Michael L. Ross
UCLA Department of
Political Science
4289 Bunche Hall, Box
951472
Los Angeles, CA
90095-1472
revised October 2017
Princeton
University, Department of Politics, Ph.D. November 1996
Princeton
University, Department of Politics, M.A. September 1992
University
of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Politics, B.A. June 1984
Visiting
Professor, Blavatnik School of Government and Nuffield College, Oxford
University, 2016-17
Professor,
UCLA Department of Political Science, July 2009-present.
Joint appointment with
the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, 2012-present
Associate
Professor, UCLA Department of Political Science, July 2004-July 2009.
Assistant
Professor, UCLA Department of Political Science, July 2001-June 2004.
Assistant
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, September 1996-June 2001.
Visiting
Scholar, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank, Washington D.C. and
Jakarta, January-December 2000.
The Oil Curse: how petroleum
wealth shapes the development of nations (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012)
Timber Booms and
Institutional Breakdown in
Southeast Asia
(New York: Cambridge University Press, series on Political Economy of
Institutions and Decisions, 2001). Issued in paperback, 2012.
Publications: academic
journals
ÒGlobal progress and
backsliding on gasoline taxes and subsidies,Ó Nature Energy 2 (January 9, 2017).
ÒOil and International
Cooperation,Ó (with Erik Voeten), International
Studies Quarterly, 60:1, 85-97 (2016).
ÒWhat Have We Learned About
the Resource Curse?Ó Annual Review of
Political Science (2015).
ÒThe Big Oil Change: a closer
look at the Haber-Menaldo analysisÓ (with J¿rgen Juel Andersen), Comparative Political Studies, 47:7
(June 2014).
ÒThe Political Economy of Petroleum Wealth in Low-Income Countries: some
policy alternatives,Ó Middle
East Development Journal, (June 2013)
á Reprinted
in Arezki, Pattillo, Quintyn and Zhu (eds.), Commodity Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries,
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC (forthcoming)
á Issued
as Working Paper 708 by the Economic Research Forum (Cairo), September 2012
ÒWhatÕs So Special About the
Arabian Peninsula? A Reply to Groh
and Rothschild,Ó Quarterly Journal of
Political Science, 7:1 (2012).
ÒDoes Oil Wealth Hurt
Women? A Reply to Caraway, Charrad,
Kang, and Norris,Ó Politics and Gender, 5:4
(2009).
ÒOil,
Islam, and Women,Ó American Political
Science Review, 102:2 (February 2008).
ÒIs
Democracy Good for the Poor?Ó American
Journal of Political Science, 50:4 (October 2006).
ÒA
Closer Look and Oil, Diamonds, and Civil War,Ó Annual Review of Political Science (2006).
ÒHow
Does Natural Resource Wealth Influence Civil Wars? Evidence from Thirteen
Cases,Ó International Organization, 58 (Winter 2004).
ÒWhat
Do We Know About Natural Resources and Civil War?Ó Journal of Peace Research, 41:3
(May 2004).
ÒDoes
Taxation Lead to Representation?Ó British Journal of Political Science,
34 (2004).
ÒAnnouncement,
Credibility, and Turnout in Popular Rebellions,Ó (with Ravi Bhavnani), Journal
of Conflict Resolution, 47:3 (June 2003).
ÒThe
Political Economy of the Resource Curse,Ó World Politics 51 (January 1999).
ÒThe Politics of the Resource
Curse,Ó in Nicolas Van de Walle and Carol Lancaster, Handbook on the Politics of Development (Oxford University Press, 2016).
ÒConflict
and Natural Resources: Is the Latin American and Caribbean Region Different
from the Rest of the World?Ó in Juan Cruz Vieyra and Malaika Masson (eds), Transparent Governance in an Age of
Abundance: experiences from the extractive industries in Latin America and the
Caribbean (Washington D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, 2015).
ÒHorizontal
Inequality, Decentralizing the Distribution of Natural Resource Revenues,
and Peace,Ó with PŠivi Lujala and Siri Aas Rustad, in PŠivi Lujala and Siri Aas
Rustad (eds.), High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding (London: Earthscan, 2011).
