Introduction
Nematullah Bizhan is a Lecturer in Public Policy at Australian National University. Former Research Fellow at Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, where he studied the role of identities and networks in establishing state legitimacy and effectiveness in fragile and conflict-affected societies. He is also working with the Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development, a joint initiative of the Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government and the London School of Economics (LSE). Nematullah is also a Senior Research Associate with Oxford University's Global Economic Governance Program, a Visiting Fellow at Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy and the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy. He is a member of the steering committees of both the South Asia in World Politics Section of the International Studies Association (ISA) and the Oxford Network of Peace Studies (OxPeace).
Expert
Nematullah's research focuses on international development, state building and legitimacy in conflict-affected and fragile societies, public policy and political economy. His forthcoming book, Aid Paradoxes in Afghanistan: Building and Undermining the State (Routledge), examines post-2001 state building in Afghanistan and how aid has affected it. His recent publications explore state and society interactions, state building, aid effectiveness, public policy, international responses to situations of fragility, and economic cooperation. His opinions have appeared in Project Syndicate, Foreign Policy, ABC, Development Policy Centre’s blog, BBC Persian and 8Sobh Daily. His recent op-ed, A Path to Self-Reliance for Afghanistan, appeared in 27 publications in 9 languages around the world. He is a regular commentator on TV and Radio.
Fields of expertise: Policy design and delivery