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Syed Mansoob Murshed is Professor of the Economics of Peace and Conflict at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University in the Netherlands. His research interests are in the economics of conflict, resource abundance, aid conditionality, political economy, macroeconomics and international economics.
He was the first holder of the rotating Prince Claus Chair in Development and Equity in 2003. He was a Research Fellow at UNU/WIDER in Helsinki where he ran projects on Globalization and Vulnerable Economies and Why Some Countries Avoid Conflict, While Others Fail. He also ran a project on The Two Economies of Ireland, financed by the International Fund for Ireland at the Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre (NIERC), Belfast.
He is the author of ten books and over 170 refereed journal papers and book chapters. His latest monograph, published in 2010, is Explaining Civil War (Edward Elgar).
He is on the Editorial boards of Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (PEPS), as well as Civil Wars.
He is an associate Editor of the Journal of Peace Research (JPR)
Research interests
He is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Peace Research (JPR).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Africa’s resource exports to China: is there an institutional race to the bottom?
Li, Y., Murshed, M., Papyrakis, E. & He, X., Dec 2025, In: Economic Analysis and Policy. 88, p. 172-190Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Heterogeneous Spillover Effects: How FDI in Resources Extraction, Manufacturing, and Services Affect Sectoral Carbon Emissions in the MENA Region
Bergougui, B. & Murshed, S. M., 27 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Natural Resources Forum.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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How income inequality drives climate inequality in the world's largest emitting nations: Novel evidence from multivariate quantile-on-quantile and wavelet quantile methods
Bergougui, B., Ben-Salha, O. & Murshed, S. M., 1 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 513, 145666.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Diversity Matters in the World of Finance: Does Ethnic and Religious Diversity Hinder Financial Development in Developing Countries?
Amin, S. & Murshed, S. M., 27 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Developing Economies. 63, 3, p. 262-284 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Bilateral Trade Agreements Enhance External Debt Markets Accessibility – Empirical Evidence of Vietnam with Synthetic Control Analysis
Nguyen, T., Murshed, M. & Nguyen Trong, H., 2025, In: International Economic Journal. 39, 1, p. 219-239 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Trust, Ethnicity and Conflict: Experimental Evidence from the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh (co-authors M Badiuzzaman and Matthias Rieger)
Murshed, M. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2022 → 22 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Academic
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On the Scarcity of Critical Materials
Murshed, M. (Speaker)
19 Dec 2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Professional
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On Human Rights
Murshed, M. (Speaker)
7 Dec 2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Professional
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New Directions in Conflict Research
Murshed, M. (Speaker)
22 Sept 2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Professional
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On Identity and Conflict
Murshed, M. (Speaker)
20 Jun 2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Professional
Press/Media
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Bangladesh needs to do more homework to harness full benefit of joining BRICS
20/08/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public engagement activities › Academic