ÒMineral
Wealth, Conflict, and Equitable Development,Ó in Anthony J. Bebbington, Anis A.
Dani, Arjan de Haan, and Michael Walton (eds.), Institutional Pathways to Equity: Assessing Inequality Traps (Washington
D.C.: The World Bank, 2008).
ÒHow
Can Mineral Rich States Reduce Inequality?Ó in Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey
Sachs, and Joseph Stiglitz (eds.), Reversing
the Resource Curse (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007).
ÒResources
and Rebellion in Indonesia,Ó in Paul Collier and Nicholas Sambanis (eds.), Understanding Civil War: Europe, Central
Asia, and Other Regions, (Washington D.C.: World Bank and Oxford University
Press, 2005).
ÒThe
Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can Make You Poor,Ó in Ian Bannon and Paul
Collier (eds.), Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and
Actions (Washington D.C.: World
Bank, 2003).
ÒOil,
Drugs, and Diamonds: The Varying Role of Natural Resources in Civil WarÓ in
Karen Ballentine and Jake Sherman (eds.), Beyond Greed and Grievance: The
Political Economy of Armed Conflict (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2003).
"Conditionality and Logging Reform in the
Tropics," in Robert O. Keohane and Marc A. Levy (eds.), Institutions for Environmental Aid: Problems
and Prospects (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996).
"Old
Fads, New Lessons: Learning from Economic Development Assistance" (with
David Fairman), in Robert O. Keohane and Marc A. Levy (eds.), Institutions for Environmental Aid: Problems
and Prospects (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996).
Other
Publications
ÒAmericans
weaned themselves off oil in the 1970s crisis. We can do it
again,Ó The Guardian, December 11, 2015
ÒHow
oil wealth can make Russia and other countries less cooperative,Ó (with Erik
Voeten), The Monkey Cage website, April
30, 2014
ÒHow
the 1973 Oil Embargo Saved the Planet,Ó Foreign
Affairs, October 2013.
ÒResource
Wealth and Violent Conflict,Ó The
Environmental Forum, 30:5, October 2013
ÒPutin
Victory Shows How Oil Supports Autocrats,Ó Bloomberg
News, May 6, 2012.
ÒThe
Past and Future of the Oil Curse,Ó Oil, Summer
2012.
ÒThe
Beginning and End of the Oil Curse,Ó Public
Service Europe website, March 30, 2012.
ÒWill
Oil Drown the Arab Spring?Ó Foreign
Affairs, September/October 2011
á
reprinted in HarperÕs, November 2011
ÒFrom
Land Mines to Copper Mines,Ó ForeignPolicy.com,
June 15, 2010
á
reprinted in the online journal Energy Politics
ÒBlood
Barrels,Ó Foreign Affairs, May/June
2008
á
reprinted as ÒConflict and InstabilityÓ in Handbook of Oil Politics, edited by
Robert Looney (Routledge, 2012).
ÒMyanmar,
the Latest Petro Bully,Ó Los Angeles
Times (Op-Ed), October 26, 2007
ÒMineral
Wealth and Equitable Development,Ó Background paper for the World Development
Report 2006, World Bank, December 2004.
ÒNigeriaÕs
Oil Sector and the Poor,Ó Background paper for the Department for International
Development (UK), May 2003.
ÒOil,
Democracy, and the Resource Curse: A Lesson for Central Asia?Ó ASNews: The
Newsletter of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, 7:2 (Spring
2002).
ÒExtractive
Sectors and the Poor,Ó report issued by Oxfam America, October 2001.
ÒDisarmament at
Sea,Ó Foreign Policy, Winter 1989-90.
