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There are many people doing research on Timor-Leste in many different disciplines and topics. If you would like the details of your research entered on this database please send an email to: admin@tlstudies.org with the following information:

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Discipline Name Research Title Research Institution Country/
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Institutional analysis Jenny Drysdale How can Timor-Leste avoid the resource curse and enable sustainable development? Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU ACT www.jenniferdrysdale.com
jennifer.drysdale at anu.edu.au
Linguistics Aone van Engelenhoven Fataluku Language Project Leiden Univesity NETH http://www.lucl.leidenuniv.nl/
http://www.fataluku.com
a.van.engelenhoven at let.leidenuniv.nl
Linguistics John Bowden Waimaha Language Project re Language contact Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU ACT http://rspas.anu.edu.au/linguistics/
Waimaha/eng ---
john.bowden at anu.edu.au
Anthropology Angie Bexley Belonging and Identity amongst the young Timorese diaspora Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU ACT Angie.Bexley at anu.edu.au
Development Studies Janet Hunt NGOs (Timorese) in National Development RMIT, Melbourne ACT janet.hunt at anu.edu.au
Demography Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo Gender and women empowerment, maternal and child health & family National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ACT Iwu.Utomo at anu.edu.au
  Alexander Loch Psychosocial Reconstruction in ET University of Heidelberg (Germany) & Instituto Catholico para Formaço de Professores (Baucau) GERM post at alexander-loch.de
Governance Iris Wielders Democratic accountability of UNMISET & UNOTIL ANU ACT iris.wielders at anu.edu.au
Anthropology Andrew McWilliam Customary land and resource tenures, Fataluku ethnography Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU ACT andrew.mcwilliam at anu.edu.au
Governance and Justice Bu Wilson The development of the East Timorese police force 1999-2006 Centre for International Governance and Justice, RegNet, Australian National University ACT bu.wilson at anu.edu.au
regnet.anu.edu.au/program/
people/phd/link_documents/ bwilson.php
Strategic and Defence Studies Stephanie Koorey PhD on Southeast Asian Armed Groups and their weapons ANU ACT stephanie.koorey at anu.edu.au
Strategic Studies David Connery Crisis Policymaking in Australia - East Timor 1999 Australian National University ACT david.connery at anu.edu.au
Political Economy Tim Anderson Development and trade University of Sydney NSW tima at econ.usyd.edu.au
Geography/Dev.Studs. Simon Batterbury Land and agrarian livelihoods (from 2007) SAGES, University of Melbourne VIC www.simonbatterbury.net ---
simonpjb at unimelb.edu.au
Asian Studies/Law Daniel Pascoe Institutional Options to Respond to Serious Crimes of 1999 Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU ACT danny_p_911 at hotmail.com
Applied Linguistics Kerry Taylor-Leech Language policy and planning, language in education University of Southern Queensland QLD Kerry.Taylor-Leech@usq.edu.au --
www.taylor-leech.id.au
Anthropology Maj Nygaard-
Christensen
Gender and nation-building Aarhus University, Denmark DENM maj.nygaard at gmail.com
Anthropology Paulo Castro Seixas Social Reconstruction: Ethnicities Generations Nation State Universidade Fernando Pessoa - Porto - Portugal /Doctors of the World-Portugal PORT www.ufp.pt/homepage/pseixas
pseixas at ufp.pt
Political Anthropology Damian Grenfell Identity and Conflict: Nationalism, Gender, Justice,Security Globalism Institute, RMIT University East Timor www.timor-leste.org
damian.grenfell at rmit.edu.au
Arts (Int. Development) George Bouma Poverty-Environment Links in the Western Rural Areas of TL SAGES, University of Melbourne Other george.bouma at unep.ch, ---- gbouma at optusnet.com.au
Education Trina Supit Rehabilitation of the East Timor education system during UN University of Sydney (presently suspended) TL trinasupit at hotmail.com
Education / Applied Linguistics Roslyn Appleby English language teaching in East Timor University of Technology, Sydney NSW roslyn.appleby at uts.edu.au

