Royal Society of New Zealand 'me ka 2010 a fuoa Khau ea Mokhatlo oa Dame Joan Metge bakeng sa Social Sciences ka ho ananela lipatlisiso tsa hae tsa Pacific le boeta-pele ba hae ba ho aha bokhoni ba saense ea sechaba. Moprofesa Bedford o ile a fuoa New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) lenaneng la Litlotla tsa Selemo se Secha sa 2020.
Hona joale Moprofesa Bedford o ntse a sebetsa ka se boleloang ke New Zealand le Australia ka tsoelo-pele ea baahi le mekhoa ea ho falla Pacific lilemong tse latelang tsa 30-40, ho kenyeletsa le phello ea phetoho ea boemo ba leholimo ho falla.
Leqephe lena le ntlafalitsoe ka May 2024.