ÒTrident
II Missile DoesnÕt Fly,Ó The New York
Times (Op-Ed), August 25, 1987
Working Papers & Forthcoming
ÒWhat Do We Know About
Economic Diversification in Oil-Producing Countries?Ó
January 2017
ÒThe Political Economy of
Hydrocarbon Wealth and Fuel PricesÓ (with Paasha Mahdavi), December 2016
ÒDoes Oil Inhibit Transparency?Ó
(with Hamid Mohtadi, Stefan Ruediger, and Uchechukwu Jarrett), August 2017. An earlier version was issued as
Economic Research Forum Working Paper 906.
ÒThe ÔResource CurseÕ in MENA? Resource wealth, economic shocks, and
conflict risk,Ó (with Nimah Mazaheri and Kai Kaiser) July 2011. Issued as World Bank Policy Research
Working Paper 5742.
ÒMineral Wealth and Budget
Transparency,Ó January 2011
ÒThe Political Economy of
Fertility in the Middle East,Ó (with Amaney Jamal and Irfan Nooruddin), August
2010
Some Considerations,Ó
December 2004.
ÒHow
Does Mineral Wealth Affect the Poor?Ó April 2003.
Visiting
Professor, Blavatnik School of Government and Nuffield College, Oxford
University, 2016-17
Theme
Lead for ÒEnergy and Economic Growth Research Programme,Ó funded by the UK
Department for International Development with a grant to the UC Berkeley Center
for Effective Government Action (CEGA) and Oxford Policy Management, 2016-17
The Oil Curse named Outstanding
Academic Title for 2012 by Choice
Winner
of the Heinz Eulau Award for best article in the American Political Science
Review, 2009. Awarded by the
American Political Science Association.
Runner-up
for the Gregory M. Luebbert prize for Best Article in Comparative Politics in
2000-01, for ÒDoes Oil Hinder Democracy?Ó Awarded by the Organized Section in
Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association.
Research
Fellowship, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2000
Woodrow
Wilson Fellowship (Society of Fellows), Princeton University, 1995-96
Center
of International Studies and the MacArthur Foundation, graduate research grant,
Princeton University, 1995
Jacob
K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, 1990-1993, 1994-95
International
Predissertation Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, 1993-94
International
Environmental Institutions Fellowship, Center for International Affairs,
Harvard University, 1993-94
Institute
for the Study of World Politics, graduate research grant, 1993
Graduate
Fellow, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University,
1990-1996
Visiting
Scholar, University of Malaya, Spring 1994
Visiting
Scholar, Yale University, Fall 1993
Grants
Co-PI
(with Graeme Blair, Darin Christensen, and Laura Paler) on grants from the
Flora and David Hewlett Foundation ($600,000), Natural Resources Governance
Institute ($20,000), the UCLA Burkle Center ($5,000), the UCLA Political
Science Department ($5,000) and the Luskin Center for Innovation ($15,000) to
fund the Project on Resources, Development, and Governance, 2016-17
Natural
Resources Governance Institute grant for collection of fuel price data, 2014
($5000), 2015 ($5000).
UCLA
Burkle Center research grant for Fuel
Prices and Fuel Riots, 2013-14 ($5000)
UCLA
Burkle Center research grant for Oil and
Unbalanced Globalization, 2011-12 ($5000)
UCLA
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) research grant
for Does Cambodia Have the Resource
Curse? 2011-12 ($5000)
Open
Society Institute grant to complete a book on the resource curse, 2006-07
Academic
Senate Council on Research, Assistant Professor Initiative, UCLA, 2002
Academic
Senate, Faculty Grants Program, UCLA, 2002-03
Faculty
Career Development Award, UCLA, 2002-03
Research
Grant, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2000
Research
Grant, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 2000
ÒOil
and Export Diversification: what can we learn from better data?Ó presented at:
ÒAre
governments making progress on climate change? Evidence from fossil fuel
subsidies,Ó presented at:
ÒGlobal
Progress and Backsliding on Gasoline Taxes and Subsidies,Ó presented at:
ÒThe
Future of Oil Politics,Ó presented at:
ÒSeven
Trends in Fuel Subsidies and Reform,Ó presented at:
ÒThe Political Economy of Fuel Prices: a
first look at the data,Ó presented at:
ÒConflict
and Natural Resources in Latin America,Ó presented at Interamerican Development
Bank, Washington D.C., March 2014.