Ecological Economics Leo X.C. Dutra Alternatives on community-based reef management in Atauro Is Centre for Ecological Economics & Water Policy Research, UNE NSW www-personal.une.edu.au/~lximenes/
leo.dutra at une.edu.au
Political Science Claire Rawnsley The Political system and Indigenous worldview in Timor Leste Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict QLD www.uq.edu.au/acpac
c.rawnsley at uq.edu.au
International Relations Samuel Pietsch The 1999 Australian intervention in East Timor School of Social Sciences, ANU ACT samuel.pietsch at anu.edu.au
international studies Zelda K J Grimshaw Dynamics of power and resistance RMIT VIC Zeldada at aol.com
Adult education and development Bob Boughton National literacy and adult education policy and programs University of New England NSW bob.boughton at une.edu.au
Politics Michael Leach Politics; Nation-building; National Identity Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology VIC mleach at swin.edu.au
Political Science & Conflict Resolution Jennifer Laakso Formal & informal transitional justice mechanisms: 1999-2005 Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of QLD QLD www.uq.edu.au/acpacs/ ---
j.laakso at uq.edu.au
jenlaakso at hotmail.com
Social Sciences/ Communications Emanuel A Braz Learning to Fly the Flag: Communicating National Identity in TL Victoria University, Australia TL emanuel.braz at research.vu.edu.au
Archaeology Nuno Vasco Oliveira Food Production and the Origins of Agriculture Archaeology and Natural History, RSPAS, ANU ACT nuno.oliveira at anu.edu.au
Development Studies Ann Wigglesworth Young People, Young Nation, Development and Change in TL Victoria University VIC annww at ozemail.com.au
Social science Geoffrey C. Gunn Post-conflict nation-building Faculty of Economics, Nagasaki University Japan www.geoffreycgunn.com ---
nag-gunn at net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Sociology / Politics / Adult Education Dr Helen Hill Transition to Independence in Timor-Leste Victoria University VIC Helen.Hill at vu.edu.au
School of Social Sciences, St Albans Campus, PO Box 14428, Melbourne 8001
Sociology Dr Russell Daine Wright Education , Environmentally Sustainable Development, Victoria University VIC russell.wright at vu.edu.au
Health, international development Anthony Zwi Timor-Leste Health Sector Resilience in a Time of Crisis University of new South Wales NSW a.zwi at unsw.edu.au
South East Asian Studies Henriette Sachse Reconciliation and the CAVR process in Timor-Leste Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany Germany henriettesachse at gmx.de
Political Anthropology Anna Trembath Gender, nation-formation, security and NGOs Globalism Institute, RMIT University Timor-Leste www.timor-leste.org
anna.trembath at rmit.edu.au
Education, Development Studies, International Dr Jaya Earnest Migration, Vulnerability & HIV KAP in Timor-Leste, Centre for International Health, Curtin University of Technology WA www.cih.curtin.edu.au
J.Earnest at curtin.edu.au
Sociology and Anthropology Andrew Sankoh Decentralization University of New South Wales NSW andrew.sankoh at student.unsw.edu.au
Public Health and Anthropology of Policy Kayli Wayte Maternal health systems: Maternity waiting homes Charles Darwin University NT kayli.wayte at menzies.edu.au
www.menzies.edu.au
Education / Post-Colonial, Post-Conflict Greg Carroll Formal and Non-Formal Educational approaches to Nation Build Peace and Intercultural Relations, Interdisciplinary, Studies Salem State College USA www.sustainingpeace.org
www.salemstate.edu/~gcarroll
gcarroll at salemstate.edu
Governance and Development
Mark Giffard-Lindsay Evaluation of UNTAET and UNTAC MA Governance and Development, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK UK mgl at alumni.ids.ac.uk
Geology - Tectonic Geomorphology Cox, Nicole; Harris, Ron; Merritts, Dorothy Quaternary uplift of coral terraces from active folding Brigham Young University, USA USA nc74 at byu.edu; http://webpub.byu.net/nc74
Peace Studies Fiona Ninnes Timorese perspectives about Friendship Agreements University of New England Timor-Leste fninnes2 at une.edu.au
International Urban & Environmental Mgmt Danielle Pedi Community-based eco-tourism as a pro-poor development option RMIT, Melbourne VIC daniellepedi at yahoo.com
International Development Natalie Moxham Participation in Agriculture Extension in Timor-Leste RMIT University VIC n.moxham at ozemail.com.au
