Selected Publications

“The wane of command. Evidence on drone strikes and control within terrorist organizations.” 2021. American Political Science Review 115(1), 31-50.

“Can community monitoring save the commons? Evidence on forest use and displacement.” 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(29). (With Sabrina Eisenbarth and Louis Graham)

“Adoption of community monitoring improves common pool resource management across contexts.” 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(29). (With Tara Slough et al.)

“Can reminders of rules induce compliance? Experimental evidence from a common pool resource setting.” 2021. Environmental and Resource Economics 79(4), 653-681. (With Sabrina Eisenbarth and Louis Graham)

“Diamonds: Rebel’s and Farmer’s Best Friend. Impact of variation in the price of a lootable, labour-intensive natural resource on the intensity of violent conflict.” 2020. Journal of Conflict Resolution 64(1), 90-126.

“‘The Fear Factor is a Main Thing’: How Radio Influences Anxiety and Political Attitudes“. 2017. Journal of Development Studies 53(8), 1123-1146. (with Mareike Schomerus)

“Probing for Proof, Plausibility, Principle and Possibility: A New Approach to Assessing Evidence in a Systematic Evidence Review.” 2016. Development Policy Review 34(1), 5-27. (with Mareike Schomerus)

Working papers

“Mining and violent conflict in Africa. Pitting against each other.” (with Tarek Ghani, Juan S. Lozano and Jacob N. Shapiro)

“How does recalling experiences of conflict affect pro-social behaviour? Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in Uganda” (with Mareike Schomerus)

Historical slavery predicts contemporary violent crime” (with Moamen Gouda)

Other publications

“South Sudan’s long crisis of justice. Merging notions of lack of socio-economics justice and criminal accountability.”2020. In: Nouwen et al. eds. Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan: The `Comprehensive’ Peace Agreement and Beyond. British Academy. (with Mareike Schomerus)

“Does `Security’ Imply Safety? On the (Lack of) Correlation Between Different Aspects of Security.” 2015. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development 4(1), Art.39.

“And then he switched off the phone”: Mobile phones, participation and political accountability in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State.” 2015. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development 4(1), Art.10. (with Mareike Schomerus)

“Natural Resources and Insecurity.” 2014. In: Kaldor and Rangelov eds. Handbook of Human Security Policy. London: Wiley-Blackwell.

“Natural resources and conflict. An overview of controversies, consensus and channels.” 2010. The Economics of Peace and Security Journal 5(2): 17-22.