Doctor Zulfan Tadjoeddin

Dr Zulfan Tadjoeddin

Lecturer, Peace and Development Studies

• Biography
  
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Awards and Recognition
• Selected Publications

Biography

Dr Tadjoeddin joined the School of Social Sciences of UWS as a Lecturer in Development Studies in July 2011. Prior to that, he was a Lecturer in Economics at the School of Economics and Finance, UWS. He had visiting research appointments at the Queen Elizabeth House (QEH), University of Oxford and at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Netherlands; was a Technical Advisor on decentralization and conflict at the United   Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) in Indonesia and a Researcher at the UN Support Facility for Indonesian Recovery (UNSFIR-UNDP) and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). His areas of research include political economy of conflict, peace and development, inequality, poverty, human development, decentralization and labour market. His publications have appeared in leading journals such as Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Oxford Development Studies, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of International Development, Economics of Peace and Security Journal, European Journal of East Asian Studies and Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Political economy of conflict, peace and development, alternatives to violence

Grants / Current Projects

‘The making and implementation of employment policy in Indonesia’, funded by the International Labour Office, Geneva.

Awards and Recognition

• Article selected as the runner up of the Journal of Peace Research (JPR) Article of the Year Award 2007.
• Awarded the Best Indonesian Young Researcher 2003 Award (in social sciences) by the Indonesian Institute for Sciences (LIPI).
• Paper on ‘Testing the modernization hypothesis’ was selected as the winner for the sub-category of ‘social, law and political sciences’ at the Innovative Scientific Writing Competition in Paris, 10-11 October 2009. The competition was organized by the French chapter of Indonesian Student Association.
• Awarded scholarships from the governments of Australia (UWS IPRS), Indonesia (PPA), The Netherlands (STUNED), and the US (Fulbright).
  

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Selected Publications

Articles in internationally refereed journals

Tadjoeddin Z. (2011), ‘The Economic Origins of Indonesia’s Secessionist Conflicts’, Civil Wars 13(3): forthcoming.

Tadjoeddin Z. and Chowdhury A. (2011), “Employment Function for   Indonesia: An Econometric Analysis at the Sectoral Level’, Journal of   Developing Areas (USA): forthcoming.

Østby, G., Urdal, H., Tadjoeddin, Z., Murshed, M., and  Strand, H. (2011), ‘Population Pressure, Inequality and Political Violence: A Disaggregated Study of Indonesian Provinces,1990–2003,’ (opens in a new window) Journal of Development Studies 47 (3): 377-98.

Chowdhury, A., Islam, I., and Tadjoeddin, Z. (2009), ‘Indonesia’s Employment Challenges: Growth, Structural Change & Labour Market Rigidity,’ (opens in a new window) European Journal of East Asian Studies 8(1): 31-59.

Tadjoeddin, Z. and Chowdhury, A. (2009), ‘Socio-economic Perspectives on Violent Conflict in Indonesia’ (opens in a new window) The Economics of Peace and Security   Journal 4(1): 39-47.

Murshed, M. and Tadjoeddin, Z. (2009), ‘Revisiting the Greed and Grievance Explanations for Violent Internal Conflict’, (opens in a new window) Journal of International Development 21(1): 87-111.

Murshed, M., Tadjoeddin, Z. and Chowdhury A. (2009), ‘Is Fiscal Decentralization Conflict Abating? Routine Violence and District Level Government in Java, Indonesia’ (opens in a new window) Oxford Development Studies, 37 (4): 397 –  421.

Varshney, A., Tadjoeddin, Z. and Panggabean, R. (2008), ‘Creating Datasets in Information-Poor Environments: Patterns of Collective Violence in Indonesia 1990-2003’ (opens in a new window) Journal of East Asian Studies 8(3): 361–394.

Tadjoeddin, Z. and Murshed, M. (2007), ‘Socioeconomic Determinants of Everyday Violence in Indonesia: An Empirical Investigation of Javanese Districts 1994-2003’ (opens in a new window) Journal of Peace Research 44(6): 689-709.

Tadjoeddin, Z. (2004), ‘Civil Society Engagement and Communal Violence: Reflections of Various Hypotheses in the Context of Indonesia’ (opens in a new window) Politics Administration and Change 42:1-18.

Tadjoeddin, Z. (2002), ‘Anatomy of Social Violence in the Context of Transition: The Case of Indonesia 1990-2001’ (opens in a new window) Politics Administration and Change 38:1-35. This article was also published as the first chapter in Sustainable Development: Socio-Economic and Environmental Problem, Focused on Indonesian Cases (eds: Regina Birner, Dodik Nurochmat, and Slamet Rosyadi), Cuvillier Verlag Gottingen, Germany, 2003.

Tadjoeddin, Z,. Suharyo, W. and Mishra, S. (2001), ‘Regional Disparity and Vertical Conflicts in Indonesia’ (opens in a new window) Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 6(3): 283-304.

Book

Bahar, S. and Tadjoeddin, Z. (2005), Masih Ada Harapan: Posisi Sebuah Etnik Minoritas dalam Hidup Berbangsa dan Bernegara (There is still a hope: The position of an ethnic minority within the nation state context – The case of Minangkabau ethnic group), Jakarta: Yayasan Sepuluh Agustus, 385 pages, ISBN: 979-3480-04-1

Book chapters

Tadjoeddin, Z. (2011), ‘Beyond Civil War: Conflict, Natural Resources and Development,’ in Graham Brown and Arnim Langer (eds.), The Elgar Companion to Civil War and Fragile States. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.

Tadjoeddin, Z., Chowdhury, A. and Murshed, M.   (2011), ‘Routine Violence in the Island of Java, Indonesia: Neo-Malthusian and Social Justice Perspectives’ in Jürgen Scheffran et. al. (eds.) Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict, Hexagon   Series, Vol. VIII, Springer: Germany, forthcoming.

Varshney,  A., Tadjoeddin Z. and Panggabean, R. (2010), ‘Patterns of Collective Violence   in Indonesia,’ in A. Varshney (ed.), Collective Violence in Indonesia, (opens in a new window) Boulder, CO and London, UK: Lynne Rienner.

Tadjoeddin, Z. (2004), ‘Memahami Perkembangan Konflik dan Kekerasan di Tengah Transisi Indonesia’ (Understanding Conflict and Violence during Indonesia’s Transition), in Radikalisme Islam dalam Sorotan (Views on Islamic Radicalism), Saefudin Asmara (ed.), Jakarta: AYS-Net (ASEAN Youth and Student Network).

Working paper

Tadjoeddin Z. (2007), ‘A Future Resource Curse in Indonesia: The Political Economy of Natural Resource, Conflict and Development,’ CRISE Working Paper 35, Queen Elizabeth House (QEH), University of Oxford, UK.

Works in progress

‘Electoral conflict and the maturity of local democracy: Testing the  modernization hypothesis’, under review.

‘Miracle that never was: Disaggregated level of inequality in Indonesia’, paper presented at the 16th World Congress of the International Economics Association (IEA), Beijing, 4-8 July 2011.

‘Grievance, greed and cooperation: Localized ethnic violence during Indonesia’s democratic transition’.

'Employment policy making and implementation in Indonesia’.

‘Post-conflict setting, decentralization and local democracy: A coming resource curse in Indonesia’s rich provinces’.

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