Human Geography Pyone Myat Thu Livelihoods of Displaced Households in Rural East Timor ANU (Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies) ACT pyone.thu at anu.edu.au
Computer Science Tony Behar East Timor MapServer/GeoServer ALGIS Timor-Leste www.tony-timor.150m.com
Anthropology Janet Gunter Late Portuguese colonialism, memory, conflict ISCTE (Lisbon, Portugal) Portugal Janet.Gunter at gmail.com
Education, Language Marie Quinn Language use in East Timorese classrooms The University of Melbourne VIC mariemtjq at yahoo.com.au
Medical Anthropology Suzanne Belton Research on maternal mortality in East Timor - funded by CDU Charles Darwin University NT suzanne.belton at cdu.edu.au
Linguistics David Penn The Dadu'a language of Ilimano, Timor-Leste University of New England NSW dpenn at une.edu.au
Information and Communication Technologies Helena Grunfeld ICT as a tool for building capabilities and sustainability Victoria University Centre for Strategic Economic Studies VIC helena.grunfeld at research.vu.edu.au
Sociology, Anthropology, History Kelly Silva Elites, State Building and social change Universidade de Brasília Brazil kellysa at uol.com.br
Community Development Ismenio Martins da Silva Emerging Institutions for Skills Development in Timor-Leste Victoria University, Australia Timor-Leste ismenio_nito at yahoo.com
Remote Sensing & GIS Juno Rouwenhorst Land cover change in Caraulun catchment Charles Darwin University NT Juno.Rouwenhorst at students.cdu.edu.au
Environmental Management Lara Wever Coastal management in Timor Leste School of the Environment, Griffith University QLD Lara.Wever at student.griffith.edu.au
Geography/
Anthropology
Lisa Palmer Land and customary resource management issues Research Institution: The University of Melbourne VIC lrpalmer at unimelb.edu.au
Politics/ Linguistics/ Hispanic Studies Talya Mathews Strategic implications of Portuguese language policy Monash University (VIC) VIC tmat1at student.monash.edu.au
Design, Textile material culture Anita Marosszeky Textile values for DPs of CEs: Timor Leste School of Design - Univesity of Technology, Sydney NSW anita.e.marosszeky[at]uts.edu.au
peacekeeping Bryan Cruz role of united nations in east timor conflict   Timor-Leste lars85et at yahoo.com
Politics, Law, International Relations Hiroko Inoue Nationalism before and after 1999 Centre for International Governance and Justice, RegNet, ANU Timor-Leste hiroko.inoue@anu.edu.au
Anthropology Fiona Crockford Contested Belonging: East Timorese Youth in the Diaspora ANU Timor-Leste Fiona.Crockford at ausaid.gov.au
Human Geography Alexander Cullen Land tenure and livelihoods in Rural Timor Uni of Melbourne VIC a.cullen2 at pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
International Relations Nuno Canas Mendes State-building/
state-failure debate in IR: the case of Timor
Instituto do Oriente, ISCSP, Portugal Lisboa ncanasm at gmail.com
Anthropology Hedda Haugen Askland The ET diaspora in Melbourne: community and identity post-in The University of Newcastle, School of Humanities and Social Science NSW Hedda.Askland at newcastle.edu.au
Law Laura Grenfell Legal Pluralism and the Rule of Law in Timor-Leste Australian National University ACT laura.grenfell at adelaide.edu.au
Linguistics John Hajek language situation, politcs and description University of Melbourne VIC j.hajek at unimelb.edu.au
History Heather Castel Comparative transitional justice: the TRC and the CAVR UQ School of HPRC QLD heather.castel at uq.edu.au
Indonesian Studies/Peace and Conflict Studies Thushara Dibley Local NGO Engagement with Peacebuilding in TL and Aceh University of Sydney NSW thusharadibley at yahoo.com.au
Politics, Law, Conflict Studies Dr Christine Mason Gender and Nationalism in East Timor University of Queensland QLD c.mason at uq.edu.au
International Political Economics Billy, Kuai Peng IP the relations between China and Timor-Leste; Faculty of International Tourism, Macau University of Science and Technology Other
kpip at must.edu.mo
International relations; Peacekeeping Nicolas Lemay-Hébert
State-Building From the Outside-In: Kosovo and ET. Institute for Political Sciences in Paris/ Princeton University Other nicolas.lemayhebert at sciences-po.org
International Education Leslie Giamo Post Conflict Education in Timor Leste and Aceh George Washington University Timor-Leste leslie_giamo at yahoo.com
Law Susan Harris Rimmer Transitional Justice and the Women of East Timor Australian Natiional University ACT harriss at law.anu.edu.au