ÒUnbalanced
Globalization in the Oil Exporting States,Ó presented at:
ÒThe Past and Future of the Oil Curse,Ó
presented at:
ÒMaking
the Resource Curse Disappear,Ó presented at:
ÒThe
ÔResource CurseÕ in MENA? Resource
wealth, economic shocks, and conflict risk,Ó presented at:
ÒThe
Curse of Oil Wealth,Ó presented at Lone Star National Security Forum
(University of Texas-Austin, Southern Methodist University, and Texas A&M),
San Antonio, Texas, April 2009
ÒOil
and Democracy Revisited,Ó presented at:
ÒOil
and the State,Ó presented at:
ÒOil, Islam, and Women,Ó presented at:
á
World Bank, Social and Economic Development
Group, Washington D.C., January 2009
á
Oxford University, Oxford Center for Islamic
Studies, December 2008
á
Georgetown University, Department of Government
and Berkeley Center for Religion,
Peace, and World Affairs, April 2008
á
Yale University, Council on Middle East
Studies, February 2008
á
Brown University, Watson Institute for
International Studies, February 2008
á
Stanford University, Center on Democracy,
Development, and the Rule of Law, February 2008
á
University of Washington, Political Economy
Seminar, May 2007
á
UCLA, Department of Geography, Faculty Seminar,
April 2007
á
Princeton University, Transregional Institute Seminar, January 2007
á
UC Berkeley, Seminar on Environmental Politics,
September 2006
ÒIs
Democracy Good for the Poor?Ó presented at:
á
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School,
April 2006
á
APSA Meeting, September 2005
á
Duke University, Comparative Politics
Workshops, February 2006, April 2005
á
University of California San Diego, Political
Economy Seminar, February 2005
á
Stanford University, Center for Democracy,
Development, and the Rule of Law, February 2005
á
Conference on The Bottom Billion, Oxford
University, June 2004
á
Center for Global Development, Washington D.C.,
June 2004
á
Stanford University, Seminar on Comparative
Politics, February 2004
ÒBooty
Futures: Civil War and the Futures Market for Natural Resources,Ó presented at:
Some Considerations,Ó
Columbia University, Workshop on ÒEscaping
the Resource Curse,Ó December 2004.
ÒWhat Do We Know
About Natural Resources and Civil War?Ó Presented at:
á
McGill
University, Workshop on Natural Resources and War, September 2003
á
University
of Sussex, Institute for Development Studies, October 2002.
ÒDoes
Taxation Lead to Representation?Ó Presented at:
ÒResources and Rebellion in Indonesia,Ó
presented at:
ÒHow Does Resource Wealth Influence Civil
War?Ó Presented at:
ÒHow
Does Mineral Wealth Affect the Poor?Ó APSA Meeting, August 2003.
ÒInspiration,
Credibility, and Turnout in Popular RebellionsÓ (with Ravi Bhavnani), APSA
meeting, September 2001.
ÒIndonesiaÕs
Civil Wars,Ó presented at:
ÒDoes
Oil Hinder Democracy?Ó presented at:
ÒExplaining
Democratic Rebellions,Ó World Bank, Seminar on Political Economy, May 1999.
ÒThe
Political Economy of Southeast AsiaÕs Forests,Ó University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Southeast Asian Studies Seminar, May 1997.
"Patronage
and Change in the Indonesian Timber Sector," Association of Asian Studies,
Chicago, March 1997.
"The
Political Economy of the Philippine Timber Industry 1955-1992: Rent-Seeking,
Ransacking, and Reform," International Studies Association, Toronto, March
1997.
"The
Political Economy of Logging in Southeast Asia: Clientelism, Misregulation, and
Reform," American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1995.
"Conditionality,
Contracts, and Logging Reforms in the Tropics," Duke University, SSRC
Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, June 1995.
