A copy of my CV can be accessed here.

Peer Reviewed Articles

“Living in Fear: Political Violence and Authoritarian Attitudes Among Politicians in South Africa.” (with Sarah Lockwood). Accepted and forthcoming in Journal of Conflict Resolution.

“Ex-Rebel Leaders and Strategies of Regime Survival.” (with Jeremy Speight and Giulia Piccolino). Accepted and forthcoming in Security Studies.

“How Wartime Recruitment Affects Political Engagement Among Civilians: Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire.” World Development, Vol. 187 (2025). Link here.

“Insurgent Armies: Military Obedience and State Formation after Rebel Victory.” International Security, Vol. 46, No. 3 (2022), pp. 87-127. Link here.

“The Political Legacies of Rebel Rule: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Côte d’Ivoire” (with Giulia Piccolino and Jeremy Speight). Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 55, No. 9 (2022), pp. 1439-70. Link here. Replication files here.

“Ethnicity and Violence in Weak States: Understanding the Mechanisms” (with Andrew Cesare Miller). Comparative Politics, Vol. 54, No. 3 (2022), pp. 573-89. Link here.

"When do Strong Parties ‘Throw the Bums Out’? Competition and Accountability in South African Candidate Nominations,” (with Evan Lieberman and Nina McMurry). Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 56 (2021), pp. 316-42. Link here. Replication files here.

“Commander-Community Ties after Civil War.” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 58, No. 4 (2021), pp. 778-93. Link here. Appendix here. Dataset here. Codebook here. For a copy of the replication code or survey instrument, please send me an email.

  • Honourable mention, 2021 Nils Petter Gleditsch JPR Article of the Year Award

“Ex-Rebel Authority after Civil War: Theory and Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire” (with Giulia Piccolino and Jeremy Speight). Comparative Politics, Vol. 53, No. 2 (2021), pp. 209-232. Link here.

"Security Sector Reform and Civil-Military Relations in Postwar Côte d'Ivoire," African Affairs, Vol. 117, No. 468 (July 2018), pp. 522-33. Link here.

"Le conséquence d'une gouvernance rebelle: enquête au nord de la Côte d'Ivoire," Bulletin FrancoPaix, Vol. 3, no. 1 (January 2018), pp. 1-7 (with Giulia Piccolino and Jeremy Speight). Link here.

“Mining codes in Africa: Emergence of a “fourth” generation?” (with Hany Besada). Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2015), pp. 263-282. Link here.

“Coming Together: Power-sharing and the Durability of Negotiated Peace Settlements.” Civil Wars, Vol. 15, No. 3 (2013), pp. 332-358. Link here.

Other Publications

Review of Sharing Power, Securing Peace? Ethnic Inclusion and Civil War by Lars-Erik Cederman, Simon Hug and Julian Wucherpfennig, Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 21, No. 4 (December 2023), pp. 1496-97.

“Can the Taliban Stabilize Afghanistan?” Political Violence at a Glance, August 25 2021. Link here.

“Why It Matters if Trump Rejects the Election Result,” Political Violence at a Glance, November 11 2020. Link here.

"South Africa's Healthy Democracy: Why Zuma's Resignation is a Good Sign," Foreign Affairs, February 20, 2018 (with Dan De Kadt and Evan Lieberman). Link here.

“Politicians’ perspectives on voice and accountability: Evidence from a survey of South African local councillors,” Research Report, Making All Voices Count, December 2017 (with Evan Lieberman and Nina McMurry). Link here.   

“Why Zimbabwe’s Military Abandoned Mugabe,” Foreign Affairs, November 17, 2017. Link here.

"Rebel Networks' Deep Roots Cause Concerns for Côte d'Ivoire Transition," The Global Observatory, International Peace Institute, October 12, 2017 (with Giulia Piccolino and Jeremy Speight). Link here.

“Why Zimbabwe’s Military Sticks with Mugabe,” Foreign Affairs, September 12, 2016. Link here.

“Here are four reasons that South Africa’s ANC lost ground in this month’s elections,” The Washington Post, Monkey Cage, August 12, 2016 (with Dan De Kadt, Evan Lieberman, and Nina McMurry). Link here.

Work in Progress

“When does Civil Society Really Prevent Violence? Local Civic Networks and Communal Conflict During the 2020-2021 Ivorian Elections.” R&R.

“Can Multi-Dimensional Descriptive Representation Increase Policy Priority Alignment? Evidence from South Africa.” (with Evan Lieberman, Sarah Lockwood, and Vinothan Naidoo). Working paper.

“Bridging the “Army-Nation” Divide to Build Resilient Communities: theCellules Civilo-Militaires in Côte d’Ivoire.” (with Jeremy Speight, Giulia Piccolino, and Abel Gbala). Work in progress.

Anticolonial Rebellions and Nation-Building in Africa. Book project.