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About Me

Christian Siauwijaya is a Macroeconomic Research Analyst at the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Economic Development (Prospera).

Before joining Prospera, Christian was a Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow, studying how earmarked funding affects the effectiveness of international organisations. Subsequently, he assumed a similar position at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, where he focused on applied microeconomics. In between his research roles, Christian has worked as a Consultant at the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

Christian received his master’s in financial economics from the University of Glasgow after completing a bachelor’s degree in development economics from Universitas Brawijaya. He is interested in policy-oriented research within applied macro and microeconomics. Some of his ongoing research includes studies on zombie firms in Indonesia, investigations into financial literacy in Australia, and assessments of international organisations’ resourcing through an elite survey experiment.

Christian’s research has appeared or is forthcoming in top-ranking publications like the Journal of Politics, Global Policy, and Review of International Organisations.

Beyond his professional life, Christian enjoys travelling, hiking, and enjoying new experiences in his leisure time. Some hiking routes he has conquered in Scotland, England, and Indonesia include Pitlochry-Craigower-Killiecrankie, Beinn Dubh-Glen Striddle Horseshoe (Luss), Conic Hill (Balmaha), Rydal Cave (Lake District), Arthur’s Seat (Edinburgh), and Curug Mariuk (Bogor). Besides the outdoors, Christian enjoys visiting historical sites and attending live theatrical and orchestral performances. Christian is also an avid F1 and Hololive Vtuber fan who enjoys Japanese city pop and funk music.

You can access Christian’s curriculum vitae by clicking the button below.

(Last update: 26 April 2025)

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Research

Publications

  • Heinzel, Mirko, Reinsberg, Bernhard, and Siauwijaya, Christian. “Understanding Resourcing Trade-offs in International Organizations: Evidence from an Elite Survey Experiment”. Journal of Politics. (accepted for publication in principle).

  • Reinsberg, Bernhard, Heinzel, Mirko, and Siauwijaya, Christian (2024). “Tracking earmarked funding to international organizations: Introducing the earmarked funding dataset”. Review of International Organisations. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-024-09548-1. Dataset access: Harvard Dataverse. Codebook: [pdf file].

  • Reinsberg, Bernhard, and Siauwijaya, Christian (2023). “Does Earmarked Funding Affect the Performance of International Organisations?”. Global Policy, 15, 23–39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13270. Replication files: Harvard Dataverse.

  • Siauwijaya, Christian (2019) “Does Public Capital Expenditure and Infrastructure Influence the Regional GDP of Indonesian Manufacturing Industries? (Study on Indonesian Provinces).” Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa FEB Universitas Brawijaya, Vol. 7, No. 2. Available from: jimfeb.ub.ac.id.

Selected Works in Progress

Grants

Selected grants won by Christian.

  • Awarded in 2019 by the University of Glasgow (7,500 GBP)

  • Awarded in 2018 by the National Central University (1,000 GBP)

  • A travel grant to attend the Asia Pacific Model United Nations in 2016 (200 GBP)

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