ÒGlobal
Oil Politics: Three Trends,Ó Global Witness, London, September 2017
ÒThe
Geopolitics of Oil Prices,Ó Pension Real Estate Association conference, Los
Angeles, June 2016
ÒWhat
can political science tell us about oil and democracy?Ó Economic Research Forum
and Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait City, November 2015
ÒPolitics
in a World of Cheap Oil,Ó Pomona College, October 2015.
ÒThe
Geopolitics of Cheap Oil,Ó Meadowbrook Lecture on International Relations,
Oakland University, March 2015.
ÒThe
Transparency MovementÕs Dirty Little Secret,Ó Keynote address, joint meeting of
the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Oxford Centre for the Analysis of
Resource-Rich Economies (Oxcarre), Oxford University, June 2014.
ÒWhat have we learned about oil and
violent conflict?Ó Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, May 2014.
ÒEITI
2.0Ó Keynote address, International Mining for Development Conference, Sydney,
May 20, 2013. Published on the
Natural Resource Governance Institute blog, May 2013
ÒForty
years after the 1973 oil shock,Ó UCLA Extension lecture series, Westwood, April
23, 2013.
ÒNatural
Resources and Conflict: A Glimpse into the Future?Ó Al Moumin Lecture on
Environmental Peacebuilding, sponsored by American University, Environmental
Law Institute, and United Nations Environment Programme. American University, Washington D.C.,
March 19, 2013.
ÒAvoiding
the Resource Curse,Ó at ÒManaging Natural Resources in Southeast AsiaÓ
workshop, Phnom Pehn (Cambodia), December 8, 2012
ÒUnderstanding
the consequences of oil wealth,Ó Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, July 2012.
ÒThe
Past and Future of the Resource Curse,Ó presented at:
ÒOil
and Corruption in the Middle East,Ó Annual Meeting of the Economic Research
Forum, Cairo, March 2012.
ÒThe
Resource Curse and The Natural Resource Charter,Ó at the ÔRed Latinoamericana
sobre Industrias Extractivas,Õ Lima, Peru, October 2011.
ÒThe
Political Economy of Resource Discoveries,Ó IMF, High-Level Seminar, ÒCommodity
Price Volatility and Inclusive Growth in Low-Income Countries,Ó Washington
D.C., September 2011.
ÒFive
Things You Should Know about Oil and Conflict,Ó World Bank, Extractive
Industries Week, panel on ÔExtractive Industries and the Potential for Conflict
Prevention,Ó March 2011.
ÒEconomic
and Political Development in the Resource-rich Countries,Ó Pacific Council on
International Policy Annual Conference, October 2010.
ÒOil,
Islam, and Democracy,Ó presented at:
ÒResource
Wealth and Conflict,Ó Soka University, Pacific Basin Research Center,
Distinguished Speakers Series, March 2009.
ÒOil,
Islam, and Women,Ó US-Islamic World Forum, Doha, Qatar, February 2009.
ÒWhat
Do We Really Know About Oil and Politics?Ó Oxford University, Oxford Center for
the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economies (Oxcarre), December 2008.
ÒThe Coming Oil Wars,Ó presented at:
ÒDo
Oil and Democracy Mix?Ó Keynote Address, conference on ÒTaxing Natural
Resources: New Challenges and New Perspectives,Ó International Monetary Fund,
Washington D.C., September 25, 2008.
ÒBooty
Futures: Civil War and the Futures Market for Natural Resources,Ó Workshop on
Combating the Financing of Armed Groups through Illicit Exploitation of Natural
Resources, Columbia Law School, March 2008.
ÒNatural Resources and
Conflict: Good News and Bad News,Ó seminar for UN Security Council delegates,
United Nations, May 2007.
ÒIraq and the Politics of Oil,Ó presented
at:
ÒAfrica and the Curse of
Oil,Ó Rice University, Houston Area African Studies Group, January 2007.
ÒAzerbaijanÕs Energy Windfall: Boon or
Curse?Ó presented at:
ÒOil Wealth and Democracy,Ó
Conference on the Future of Iraq, sponsored by the London School of Economics
and the Open Society Institute, London, June 2005.
