Yuhki Tajima
Contact
Information
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
ICC-302-J
3700 O St. NW
Washington, DC 20057
Email: [email protected]
Web: yuhkitajima.com
Current
Employment
Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Education
Harvard University
Assistant Professor, 2013-present.
PhD in Public Policy, 2009.
Committee: Robert Bates (chair), Steven Levitsky, Roger Petersen, Monica Toft
MPA in International Development, 2003.
Swarthmore College
BA in Physics, 1999.
Previous
Employment
University of California, Riverside Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor, 2009-2013
Yale University Program on Order, Conflict and Violence
Fellow, 2008-9
World Bank
Principal Investigator, Research and Evaluation Program for National Program for Village
Development (PNDS-REP), 2013-2015
Consultant, Conflict and Development Team, Social Development Unit, Indonesia 2003, 20052010
United Nations Development Programme
Consultant, Crisis Prevention and Recovery Unit, Indonesia, 2004.
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Research Assistant, International Finance Division, Trade and Financial Studies Section, 19992001.
Book
Tajima, Yuhki. 2014. The Institutional Origins of Communal Violence: Indonesia's Transition
from Authoritarian Rule. Cambridge University Press.
Peer-Reviewed
Articles
Tajima, Yuhki. Accepted. ``Political Development and the Fragmentation of Protection Markets:
Politically Affiliated Gangs in Indonesia'' Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Oslert, Kai, Krislert Samphantharak, and Yuhki Tajima. 2016. ``The Motivations and Outcomes
of Indonesia's Decentralization Experiment.'' Journal of Southeast Asian Economies 33(2).
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Tajima, Yuhki. 2013. ``The Institutional Basis of Intercommunal Order: Evidence from Indonesia's Democratic Transition.'' American Journal of Political Science 57(1).
Tajima, Yuhki. 2011. ``Understanding the Livelihoods of Former Insurgents: Aceh, Indonesia.''
World Bank Indonesian Social Development Papers 17. Jakarta: World Bank.
Tajima, Yuhki. 2008. ``Explaining Ethnic Violence in Indonesia: Demilitarizing Domestic Security.'' Journal of East Asian Studies. 8: 451-472.
Republished as Tajima, Yuhki. 2010. ``Explaining Ethnic Violence in Indonesia: Demilitarizing
Domestic Security'' in Varshney, Ashutosh (ed.), Collective Violence in Indonesia, New York:
Lynne Rienner Publishers. 99-118.
Tajima, Yuhki. 2004. ``Mobilizing for Violence: The Escalation and Limitation of Identity Conflicts.'' World Bank Indonesian Social Development Papers, Jakarta: World Bank.
Works in
Progress
Tajima, Yuhki. Article Manuscript: ``When do Communities Provide Assistance to Ex-Combatants?
Wartime Violence and Postwar Support in Aceh, Indonesia'' (Preparing for Submission)
Tajima, Yuhki, Krislert Samphantharak and Kai Oslert. Article Manuscript: ``How Ethnic Heterogeneity Affects Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Indonesia'' (Preparing for Submission)
Tajima, Yuhki. Article Manuscript: ``Ex-Combatant Networks and Peacetime Benefits: Explaining Patronage in Postwar Aceh, Indonesia''
Tajima, Yuhki. Book Project: From Rebellion to Rule: The Political Economy of Postwar Governance in Aceh, Indonesia
Tajima, Yuhki. Book Chapter: ``Economic Reintegration,'' in Nat J. Colletta, Estanislao GacituaMario and Ben Oppenheim (Eds.) Beyond DDR: The Nexus of Governance, Security and Development.
Grants,
Fellowships, and
Awards
PNDS Research and Evaluation Program for a Nationwide Community Driven Development
Program in Timor Leste (with Andrew Beath, World Bank), AusAID (\$950,000), 2013.
Partnership Development Grant for Randomized Evaluation of former MNLF insurgent reintegration (with Ben Oppenheim and Cyrus Samii), Innovations for Poverty Action and Asian
Development Bank (\$165,000), 2013.
Folke Bernadotte Academy Grant for study of former MNLF insurgent reintegration (with Ben
Oppenheim and Cyrus Samii), Folke Bernadotte Academy (\$31,000), 2013.
Partnership Development Grant for Evaluation of Health Clinics in Eastern Burma (with International Rescue Committee, Ben Oppenheim and Cyrus Samii), Innovations for Poverty Action
and Asian Development Bank (\$15,000), 2013.
Partnership Development Grant for Study on Communal Violence Monitoring and Prevention
Systems (with Indonesian Ministry of Disadvantaged Areas, Ben Oppenheim and Cyrus Samii),
Innovations for Poverty Action and Asian Development Bank (\$15,000), 2013.
Summer Academic Research Grant, The Political Economy of Peacebuilding: Postwar Aceh,
Indonesia (\$12,300), Georgetown University, 2013.
Faculty Project Development Grant, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of
California (\$24,998), 2012.
Faculty Initiative Grant, Pacific Rim Research Program, University of California (\$26,844), 2011.
Chancellor's Strategic Initiative Grant, Seed Money for GIS Center (with David Biggs) UC River-
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side (\$26,000), 2011.
Fellow, Center for Ideas and Society, UC Riverside, 2011.
Regents Faculty Fellowship, UC Riverside, 2011.
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University, 2007.
Sinclair Kennedy Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University, 2005.
Distinction in Teaching Award, Harvard University, 2005.
