Dr Vlado Vivoda is a distinguished scholar and researcher with over 17 years of expertise in international relations, critical minerals, energy security, and strategic studies. His work addresses some of the most pressing global challenges, focusing on the geopolitics of critical minerals, sustainable energy policies, and the strategic impacts of global energy transitions. Dr Vivoda has published extensively in leading journals and edited volumes, making significant contributions to understanding the intersection of resource governance and international policy.
In addition to his research, Dr Vivoda has authored major technical reports and working papers on mining governance, energy policy, and sustainable development. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Resources Policy, one of the world’s premier journals dedicated to the economics and policy dimensions of energy and mineral extraction, production and use.
Industry
Dr Vivoda has provided expert advice and consultancies for a wide range of stakeholders, including companies, government departments and non-governmental and international organizations.
Recent Publications
Vivoda, Vlado, Ron Matthews, and Neil McGregor (2024). 'A Critical Minerals Perspective on the Emergence of Geopolitical Trading Blocs'. Resources Policy, vol. 89, 104587.
Vivoda, Vlado (2024). 'Uncharted Depths: Navigating the Energy Security Potential of Deep-Sea Mining'. Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 369, 122343.
Vivoda, Vlado, Morgan D. Bazilian, Asmaa Khadim, Natalie Ralph, and Ghaleb Krame (2024). 'Lithium Nexus: Energy, Geopolitics, and Socio-Environmental Impacts in Mexico's Sonora Project”. Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 108, 103393.
Merigó, José M., Anna M. Gil-Lafuente, Finn Kydland, Lluis Amiguet, Vlado Vivoda, Gary Campbell, Yalin Lei, and David Fleming-Muñoz (2024). '50 Years of Resources Policy: A Bibliometric Analysis.' Resources Policy, vol. 96, 105229.
Vivoda, Vlado (2023). 'Friend-shoring and Critical Minerals: Exploring the Role of the Minerals Security Partnership'. Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 100, 103085.
Vivoda, Vlado, and Ron Matthews (2023). '‘Friend-shoring’ as a Panacea to Western Critical Mineral Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.' Mineral Economics.
Full list of publications available on espace
Funding
In 2012, Dr Vivoda was awarded a competitive three-year Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA), valued at $375,000.
Researcher biography
Dr Vlado Vivoda holds a PhD in International Relations from Flinders University, along with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Australian National University. He has held research positions at the University of South Australia, Griffith University, and the University of Queensland, where he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining from 2014 to 2020. Dr Vivoda also taught strategy at the Australian War College in Canberra, providing expert guidance to senior military officers. Most recently, he served as an Associate Professor at Rabdan Academy in Abu Dhabi, where his work focused on research and teaching in strategic studies, critical minerals, and energy security.
Publications
Books
Vivoda, Vlado (2014). Energy security in Japan: challenges after Fukushima. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315579566
Vivoda, Vlado (2008). The return of the obsolescing bargain and the decline of big oil: a study of bargaining in the contemporary oil industry. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
Book Chapters
Vivoda, Vlado (2017). Energy security issues in Asia. Routledge handbook of energy in Asia. (pp. 272-283) edited by Subhes C. Bhattacharyya. Abingdon: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315656977-18
O'Callaghan, Terry and Vivoda, Vlado (2017). Investment decision-making tools for the mining, oil, gas, and infrastructure sectors. Mining in the Asia-Pacific: risks, challenges and opportunities. (pp. 373-387) edited by Terry O'Callaghan and Geordan Graetz. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61395-6_21
Vivoda, Vlado (2017). Natural gas. Mining in the Asia-Pacific: risks, challenges and opportunities. (pp. 189-215) edited by Terry O'Callaghan and Geordan Graetz. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61395-6_12
Vivoda, Vlado and Graetz, Geordan (2017). Mergers and acquisitions: the politics of megadeals in the mining industry. Mining in the Asia-Pacific: risks, challenges and opportunities. (pp. 121-138) edited by Terry O'Callaghan and Geordan Graetz. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61395-6_8
O'Callaghan, Terry and Vivoda, Vlado (2017). Regulatory regimes, foreign mining investment and risk in the Asia-Pacific region: comparative evaluation and policy implications. Mining in the Asia-Pacific: risks, challenges and opportunities. (pp. 35-48) edited by Terry O'Callaghan and Geordan Graetz. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61395-6_3