ÒForests and Conflict,Ó
Keynote Address, United Nations Forum on
Forests, Fifth Session, High-Level Segment, meeting on ÒForest Law
Enforcement and Governance for Sustainability,Ó New York City, May 25, 2005.
ÒWhat
Kind of Government is Good for the Poor?Ó Center for Global Development,
Washington D.C., June 2004.
ÒMinerals and Poverty,Ó at The
EarthÕs Riches and the WorldÕs Poor: Finding Answers to the Problems of
Economic Justice and Resource Extraction, Washington D.C., May 9,
2003. Sponsored by Oxfam America,
Catholic Relief Services, and the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International
Affairs.
ÒNatural
Resources and Civil War: An Overview with Some Policy Options,Ó presented at conference on The Governance of Natural
Resources Revenues, sponsored by the World Bank and the Agence Francaise de
Developpement, Paris, December 9, 2002.
ÒExtractive
Industries and the Poor,Ó Keynote Address, at Industrias Extractivas, alivio
a la pobreza? Lima, Peru, April 2002.
Sponsored by Oxfam America, Catholic Relief Services, and several
Peruvian organizations.
ÒThe
New Institutional Economics and Political Institutions,Ó Workshop on the New
Institutional Economics, sponsored by the Ronald Coase Institute, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, December 2001.
American
Political Science Association, 2005: The
Social Consequences of Democracy
American
Political Science Association, 2004: What Makes the Middle East Different?
American
Political Science Association, 2001: Democratic Transitions from Below American
Political Science Association, 2000: Explaining the Resource Curse
Asian
Studies Association, 1997: The Political Economy of the Indonesian Forests
American
Political Science Association, 1995: The Political Economy of Nature and
Natural Resources
University of California,
Los Angeles:
SE Asia 88: Politics of Violence
in Southeast Asia (Winter 2005)
IDS 191: Oil Politics (Spring
2015)
PS 50: Comparative Politics
(Spring 2002)
PS 158: Southeast
Asian Politics (Winter 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2011, Fall 2012,
Spring 2016)
PS 167C/IDS 100B/130:
Political Economy of Development (Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2008-2013,
Spring 2015, Spring 2018)
University of Michigan:
PS 650: Politics
of Developing States (Fall 1997, Fall 1998, Winter 2001)
PS 677: Southeast Asian
Politics (Winter 1997, Winter 1999)
PS 454: Governments and
Politics of Southeast Asia (Winter 1997, Fall 1997, Winter 1998, Winter 2001)
PS 497: Political Economy of
Natural Resources (Winter 1998, Winter 1999)
Ph.D. Dissertations
Completed
Irfan Nooruddin (Ohio State
University, Georgetown University)
Ravi Bhavnani (University of
Illinois, Michigan State, ETH Zurich)
Cari Coe** (Lewis and Clark)
Zachariah Mampilly* (Vassar)
Andrea Herschman* (Central
Intelligence Agency, Leidos)
Diyah Larasati (University of
Minnesota)
Hye Jee Cho (Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology)
Ani Sarkissian (Michigan
State)
Tingting Zhang (TerraCotta
Group)
Anoop Sarbahi* (University of
Minnesota)
Jeffrey Paris** (US State
Department)
Risa Toha** (National
University of Singapore-Yale)
Antonio Ramos (post-doc, UCLA
School of Public Health)
Anthony Howell (Peking
University)
Joshua Eisenman (University
of Texas, Austin – LBJ School)
Paasha Mahdavi* (Georgetown
University)
Marika Csapo
Amanda Rizkallah**
Not completed
Bronwyn Lewis*
Chris Miner**
* Chair
** Co-Chair
Executive
Director and co-founder, Project on Resources,
Development, and Governance (2017-)
Editorial
Board, World Politics (2013-), Comparative Political
Studies (2013-)
Member, Gabriel Almond Prize
Committee, APSA Section on Comparative
Politics, 2017
Chair,
Best Book Prize Committee, APSA Section on Comparative
Democratization, 2012
External
examiner for viva, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department
of Government, 2014
Member,
APSA Task Force on Governance and Democracy Indicators, 2010-11.
