High-value natural resources 

Transparency and accountability
Projects and networks
TraReMa: Transparency in High-Value Natural Resource Management (2019-2025) and its sister project 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 Nanang Kurniawan, Päivi Lujala, Primi Putri, Sabrina Scherzer and Indah Wardhani 2025. The right to benefit: Using videos to encourage citizen involvement in resource revenue management. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (in press). Repliaction data
  • Brunnschweiler, Christa, Ishmael Edjekumhene, Päivi Lujala and Sabrina Scherzer 2025. “You need to have this information!”: Using videos to increase demand for accountability on public revenue management. World Development 186: 106813. Open access; Replication data
  • Brunnschweiler, Christa, Päivi Lujala, Primi Putri, Sabrina Scherzer and Indah Wardhani 2025. When petroleum revenue transparency policy meets citizen engagement reality: Survey evidence from Indonesia. Ecological Economics 230: 108529. Open access; Replication data
  • Brunnschweiler, Christa, Deanna Karapetyan and Päivi Lujala 2024. Opportunities and risks of small-scale and artisanal gold mining for local communities: Survey evidence from Ghana. Extractive Industries and Society 17: 101403. Open access; Replication data
  • Putri, Primi and Päivi Lujala 2023. Assessing the Transformative Potential of Extractive Sector Transparency Initiatives: Evidence from Local Oil Revenue Management in Indonesia. Journal of Development Studies 59(12): 1787-1806. Open access 
  • Brunnschweiler, Christa and Päivi Lujala 2023. Contribution to the Dictionary of Ecological Economics (eds. Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Entries: Accountability, Transparency.
  • Kurniawan, Nanang, Päivi Lujala and Ståle A. Rye 2023. Negotiating inclusion and exclusion in artisanal oil extraction: The case of two villages in East Java, Indonesia. In Beyond Binaries of Exclusion and Inclusion in Natural Resource Extraction, Stephanie Postar, Negar Elodie Behzadi and Nina Nikola Doering (eds). London: Rowman & Littlefield. pp 245- 258. 
  • Kasimba, Sam A. and Päivi Lujala 2022. Community based participatory governance platforms and sharing of mining benefits: evidence from Ghana. Community Development Journal 57(4): 635–654. Open access
  • Kurniawan, Nanang Indra, Päivi Lujala, Ståle Angen Rye and Diana Vela-Almeida 2022. The role of local participation in the governance of natural resource extraction. Extractive Industries and Society 9: 101029. Open access
  • Le Billon, Philippe, Päivi Lujala and Siri Aas Rustad 2021. Transparency in Environmental and Resource Governance: Theories of Change for the EITI. Global Environmental Politics 21 (3): 124–146. Open access  
  • Kasimba, Sam A. and Päivi Lujala 2021. Community based participatory governance platforms and sharing of mining benefits: evidence from Ghana. Community Development Journal. Open access  
  • Brunnschweiler, Christa, Ishmael Edjekumhene and Päivi Lujala 2021. Does information matter? Transparency and demand for accountability in Ghana's natural resource revenue management. Ecological Economics 181: 106903. Download (journal);  Download (authors' version; from December 2022); Replication data  
  • Ogbe, Michael and Päivi Lujala 2021. Spatial Crowdsourcing in Natural Resource Revenue Management. Resources Policy. Open access.
  • 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 56(12): 2135-2153. Open access; Replication data
  • Kasimba, Sam and Päivi Lujala 2020. Examining Host Communities’ Perceptions on Trust Funds as Corporate Strategies for Community Development in Ghana. Journal of Asian and African Studies. Download (journal)
  • 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; for a Blog.
  • 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 & conflict 
Projects
Spatial Inference on Oil and Economic Development (2018-2022) 
Environmental peacebuilding & The Environmental Peacebuilding Academy (since 2010)
PCNRM: Strengthening Post-Conflict Peacebuilding through Natural Resource Management (2010-2013)  

Publications
  • Swain, Ashok, Carl Bruch, Tobias Ide, Päivi Lujala, Richard Matthew, Erika Weinthal and Tom Deligiannis 2025. The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—Implications for global climate governance and security. Environment and Security 3(1): 3-7. Open access
  • Swain, Ashok, Carl Bruch, Tobias Ide, Päivi Lujala, Richard Matthew and Erika Weinthal 2023. Environment and security in the 21st century. Environment and Security 1(1-2): 3-9. Open access
  • ​Lujala, Päivi, Ashley Hooper and Maureen J. Purcell 2022. The Environmental Spoils of War. In Routledge Handbook of Environmental Security, Richard Matthew Evgenia Nizkorodov and Crystal Murphy (eds.). New York: Routledge. Pp 115-127.  
  • Le Billon, Philippe and Päivi Lujala 2021. Environmental defenders: Killings, perpetrators, and drivers of violence. In Environmental Defenders, Mary Menton and Philippe Le Billon (eds.). London: Routledge.
  • Lujala, Päivi, Ashley Hooper and Maureen Purcell 2021. The Environmental Spoils of War. In Routledge Handbook of Environmental Security, Richard Matthew and Evgenia Nizkorodov (eds.). London: Routledge (in press).
  • Le Billon, Philippe and Päivi Lujala 2020. Environmental and land defenders: Global patterns and determinants of repression. Global Environmental Change 65: 102163. Download (journal); Download (authors' version, from November 2023) Replication data
  • ​​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
  • Lujala, Päivi 2014. Valuable Natural Resources. In Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars, Edward Newman and Karl DeRouen (eds.). New York: Routledge. 
  • 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. 
  • 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