Vivoda, Vlado (2017). Sino-Japanese competition and energy security. Chinese-Japanese competition and the East Asian security complex: vying for influence. (pp. 86-99) edited by Jeffrey Reeves, Jeffrey Hornung and Kerry Lynn Nankivell. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315436333
Vivoda, Vlado (2017). Determinants of foreign direct investment in the mining industry. Mining in the Asia-Pacific: risks, challenges and opportunities. (pp. 19-33) edited by Terry O'Callaghan and Geordan Graetz. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61395-6_2
Maurin, Cristelle and Vivoda, Vlado (2016). Shale gas and the energy policy ‘Trilemma’. Handbook of shale gas law and policy. (pp. 369-382) edited by Tina Hunter. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Intersentia. doi: 10.1017/9781780687520.018
Vivoda, Vlado (2016). Rise of state-firm bargaining in the 2000s. The political economy of natural resources and development: from neoliberalism to resource nationalism. (pp. 53-69) edited by Paul A. Haslam and Pablo Heidrich. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315687698
Vivoda, Vlado (2016). Energy security in East Asia. Non-traditional security in East Asia: a regime approach. (pp. 143-166) edited by Ramon Pacheco Pardo and Jeffrey Reeves. London, United Kingdom: Imperial College Press. doi: 10.1142/9781783267040_0008
Vivoda, Vlado (2015). State-market interaction in hydrocarbon sector: the cases of Australia and Japan. States and markets in hydrocarbon sectors. (pp. 240-264) edited by Andrei V. Belyi and Kim Talus. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137434074.0019
O'Callaghan, Terry and Vivoda, Vlado (2013). How Global Companies Make National Regulations. The Handbook of Global Companies. (pp. 155-172) edited by John Mikler. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118326152.ch9
Journal Articles
Vivoda, Vlado (2024). Uncharted depths: navigating the energy security potential of deep-sea mining. Journal of Environmental Management, 369 122343, 122343. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122343
Merigó, José M., Gil-Lafuente, Anna M., Kydland, Finn, Amiguet, Lluis, Vivoda, Vlado, Campbell, Gary, Lei, Yalin and Fleming-Muñoz, David (2024). 50 years of Resources Policy: A bibliometric analysis. Resources Policy, 96 105229, 105229. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105229
Krame, Ghaleb, Vivoda, Vlado and Bar-On, Tamir (2024). Casting ambiguity: securitization of unidentified anomalous phenomena in the United States. Alternatives. doi: 10.1177/03043754241256845
Vivoda, Vlado, Matthews, Ron and McGregor, Neil (2024). A critical minerals perspective on the emergence of geopolitical trade blocs. Resources Policy, 89 104587, 104587. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.104587
Vivoda, Vlado, Bazilian, Morgan D., Khadim, Asmaa, Ralph, Natalie and Krame, Ghaleb (2024). Lithium nexus: Energy, geopolitics, and socio-environmental impacts in Mexico's Sonora project. Energy Research and Social Science, 108 103393. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103393
Vivoda, Vlado and Matthews, Ron (2023). “Friend-shoring” as a panacea to Western critical mineral supply chain vulnerabilities. Mineral Economics, 37 (3), 463-476. doi: 10.1007/s13563-023-00402-1
Matthews, Ron and Vivoda, Vlado (2023). ‘Water Wars’: strategic implications of the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Conflict, Security & Development, 23 (4), 333-366. doi: 10.1080/14678802.2023.2257137
Krame, Ghaleb, Vivoda, Vlado and Davies, Amanda (2023). Narco drones: tracing the evolution of cartel aerial tactics in Mexico’s low-intensity conflicts. Small Wars & Insurgencies, 34 (6), 1095-1129. doi: 10.1080/09592318.2023.2226382
Vivoda, Vlado (2023). Friend-shoring and critical minerals: Exploring the role of the Minerals Security Partnership. Energy Research & Social Science, 100 103085, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103085
Vivoda, Vlado, Krame, Ghaleb and Spraggon, Martin (2023). Oil Theft, Energy Security and Energy Transition in Mexico. Resources, 12 (2), 30. doi: 10.3390/resources12020030
Vivoda, Vlado (2022). LNG export diversification and demand security: a comparative study of major exporters. Energy Policy, 170 113218, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113218
Vivoda, Vlado (2022). Australia’s energy security and statecraft in an era of strategic competition. Energies, 15 (19) 6935, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/en15196935
Owen, John R., Vivoda, Vlado and Kemp, Deanna (2020). Country-level governance frameworks for mining-induced resettlement. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 22 (5), 4907-4928. doi: 10.1007/s10668-019-00410-8
Vivoda, Vlado (2020). Implications of COVID-19 on the global mining sector. Aspects in Mining and Mineral Science, 4 (5), 546-547.