Public Policy Fellowship, Harvard University, 2003.
Center for International Development Grant, Harvard University, 2002.
Teaching
Georgetown University: MA Courses (ASST-511: International Political Economy of East Asia,
ASST-710: Ethnic Politics); BA Courses (INAF-332: Political Economy of Asia)
UC Riverside: PhD Courses (POSC 217: Comparative Politics, POSC 262: War Termination and
Conflict Resolution, POSC 273: Rational Choice in Comparative Politics); BA Courses (POSC
163: Ethnic Politics, POSC 169: Terrorism and Political Violence, POSC 182: Politics and
Economic Policy)
Professional and
Departmental
Service
Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Foreign Affairs, International
Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of East Asian Studies, Journal of
Peace Research, Journal of Race and Ethnic Politics, Security Studies
Coordinator for Georgetown Comparative Politics Speaker Series (CRITICS), 2014-present.
IR Faculty Search Committee, UC Riverside, 2012-2013.
Invited Talks and
Conference
Presentations
Invited Talk, Ohio State Comparative Politics Workshop, ``Regime Type and the Market for
Protection: Gangs through Indonesia's Political Development.'' April 2015
Invited Talk, Yale Order, Conflict, and Violence Workshop, ``Democratization and the Market for
Protection: Mafias in Indonesia.'' April 2015
Book Launch, East-West Center, ``The Institutional Basis of Intercommunal Order and Violence:
Indonesia's Transition from Authoritarian Rule.'' March 2015
Book Launch, Mortara Center and Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University, ``The Institutional Basis of Intercommunal Order and Violence: Indonesia's Transition from Authoritarian
Rule.'' March 2015
Presentation, PNDS Secretariat of the Government of Timor Leste. ``PNDS Research and Evaluation Program Baseline Results.'' January 2015
Invited Talk, Georgetown University. ``The Institutional Basis of Intercommunal Order and Violence: Indonesia's Transition from Authoritarian Rule.'' November 2012
Invited Talk, University of California at San Diego. ``The Institutional Basis of Intercommunal
Order and Violence: Indonesia's Transition from Authoritarian Rule.'' November 2012
Invited Talk, Methodology in Southeast Asian Studies Workshop. University of Freiburg, Germany. ``The Institutional Basis of Intercommunal Order and Violence: Indonesia's Transition
from Authoritarian Rule.'' May 2012
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Conference Presentation, APSA Meeting, Seattle, WA. ``Civilians and the Reintegration of ExInsurgents in Aceh, Indonesia.'' September 2011
Invited Talk, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California at
San Diego, San Diego, CA. ``Order and Violence: Communal Violence during Indonesia's Authoritarian Breakdown.'' May 2011
Workshop Presentation, Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Irvine, CA. ``Reintegration
of Former Insurgents: Aceh, Indonesia.'' January 2011
Invited Talk (in Indonesian), Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies, Aceh, Indonesia. ``Ex-Combatant Livelihoods in Aceh: Behavior and Outcomes of Former GAM Soldiers.''
November 2009
Invited Talk, World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia. ``Ex-Combatant Livelihoods in Aceh: Behavior
and Outcomes of Former GAM Soldiers.'' November 2009
Invited Talk, World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia. ``Explaining Communal Violence in Indonesia
during Transition.'' November 2009
Conference Presentation, APSA Meeting, Toronto, Canada. ``Interlopers in Ethnic Conflicts:
Christian-Muslim Violence in Indonesia.'' September 2009
Invited Talk, International Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Conference, Cartagena, Colombia. ``Economic Reintegration of Ex-Combatants.'' May 2009
Invited Talk, Political Science Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT. ``How Institutions
Explain Communal Violence during Indonesia's Authoritarian Breakdown.'' November 2008.
Invited Talk, Order, Conflict, Violence Seminar, Yale University, New Haven, CT. ``Running
Amok in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Ethnic Violence during Reformasi Indonesia.'' October 2008
Conference Presentation, APSA Meeting, Boston, MA. ``Informal Institutions and Ethnic Violence
During Democratic Transitions: The Case of Indonesia.'' August 2008.
Conference Presentation, Order, Conflict, Violence Conference, New Haven, CT. ``The Effect of
War-Time Violence on Ex-Combatant Economic Reintegration.'' April 2008.
Conference Presentation, Harvard, Yale, MIT Conference on Civil Conflict, Cambridge, MA.
``Running Amok in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Ethnic Violence during Democratization.'' 2007.
Workshop Presentation, Peace Research Institute of Oslo Workshop on First Actors in Civil Wars,
Oslo, Norway, ``Insurgent Interlopers and Ethnic Violence.'' August 2006.
Workshop Presentation, Peace Research Institute of Oslo Workshop on First Actors in Civil Wars,
Oslo,``Displacing the Risks of Joining Insurgencies with the Threat of Ethnic Violence.'' Norway,
August 2006.
Invited Talk (in Indonesian), Universitas Tadulako, Palu, Indonesia. ``Satu Hipotesa Kerusuhan
Selama Waktu Reformasi.'' February 2006.
Invited Talk, World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia. ``Village Alliances, Militia-Gangs, and the Escalation of Identity Conflict: The Case of Lampung.'' August 2004.
Languages
Indonesian: Advanced speaking, reading, and writing.
Japanese: Advanced speaking.
Spanish: Intermediate speaking, reading, writing.
Updated July 2016