High-value natural resources 

Transparency and accountability
Projects and networks
TraReMa: Transparency in High-Value Natural Resource Management (2019-2023)
TIGRe: Transparency, Identity, and Governance of High-Value Natural Resources (2017-2022)
CitRes network: Citizen Engagement, Transparency and Transnational Natural Resource Governance
TrAcRevenues: Transparency and Accountability in Natural Resource Revenue Management (2014-2018)

Publications
  • Brunnschweiler, Christa and Ishmael Edjekumhene and Päivi Lujala 2020. Does information matter? Transparency and demand for accountability in Ghana's natural resource revenue management. Ecological Economics. Download (journal); Replication data ​
  • Lujala, Päivi, and Christa Brunnschweiler and Ishmael Edjekumhene 2020. Transparent for whom? Dissemination of information on Ghana’s petroleum and mining revenue management. Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1746276
  • Le Billon, Philippe, Päivi Lujala and Siri Aas Rustad 2020. A Theory of Change for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Designing resource governance pathways to improve developmental outcomes. U4 Issue 2020:11. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi and John Narh 2020. Ghana’s mining communities are still not getting their just dues. The Conversation. January 8. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi and John Narh 2020. Ghana’s Minerals Development Fund Act: Addressing the Needs of Mining Communities. Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 38(2):183-200. Download (journal); Download (from May 19, 2021)
  • Kasimba, Sam and Päivi Lujala 2019. There is no one amongst us with them! Transparency and participation in local natural resource revenue management. Extractive Industries and Society 6(1): 198-205. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi, Christa Brunnschweiler and Ishmael Edjekumhene 2019. Transparent for whom? Dissemination of information on Ghana’s petroleum and mining revenue management. Policy Brief. Download
  • Christa Brunnschweiler, Ishmael Edjekumhene, Päivi Lujala and Marten Voors 2019. Transparency and accountability in Ghana’s petroleum revenue management: evidence from a field experiment. Policy Brief. Download
  • Edjekumhene, I, Voors, M, Lujala, P, Brunnschweiler, C, Owusu, CK and Nyamekye, A, 2019. Impacts of key provisions in Ghana’s Petroleum Revenue Management Act. 3ie Impact Evaluation Report 94. New Delhi: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). https://www.3ieimpact.org/evidence-hub/impact-evaluation-repository/impacts-key-provisions-ghanas-petroleum-revenue
  • Lujala, Päivi 2018. An analysis of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative implementation process. World Development 107(July): 358–381. Download (Open Access); Replication Data. 
  • Kurniawan, Nanang, Primi Putri, Indah Wardhani, Päivi Lujala and Ståle Rye 2018. Penge lolaan Tambang minyak rakyat di Wonocolo, Bojonegoro [The Governance of Traditional Oil Production in Wonocolo, Bojonegoro]. Policy Brief 1421/PB: POLGOV/VIII/2018.
  • Wardhani, Indah and Päivi Lujala 2018. Beyond Transparency in Extractive Sectors: Transparency for whom? RegINA Blog. https://regina.polgov.fisipol.ugm.ac.id/blog/beyond-transparency-in-extractive-sectors-transparency-for-whom  
  • Rustad, Siri A., Philippe Le Billon and Päivi Lujala 2017. Has the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative been a success? Identifying and evaluating EITI goals. Resources Policy 51(1): 151-162. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi, Siri Aas Rustad and Philippe Le Billon 2017. Has the EITI been successful? Reviewing evaluations of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. CMI U4 Policy Brief. Download. Appendix. 
  • Lujala, Päivi and Levon Epremian 2017. Transparency and natural resource revenue management: Empowering the public with information? In Corruption, Natural Resources and Development, Aled Williams and Philippe Le Billon (eds.). Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing. 
  • Lujala, Päivi 2016. Valuable natural resources and transparency: Accounting for peace. Strife Blog. Download
  • Epremian, Levon, Päivi Lujala and Carl Bruch 2016. High-value natural resources and transparency: Accounting for revenues and governance. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.21. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi, Siri A. Rustad and Sarah Wegmueller 2016. Engines for Peace? Extractive Industries, Host Countries, and the International Community in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Natural Resources 7(5): 239-250. Download
  • Ofori, Jerome J. Y. and Päivi Lujala 2015. Illusionary Transparency? Oil Revenues, Information Disclosure, and Transparency. Society & Natural Resources 28(11): 1187–1202. Download

Peacebuilding
Projects
Environmental peacebuilding & The Environmental Peacebuilding Academy (since 2010)
PCNRM: Strengthening Post-Conflict Peacebuilding through Natural Resource Management (2010-2013)  