Littleboy, Anna, Keenan, Julia, Ordens, Carlos M., Shaw, Andrea, Tang, Roger H., Verrier, Brunilde, Vivoda, Vlado, Yahyaei, Mohsen and Hodge, R. Anthony (2019). A sustainable future for mining by 2030? Insights from an expert focus group. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6 (4), 1086-1090. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2019.11.005
Vivoda, Vlado, Kemp, Deanna and Owen, John (2019). Regulating the social aspects of mine closure in three Australian states. Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, 37 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/02646811.2019.1608030
Vivoda, Vlado (2019). LNG import diversification and energy security in Asia. Energy Policy, 129, 967-974. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.01.073
Vivoda, Vlado and Kemp, Deanna (2019). How do national mining industry associations compare on sustainable development?. Extractive Industries and Society, 6 (1), 22-28. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2018.06.002
Vivoda, Vlado (2018). ‘Steady as she goes’: effect of the Fukushima disaster on Australia-Japan relations. Asian International Studies Review, 19 (2), 87-114. doi: 10.16934/isr.19.2.201812.87
Witt, Katherine, Kelemen, Stephen, Schultz, Helen and Vivoda, Vlado (2018). Industry and government responses to unconventional gas development in Australia. The Extractive Industries and Society, 5 (4), 422-426. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2018.09.012
Cornish, Gillian and Vivoda, Vlado (2016). Myanmar’s extractive industries: an institutional and regulatory assessment. Extractive Industries and Society, 3 (4), 1075-1083. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2016.08.002
O'Callaghan, Terry and Vivoda, Vlado (2015). Problems of regulatory governance in the mining sector in Asia. Transnational Corporations, 22 (1), 31-57. doi: 10.18356/34aec3e7-en
Vivoda, Vlado and Graetz, Geordan (2015). Nuclear policy and regulation in Japan after Fukushima: navigating the crisis. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 45 (3), 490-509. doi: 10.1080/00472336.2014.981283
Vivoda, Vlado (2014). Natural gas in Asia: trade, markets and regional institutions. Energy Policy, 74 (C), 80-90. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.08.004
Sovacool, Benjamin K. and Vivoda, Vlado V. (2014). Enhancing the energy security and governance of shale gas. Oil Gas and Energy Law, 12 (3), 1-36.
Hancock, Kathleen J. and Vivoda, Vlado (2014). International political economy: a field born of the OPEC crisis returns to its energy roots. Energy Research and Social Science, 1, 206-216. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2014.03.017
Vivoda, Vlado (2014). LNG import diversification in Asia. Energy Strategy Reviews, 2 (3-4), 289-297. doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2013.11.002
Sovacool, Benjamin K. and Vivoda, Vlado (2012). A Comparison of Chinese, Indian, and Japanese Perceptions of Energy Security. Asian Survey, 52 (5), 949-969. doi: 10.1525/AS.2012.52.5.949
Vivoda, Vlado (2012). Japan's energy security predicament post-Fukushima. Energy Policy, 46, 135-143. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.044
Vivoda, V. (2011). International oil companies and host states: a new bargaining model. Oil Gas and Energy Law Intelligence, 9 (5)
Vivoda, Vlado and Manicom, James (2011). Oil import diversification in Northeast Asia: A comparison between China and Japan. Journal of East Asian Studies, 11 (2), 223-254. doi: 10.1017/S1598240800007177
Vivoda, Vlado (2011). Bargaining model for the international oil industry. Business and Politics, 13 (4) 3, 1-34. doi: 10.2202/1469-3569.1384
Vivoda, Vlado (2011). Determinants of foreign direct investment in the mining sector in Asia: a comparison between China and India. Resources Policy, 36 (1), 49-59. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2010.08.005
Vivoda, Vlado (2010). International oil companies, US Government and energy security policy: an interest-based analysis. International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 33 (1/2), 73-88. doi: 10.1504/IJGEI.2010.033016
Vivoda, Vlado (2010). Evaluating energy security in the Asia-Pacific region: a novel methodological approach. Energy Policy, 38 (9), 5258-5263. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.028
Vivoda, Vlado (2010). The International Arms Trade. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 64 (2), 245-246. doi: 10.1080/10357710903544379
Vivoda, Vlado (2009). Diversification of oil import sources and energy security: a key strategy or an elusive objective?. Energy Policy, 37 (11), 4615-4623. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.06.007
Vivoda, Vlado (2009). Resource nationalism, bargaining and international oil companies: challenges and change in the new millennium. New Political Economy, 14 (4), 517-534. doi: 10.1080/13563460903287322
Vivoda, Vlado (2009). China challenges global capitalism. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 63 (1), 22-40. doi: 10.1080/10357710802348302
Vivoda, Vlado (2008). Assessment of the governance performance of the regulatory regime governing foreign mining investment in the Philippines. Minerals and Energy - Raw Materials Report, 23 (3), 127-143. doi: 10.1080/14041040902805165
Vivoda, Vlado (2007). Major Anglo-American international oil companies and Iraq: Big Oil’s ‘Promised Land’ or reality check?. Flinders Journal of History and Politics, 24, 85-109.
