Stephan Lorenzen, MA (University of Zurich), PhD (ANU)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anthropology

Email: Stephan.lorenzen@anu.edu.au

Biographical Statement

I joined the Department of Anthropology in September 2008. I obtained my MA in from the University of Zurich and my PhD from the ANU – both in Social Anthropology. I am currently working as a field researcher and field supervisor as part of an ANU project team in implementing a program of field research and training of local researchers in social assessment in Southeast and Central Sulawesi.

Research Interests

The anthropology of contemporary Indonesia and Southeast Asia; environmental management; irrigated agriculture; rural development; development studies.

Key Publications

• 2008 (forthcoming) Changing Realities – Perspectives on Balinese Rice Cultivation (with Rachel P. Lorenzen), Human Ecology.
• 2008 Institutionalizing the Informal: Irrigation and Government Intervention in Bali (with Rachel P. Lorenzen), Development 51/1:77-82. For Online paper see: www.palgrave-journals.com/development/journal/v51/n1/full/1100441a.html
• 2008 Poverty Reduction and Social Development in ASEAN: Towards an ASEAN Roadmap for the Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals Plus (with Dr. Kimberley McClean and Prof. Peter Warr). Final Report REPSF II Project No. 07/007, April 2008.
• 2006 "I am just borrowing water, but I will return it in an hour": The interdependence of informal and formal institutions in Balinese irrigation management. 11th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons.

Career Highlights

Business Development Manager, ANU Enterprise (2007-08); ANU Doctoral Candidate (2003-2007); Project team leader for PanEco Switzerland (1997-98.