Adult education and development and Conflict Deborah Durnan Popular education and peacebuilding in Timor-Leste University of New England NSW djdurnan at bigpond.com
US Foreign Relations and International Histor Brad Simpson US Foreign Policy towards East Timor and Indonesia 1975-1999 Princeton University, USA Other

bsimpson at princeton.edu
Marine policy Gonçalo Carneiro Poverty reduction in marine and coastal management policies Coastal and Marine Management and Policy, Cardiff University UK
CarneiroG at cardiff.ac.uk

Law Meabh Cryan Land Issues in Timor-Leste UCD, Ireland + Fongtil Land and Property Working Group Timor-Leste meabhcryan at gmail.com
Anthropology, Political Economy Prash Naidu Food aid, GMOs & Effects on Timorese Food, Culture & Society University of Minnesota USA naidu006 at umn.edu
Theology / Studies in Religion Joel Hodge Exploring Christianity in violence & oppression University of Queensland / Saint Anselm College (USA) Aus/USA hodge_joel at yahoo.com or jhodge at anselm.edu
Law Carolyn Graydon Domestic violence: Is there a role for local justice? University of Melbourne VIC cgraydon at pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
History/Political Science Rui Graça Feijó The Birth of a Democratic State in Timor Leste ICS/Lisboa and Universidade Aberta/Porto Portugal rfeijo at univ-ab.pt
Geology, tectonics Kim Ely Young tectonic evolution of Timor-Leste School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne VIC k.ely at pgrad.unimelb.edu.au
Transdisciplinary Sarina Kilham Comparative Study on biofuels: Timor-Leste and Brazil Institute for Sustainable Futures -UTS NSW sarina.j.kilham at student.uts.edu.au
www.isf.uts.edu.au
Gender and Development Esther Richards Religion and reproductive health rights University of Leeds, UK UK esther.richards at yahoo.co.uk
Applied Linguistics James McLellan Collaborative evaluation of the UNTL English curriculum UNTL & The University of Waikato Timor-Leste mclellan at waikato.ac.nz