Research Reports
Clarke, Drew, Baldwin, Kenneth, Baum, Fran, Richardson, Sue, Godfrey, Bruce, Robin, Libby and Vivoda, Vlado (2022). Australian energy transition research plan: transition dynamics. ACOLA Research Briefing Paper Acton, ACT, Australia: Australian Council of Learned Academies.
Cervantes Rodríguez, Miguel, Pango Nazar, Ada, Chávez, Jorge, Sturman, Kathryn, Vivoda, Vlado and Mackenzie, Sarah (2020). Global trends affecting the mining industry and the implications for Peru: public report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.
Kung, Anthony, Everingham, Jo-Anne and Vivoda, Vlado (2020). Social aspects of mine closure: governance & regulation. Social Aspects of Mine Closure Research Consortium Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.
Kung, Anthony, Everingham, Jo-Anne and Vivoda, Vlado (2020). Social aspects of mine closure: governance and regulation. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.
Kemp, Deanna, Bainton, Nick, Barnes, Rodger and Vivoda, Vlado (2018). IPIECA guidance on community development agreements. University of Queensland: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.
Witt, Katherine, Vivoda, Vlado, Everingham, Jo-Anne and Bainton, Nick (2018). A framework for Social Impact Assessment of shale gas development in the Northern Territory. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.
Vivoda, Vlado, Owen, John and Kemp, Deanna (2017). Comparative analysis of legal and regulatory frameworks for resettlement in the global mining industry. St Lucia QLD Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.
Vivoda, Vlado (2017). Australia and Germany: a new strategic energy partnership. Barton, ACT, Australia: Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
Bainton, Nicholas, Vivoda, Vlado, Kemp, Deanna, Owen, John and Keenan, Julia (2017). Project-induced in-migration and large-scale mining: A scoping study. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.
Video Documents
Working Papers
Vivoda, Vlado and Fulcher, Jonathan (2017). Occupational Health and Safety. Series on International Best Practice. Mining Legislation Reform Initiative, Working Paper No. 6. Center for Responsible Mining, American University of Armenia.
Vivoda, Vlado and Fulcher, Jonathan (2017). Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance. Series on International Best Practice. Mining Legislation Reform Initiative, Working Paper No. 5. Center for Responsible Mining, American University of Armenia.
Vivoda, Vlado and Fulcher, Jonathan (2017). Environmental and Social Impact Assessment. Series on International Best Practice. Mining Legislation Reform Initiative, Working Paper No. 4. Center for Responsible Mining, American University of Armenia.
Vivoda, Vlado and Fulcher, Jonathan (2017). Compensation for Environmental Damage. Series on International Best Practice. Mining Legislation Reform Initiative, Working Paper No. 3. Center for Responsible Mining, American University of Armenia.
Vivoda, Vlado and Fulcher, Jonathan (2017). Mine Waste Classification and Management. Series on International Best Practice. Mining Legislation Reform Initiative, Working Paper No. 1. Center for Responsible Mining, American University of Armenia.
Vivoda, Vlado and Fulcher, Jonathan (2017). Remediation, Rehabilitation and Mine Closure. Series on International Best Practice. Mining Legislation Reform Initiative, Working Paper No. 2. Center for Responsible Mining, American University of Armenia.