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I am a lecturer in politics at Newcastle University, UK. I conduct empirical research on transitional (historical) justice, which spans political science, sociology, comparative democratization, law & society, and political psychology. The common feature of my research projects is the examination of the malleability of human nature and the social utility of the concept of a second chance. I use survey experiments, experiments, and micro-level surveys. I have written papers concerning the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Croatia, South Africa, Iraq, South Korea, Burma/Myanmar, China, and Hong Kong.

Current Projects:

My current project concerns the area of transitional justice and reconciliation. I am interested in examining the contribution of truth commissions, criminal tribunals, amnesties, shaming penalties, apology diplomacy, and other measures to reconciliation in divided societies. My research sites are Croatia, The Czechlands, South Africa, South Korea and Burma/Myanmar.

Research Plans:

My future research plans concern corruption and anticorruption initiatives in Hong Kong and other countries in Asia.

Past Projects:

I have completed a major research project on lustration systems in Central Europe. This project has resulted in several papers and a book monograph Lustration and Transitional Justice, which was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2011.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

Roman David, Lustration and Transitional Justice: Personnel Systems in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.

Roman David, Politologie: Zaklady spolecenskych ved. Olomouc: Nakladatelstvi Olomouc, 6th edition, 2007.

Articles:

Susanne Y.P. Choi, Roman David, "Lustration Systems and Trust: Evidence from Survey Experiments in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland." American Journal of Sociology 2012, 117(4), 1172-1201.

Roman David, "Twenty Years of Transitional Justice in the Czech Lands." Europe-Asia Studies 2012, 64(4), 761-84.

Roman David and Ian Holliday, International Sanctions or International Justice? Shaping the Future in Myanmar. Australian Journal of International Affairs 2012, 66(2), 121-138.

Roman David, Transitions to Clean Government: Amnesty as an Anticorruption Measure, Australian Journal of Political Science 2010, 45(3), 391-406.

Roman David, Susanne Y.P. Choi. "Getting Even, or Getting Equal? Retributive Desires and Transitional Justice." Political Psychology 2009, 30(2), 161-192.

Roman David, Susanne Y.P. Choi, "Forgiveness and transitional justice in the Czech Republic." Journal of Conflict Resolution 2006, 50(3), 339-367.

Roman David. "From Prague to Baghdad: Lustration systems and their political effects." Government and Opposition 2006, 41(3), 347-372.

Roman David, "Lustration laws in action: The motives and evaluation of lustration policy in the Czech Republic and Poland (1989-2001)." Law and Social Inquiry 2003, 28(2), 387-439.

Roman David; Susanne Y.P. Choi, "Victims on transitional justice: lessons from the reparation of human rights abuses in the Czech Republic." Human Rights Quarterly 2005, 27(2), 392-435.

Roman David; Ian Holliday, "Set the Junta free: Pre-transitional justice in Myanmar’s democratization." Australian Journal of Political Science 2006, 41(1), 91-105.

Roman David, "In exchange for truth: The Polish lustration & the South African amnesty process." Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies 2006, 32(1), 81-99.

Roman David, "Transitional injustice? Criteria for conformity of lustration to the right to political expression." Europe-Asia Studies 2004, 56(6), 789-812.

Book Chapters:

Choi SYP; David R. "Law Enforcement, Public Health, and HIV/AIDS in China. In: Harris PG; Siplon PD, ed. The Global Politics of AIDS. London: Lynne Rienner, 2007.

David R. Rehabilitation of Political Prisoners. In: Stan, L; Nedelsky, N, ed. The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. In Press.

David R. The Czech Republic. In: Stan, L; Nedelsky, N, ed. The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. Cambridge University Press, 2012. In Press.

David R. Retribution. In: Stan, L; Nedelsky, N, ed. The Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice. Cambridge University Press, 2012. In Press.

Papers in Conference Proceedings:

Roman David, “Symbolic Meanings of Historical Injustices: Attitudes of South Korean Students to Japan’s Policy of Dealing with the Past”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Regional Reconciliation and the Korean Peninsula”, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, June 9-10, 2010.

David R. Victims on the truth commission: The reparation of victims of human rights abuses in South Africa. In: Proceedings of the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. 2005, Washington, D.C.: APSA.

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