Samuel Clark
Contact Details:
Qualifications:
Master of Public and International Law, University of Melbourne, 2006.
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne, 2003
Biography:
Samuel is a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford. His research project utilizes a mixed-methods research design and focuses on legal mobilization, signalling theory and the prosecution of corruption in local courts during Indonesia’s democratic transition.
Prior to joining the Centre, Samuel spent five years working in the Social Development Unit of the World Bank. His work there focused on conflict, community development, governance and local justice issues in Aceh, Indonesia and Timor-Leste. This included extensive qualitative and quantitative policy research as well as the design and evaluation of large-scale community development and legal empowerment programmes. He continues to consult on judicial reform, legal empowerment and community development in the Asia Pacific region.
He is currently undertaking field research in Indonesia.
Research Interests:
- Law and development
- Democratisation and post-conflict transitions
- Corruption
- Customary law and local dispute resolution institutions
- Access to justice and legal empowerment in developing country contexts
- The influence of community development programs on local institutional rules, norms and beliefs
Publications:
‘Reducing Injustice? A Grounded Approach to Strengthening Hybrid Justice Systems: Lessons from Indonesia’ Traditional Justice: Practitioners Perspectives Working Paper No. 2 (2011), Rome and Leiden: ILDO and VVI. [with Matthew Stephens].
‘Incorporation and Institution-Building: Autonomy and Elections in Post-Conflict Aceh’, St Antony’s International Review 6, no. 1 (2010): 124-44. [with Patrick Barron and Blair Palmer].
‘Defining Heroes: Key Lessons from the Creation of Veterans Policy in Timor-Leste’, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2008. [with Edith Bowles].
‘Peaceful Pilkada, Dubious Democracy: Aceh’s Post-Conflict Elections and their Implications’, Indonesian Social Development Paper No. 11, Jakarta: World Bank, 2008. [with Blair Palmer].
Forging the Middle Ground: Engaging Non-State Justice in Indonesia, Jakarta: World Bank, 2008. [with Matthew Stephens].
‘Timor-Leste’s Youth in Crisis: Situational Analysis and Policy Options,’ Mimeo. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2007. [with Markus Kostner].
‘Decentralizing Inequality? Center-Periphery Relations, Local Governance, and Conflict in Aceh’ CPR Working Paper No. 39, Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2006. [with Patrick Barron].
GAM Reintegration Needs Assessment: Enhancing Peace through Community-level Development Programming, Banda Aceh/Jakarta: World Bank/DSF, 2006. [with Patrick Barron, Arya Gaduh and Matt Zurstrassen].
Conflict and Recovery in Aceh: An Assessment of Conflict Dynamics and Options for Supporting the Peace Process. Jakarta: World Bank, 2005. [with Patrick Barron and Muslahuddin Daud].
More than Just Ownership: Ten Land and Natural Resource Conflict Case Studies from East Java and Flores’, Indonesia Social Development Paper No. 4, Jakarta: World Bank, 2004.
Supervisors:
Dr Lisa Vanhala and Prof Peter Hedstrom