Member,
Luebbert Prize Committee, Comparative Politics
Section, APSA 2008
Co-organizer
(with Steve Krasner), ÒPoorly-governed
Resource-Dependent States: Options for the New Administration,Ó workshop at the
Stanford Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, March 2009.
Co-Principal
Investigator, Program on Oil Wealth Management in Developing States, Stanford University, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of
Law, 2006-2012.
Member, Social Science Research
Council, Working Group on Climate Change, 2017-
Member,
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions
Network, Thematic Group on ÒGood Governance of Extractive and Land Resources,Ó
2013-present
Member,
US Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
(USEITI) Multi-Stakeholder Group, Department of the Interior, 2013-2017
Member,
Board of Advisors, Clean Trade, 2011-present
Member,
Political Instability Task Force, 2009-present
Member,
Technical Board, Natural Resource Charter 2008-2014
Member,
Board of Advisors, Natural Resources Governance Institute (formerly Revenue
Watch Institute and the Natural Resource Charter), 2006-present.
Member,
Iraq Study Group, National Intelligence Council,
2005-07
Member,
Board of Directors, Center
for Science in Public Participation, 2004-08
Group Advisor, International Policy Fellowship program,
Open Society Institute Europe, 2006-07
Member,
Advisory
Committee to the Extractive Industries Review of the World Bank, 2003.
Non-University
Instruction
Instructor, Executive Course on Oil,
Gas, and Mining Governance, Blavatnik School of Government (Oxford University)
and the Natural Resources Governance Institute, September 2015, September 2016,
September 2017.
Lecturer, Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC) on ÒResources for Sustainable Development: The Fundamentals of Oil, Gas,
and Mining Governance,Ó sponsored by the United National Sustainable
Development Solutions Network, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment,
and the Natural Resource Governance Institute, 2015.
Lecturer, short summer course on
ÒThe Political Economy of Oil,Ó IBEI
Summer School, Barcelona, July 2013
Consultancies (partial
list)
Economic
Research Forum (2014), Confidence Building Institute (2013), World Bank
(2002-11), CENTRA (2005-07), UK Department for International Development
(2003), Oxfam America (2001-02), Center for International Earth Science
Information Network (1999), World Resources Institute (1994-2000).
University
of California, Los Angeles:
Vice
Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science 2017-18
Vice
Chair for Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science 2014-16
Director,
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2007-13
Member,
Graduate Studies Committee 2012-13
Faculty
Search Committee, 2001-02, 2011-12
Executive
Committee, 2009-11, 2014-present
Merit
Review Committee, 2005-07, 2011-13
Co-Coordinator,
Comparative Politics Workshop, 2010-12, 2014-16
Chair,
International Development Studies program, 2003-08
Committee
to Review Interdisciplinary Programs, International Institute, 2007
Chair,
Pacific Rim Fellowship Selection Committee, 2006
Chair,
Search Committee for Director of Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2006
Southeast
Asia Faculty Search Committee, 2005-06
Southeast
Asia FLAS Award Committee, 2005
Asia
Institute Graduate and Wagatsuma Fellowship Award Committee, 2005
Affiliated
Faculty Member, Center for Tropical Research, 2003-present
Undergraduate
Committee, Department of Political Science, 2007-08
Committee
on Political Economy, Department of Political Science, 2002-06
Faculty
Advisory Committee, Center for Comparative and Global Research, 2002-04
Faculty
Advisory Committee, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2001-07
Faculty
Advisory Committee, Southeast Asian Studies IDP, 2001-12
Faculty
Advisory Committee on International Development Studies, 2002-03, 2008-present
University
of Michigan:
Executive
Committee, Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, 1998-99
FLAS
Review Committee, Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, 1998-99
Rackham
Pre-Dissertation Awards, Review Committee, 1998-1999
Chinese
Politics Search Committee, Department of Political Science, 1999-2000
Undergraduate
Affairs Committee, Department of Political Science, 1998-99
Comparative
Development Search Committee, Department of Political Science, 1997-98