Publications
  • ​Lujala, Päivi, Siri A. Rustad and Sarah Wegmueller 2016. Engines for Peace? Extractive Industries, Host Countries, and the International Community in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Natural Resources 7(5): 239-250. Download
  • Rustad, Siri A., Päivi Lujala and Philippe Le Billon 2013. Challenging the Peace: Natural Resources and Peacebuilding. World Politics Review. Feature Report ‘Breaking Ground: Policy Challenges of Extractive Industries’. August 2013: 17–24.
  • Lujala, Päivi, Siri Aas Rustad, David Jensen, Alec Crawford, Peter Whitten, Ilona Coyle and Carl Bruch. High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding 2013. Policy brief. Environmental Law Institute and United Nations Development Program.http://www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org/publications/policy-briefs/brief-1/
  • Lujala, Päivi and Siri A. Rustad (eds.) 2012. High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. New York: Earthscan. 688 pp. Download the book by opening Table of Contents. 
  • Rustad, Siri A., Päivi Lujala and Philippe Le Billon 2012. Building or Spoiling Peace? Lessons from the Management of High-Value Natural Resources. In High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Päivi Lujala and Siri A. Rustad (eds.) New York: Earthscan. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi and Siri A. Rustad 2012. High-Value Natural Resources: A Blessing or a Curse for Peace? In High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Download
  • Ross, Michael L., Päivi Lujala and Siri A. Rustad 2012. Horizontal Inequality, Decentralizing the Distribution of Natural Resource Revenues, and Peace. In High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Download
  • Lujala, Päivi and Carl Bruch 2012. Extractive Industries, Contracts, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. Asia-Pacific Inclusive Growth and Development (AP-IGD) Network e-discussion on Advancing Sustainable Development: The Case of Extractive Industries. Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, United Nations Development Programme.
  • Nichols, Sandra S., Päivi Lujala and Carl Bruch 2011. When Peacebuilding Meets the Plan: Natural Resource Governance and Post-Conflict Recovery. The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations 12(1): 9–24. 
  • Rustad, Siri A., Päivi Lujala and Philippe Le Billon 2012. Building or Spoiling Peace? Lessons from the Management of High-Value Natural Resources. The Environmental Law Reporter: News and Analysis 42(6): 10546–10571.
  • Lujala Päivi and Siri A. Rustad 2011. High-Value Natural Resources: A Blessing or a Curse for Peace? Sustainable Development Law & Policy 12(1): 119–123
  • Lujala, Päivi, Siri A. Rustad and Philippe Le Billon 2010. From War to Prosperity? Valuable Natural Resources, Armed Civil Conflict, and Peacebuilding. In Ending Wars, Consolidating Peace: Economic Perspectives, Achim Wennmann and Mats Berdal (eds.). New York: Routledge. 

Conflict
Projects
Spatial Inference on Oil and Economic Development (2018-2022) 
CSCW: Center for Study of Civil War. Center of Excellence
Natural Resources and Armed Civil Conflict (my PhD-project)
Data projects: DIADATA, PETRODATA, GEMDATA and DRUGDATA
Governance of Natural Resources 

Publications
  • Lujala, Päivi 2014. Valuable Natural Resources. In Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars, Edward Newman and Karl DeRouen (eds.). New York: Routledge. 
  • Lujala, Päivi 2010. The Spoils of Nature: Armed Civil Conflict and Rebel Access to Natural Resources. Journal of Peace Research 47(1): 15–28. Download; Replication Data. 
  • Lujala, Päivi 2010. Cursed by Resources? High-Value Natural Resource and Armed Civil Conflict. In War: An Introduction to Theories and Research on Collective Violence. Tor Georg Jakobsen (ed.). New York: Nova Science. 
  • Buhaug, Halvard, Päivi Lujala and Scott Gates 2009. Geography, Rebel Capability, and the Duration of Civil Conflict. Journal of Conflict Resolution 53(4): 544–569. Download; Replication Data
  • Lujala, Päivi 2010. Cursed by Resources? High-Value Natural Resource and Armed Civil Conflict. In War: An Introduction to Theories and Research on Collective Violence. Tor Georg Jakobsen (ed.). New York: Nova Science. 
  • Lujala, Päivi 2009. Deadly Combat over Natural Resources: Gems, Petroleum, Drugs, and the Severity of Armed Civil Conflict. Journal of Conflict Resolution 53(1): 50–71. Download; Replication Data
  • Lujala, Päivi, Jan K. Rød and Nadja Thieme 2007. Fighting over Oil: Introducing a New Dataset. Conflict Management and Peace Science 24(3): 239–256. Download; Replication Data; PETRODATA
  • Lujala, Päivi, Nils P. Gleditsch and Elisabeth Gilmore 2005. A Diamond Curse: Civil War and a Lootable Resource. Journal of Conflict Resolution 49(4): 583–562.  Download; Replication Data 
  • Buhaug, Halvard and Päivi Lujala 2005. Accounting for Scale: Measuring Geography in Quantitative Studies of Civil War. Political Geography 24(4): 399–418. Download; Replication Data 
  • Gilmore, Elisabeth, Nils P. Gleditsch, Päivi Lujala and Jan K. Rød 2005. Conflict Diamonds: A New Dataset. Conflict Management and Peace Science 22(3): 257–272. Download; DIADATA