Rosita Armytage is a political economist and governance specialist with 15 years’ experience designing, managing, and researching governance programs across Asia.
Experience
2018–present
Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Durham University
2017–2018
Research Fellow, School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham
2008–2015
Governance Advisor, The Asia Foundation
2006–2008
Program Coordinator, East-West Center
Education
2016
Australian National University, PhD (Anthropology)
2005
University of New South Wales, Masters, Public Policy
2004
University of Sydney, B.A. (Arab & Islamic Studies/Governance)
Publications
2018
Elite Ethnography: The Methodological Implications of Power, Gender, and Instability in Pakistan, Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology
2018
Searching for success: A mixed methods approach to identifying and examining positive outliers in development outcomes, DLP Research Paper
2018
Uganda’s health sector as a ‘hidden’ positive outlier in bribery reduction, DLP Research Paper
2018
The Surprising Case of Police Bribery Reduction in South Africa, DLP Research Paper
2016
Alliance of State and Ruling Classes in Contemporary Pakistan, Economic and Political Weekly
2015
The Social Lives of the Elite: Friendship and Power in Pakistan, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
2008
Safety, Security and Accessible Justice: Participatory Approaches to Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands Policy