David Aled Williams
Current projects
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC)
Completed projects
Norad Governance and Transparency Section: Theory of Change
Green economy, low carbon development and international climate change policy
Third Independent Review of the Indonesia-Norway Cooperation on REDD+
Corruption and the illegal caviar trade
Corruption and Commodity Trading
Reducing corrupt practices in environmental decision-making
Workshop on anti-corruption in the Albanian public sector
REDD Integrity
Using Corruption Risk Assessments for REDD+ - An Introduction for Practitioners
Seminar on corruption and anti-corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Natural resources, corruption and trust
Workshop on building civil society for anti-corruption reform in Macedonia
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Political scientist focused on policy effectiveness, anti-corruption, and the politics of resource extraction, using political economy and political ecology approaches.
Williams' PhD is from the Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. The thesis combined ethnographic fieldwork in Central Sulawesi and Jakarta with satellite and survey data, to produce a political ecology of REDD+ in Indonesia since 2010.
He is author of the book The Politics of Deforestation and REDD+ in Indonesia: Global Climate Change Mitigation (forthcoming 2023, Routledge). His research is published in the peer-reviewed outlets: The Journal of Development Studies, Energy Policy, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, and Energy Research and Social Science. He is also co-editor of two books (Edward Elgar), titled Corruption, Natural Resources and Development: From Resource Curse to Political Ecology and Corruption, Grabbing and Development: Real-World Challenges.
Williams' research interests revolve around the uneven politics of natural resource-driven economic development, particularly corruption, neoliberal environmentalism, hypercapitalist growth, indigenous peoples rights, green energy transitions and inequality. Geographically, his focus is on Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
Williams has served as project lead/PI at CMI for longer-term commissioned research projects from Norad and USAID, as well as shorter reviews and evaluations. He is also co-coordinator of U4's thematic portfolio on Corruption and Anti-Corruption Efforts in Natural Resources and Energy Sectors.
Williams was previously Senior Research Coordinator at Transparency International in Berlin and holds an MA in International Relations from the University of Kent (UK).