Politics/International Development Damien Kingsbury Nation building, political development Deakin UNiversity VIC damien.kingsbury at deakin.edu.au
Applied Linguistics, Education Marcos Antonio Amaral, R. Barnard, J. Field, J. McLellan Development of UNTL English curriculum and resources UNTL and The University of Waikato Timor-Leste ir_amaral at yahoo.com
mclellan at waikato.ac.nz
Social Sciency and Anthropology Josh Trindade 'Reconciling Conflicting Paradigms: An East Timorese Vision of an Ideal State'. Independent Timor-Leste trindade.josh at gmail.com
  jade wallace east timor culture bremer tafe Timor-Leste jade10a at hotmail.com
community cultural development Kim Dunphy The contribution of community arts to social change in Timor Deakin University VIC kimdunphy at optusnet.com.au
Engineering and Construction Management Flavio Ximenes Causes and Effects of Delay in Construction Projects Ministry of Infrastructure of Timor Leste Timor-Leste fximenes69 at yahoo.com
Education Ritesh Shah Teacher experiences with curriculum reform in Timor-Leste University of Auckland New Zealand r.shah at auckland.ac.nz
Anthropology Nancy Melissa Lutz language, transitional justice, customary law Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA USA nlutz at siue.edu
IKM-MPH Luis Lobato Maternity Waiting Homes and Eficien Cost Gaja Mada University- Indonesia Yogjakarta Timor-Leste lobatol at ymail.com
Anthropology/
Sociology
James Scambary Youth groups, gangs and informal security groups Swinburne University VIC JSCAMBARY at groupwise.swin.edu.au
Anthropology Susana Barnes Continuity & change in East Timorese customary institutions Monash University VIC smbar4 at student.monash.edu
Law, international development Andrew Marriott Legal professionals, nation-building and development (PhD) School of International and Community Development, Deakin University Timor-Leste abnm at deakin.edu.au
arts Vikki Riley From the hands of our ancestors: Art and Craft of TL Published ARENA magazine Melbourne June 2009 Issue 100 VIC riley.vikki at gmail.com
www.arena.org.au
Law and Political Science Joanne Wallis Constitution-making and state/nation-building University of Cambridge Other jew44 at cam.ac.uk
Bimedical Science Afonso de Almeida Analysis of genetic mutations associated with anti-malarial Centro de Malaria e Outras Doencas Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Timor-Leste
afmeida at hotmail.com
International Development / Peace Studies Richard Jones Developing Creativity Programs for Disenfranchised Youth UNE NSW balconyfilms at gmail.com
Politics and International Relations James Stewart Human Rights in East Timor University Of Aberdeen Other james.stewart.06 At aberdeen.ac.uk
public health Dewi Novianti   UNSW NSW katarina.d3wi at gmail.com
Anthropology and linguistics Robyn Greenwood significant objects in the lives of Timorese women Massey University Timor-Leste greenwoodrobyn at gmail.com
Medical Anthropology Dr Suzanne Belton Training doctors and lawyers in the domestic violence law Menzies School of Health Research Timor-Leste suzanne.belton at menzies.edu.au.
Peace and Conflict, Development Sophia Close Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Development and Conflict Australian National University ACT sophia.close at anu.edu.au
Linguistics Davi B. Albuquerque East Timor languages in contact and ecolinguistics Universidade de Brasília Other easttimorlinguistics.blogspot.com
albuquerque00 at hotmail.com
Linguistics Katrina Langford Reference Grammar of Fataluku Monash Uni VIC timorlink at hotmail.com
Environment/Social Science Shin Furuno community based adaptation to climate variability and change ANU - Fenner School of Environment and Society Timor-Leste shinfuruno at hotmail.com
Tourism Denis Tolkach Community-Based Tourism in Timor-Leste: Network Approach Victoria University VIC denis.tolkach at vu.edu.au
Economics Monica Costa Role of gender-sensitive budgeting in improving equality University of South Australia and Australia National University ACT monicacost at gmail.com
Animal Nutrition (Agriculture) Bayu Sesarahardian Utilization of Local Animal Feed Resources in Timor Leste Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Kanjuruhan University, Indonesia Timor-Leste www.ukanjuruhan.ac.id or bayusesar at yahoo.com
Culture, Art and Design David Palazon Creative Industries and Development in Timor-Leste Queensland College of Art / Griffith University Timor-Leste Tatolibakultura(at)gmail.com
Peace Studies Paddy Tobias civil society and peacebuilding in Timor Leste University of New England NSW ptobias at une.edu.au
Politics (Dr) Paul Hainsworth Interests: NGOs & Timor-Leste; justice matters; Uk and T-L University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Other pa.hainsworth at ulster.ac.uk
Anthropology & Linguistics Prash Naidu Languages and publics, language shifts, standardization. The University of Chicago Other pnaidu at uchicago.edu
Politics Dennis Shoesmith comparative politics of state formation in Timor-Leste Charles Darwin University NT dennis.shoesmith at cdu.edu.au
Regional and Cultural Studies Janina Pawelz Youth Gangs as Victims, Threats and Autonomous Actors University of Hamburg Other jpawelz at hotmail.com
History Steven Farram History of Timor-Leste Charles Darwin University Timor-Leste steven.farram at cdu.edu.au
Biomedical Science Afonso de Almeida Plasmodium vivax in the Democratic Republic of East Timor: Universidade Nacional de Timor LoroSae (UNTL) and Centro de Malária e Outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Timor-Leste Timor-Leste afmeida at hotmail.com
Anthropology David Mearns Local Transformations, Local Justice, Managing the State Charles Darwin University NT david.mearns at cdu.edu.au
dmearns at bigpond.net.au
Politics Charles Hawksley International support for police building (PNTL) University of Wollongong NSW charlesh at uow.edu.au
Post-colonial gender studies
Teresa Cunha
Power and authority strategies of women living in Dili and Maputo. Comparative studies within the Indian Ocean.
Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra, Portugal and Institute for Research and Development José Negrão, Maputo, Mozambique
Portugal and Mozambique
www.ces.uc.pt
tahine at ces.uc.pt
History/International Studies                     
David Webster Canadian relations with TL & Indonesia; solidarity... University of Regina, Canada 

david.webster at uregina.ca
Conflict prevention and peacebuilding, early warning and response
Eunchim (Jennifer) Choi
Assessment of trends in violent conflict in Timor-Leste
Center for International Conflict Resolution, Columbia University

http://www.cicr-columbia.org/practice/present/east-timor,
                                            jennifer.belun at gmail.com

 

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