His research interests include African politics, electoral institutions, electoral integrity, and public opinion. His current research project explores the factors that influence the design of electoral commissions in Africa, and probes how the design and performance of these institutions influence electoral integrity. He recently published an article in Political Research Quarterly that examines how citizens’ experience with elections can influence their satisfaction with democracy, using panel data from Uganda. He served as a sub-Saharan Africa analyst for Freedom in the World.