Honors and Awards (selection) 2012: PhD dissertation shortlisted for the Jean Blondel PhD prize of the European Consortium of Political Research 2011: Best PhD dissertation in the field of social science of the Leibniz research community 2007 2009: PhD Scholarship, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany – 2005: Scholarship for graduate studies in the United States, German Academic Exchange Service Books My book prospectus Governing the Faithful. Autocratic Legacies, Salafism and the Struggle for Order is currently under review with Cambridge University Press. If I receive a book contract I in Africa intend to submit the book manuscript by the first quarter of 2019. 2013: Cambridge: Cambridge Political Parties in Africa: Ethnicity and Party Formation. University Press. Journal articles 2018: Governing the Faithful. State Management of Salafi Activity in the Francophone Sahel. (forthcoming; scheduled to appear in print in October 2018) Comparative Politics 2016: Competitive Authoritarianism in Africa Revisited. 10 (1): Comparative Governance and Politics 5-18. 2015: Autocratic Legacies and State Management of Islamic Activism in Niger. 114 African Affairs (457): 577-597. 2013 (with Matthias Basedau): Return to the Barracks? The Military and Authoritarian Rule in Africa. 47. Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderheft 2012: Measuring and Comparing Party Ideology in Nonindustrialized Societies: Taking Party Manifesto Research to Africa. 19 (4): 642-667. Democratization 2008: Do African Parties Contribute to Democracy? Some Findings from Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria, 43 (2): 175-201. Africa Spectrum Articles under Review Legacy and Regime Developments in Africa. Insights from Niger. The manuscript received an R&R from the The revisions are due at the end of February. Review of African Political Economy. How Jihadism Ends. The State, Critical Antecedents, and the Demobilization of Violent Salafism in East Africa. The manuscript is currently under review with International Studies Quarterly. Politics Was Making People Angry”. The Rise and Fall of Political Salafism in Kenya. The “Partisan manuscript is under review with the Journal of the Middle East and Africa.
Honors and Awards (selection) 2012: PhD dissertation shortlisted for the Jean Blondel PhD prize of the European Consortium of Political Research 2011: Best PhD dissertation in the field of social science of the Leibniz research community 2007 – 2009: PhD Scholarship, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany 2005: Scholarship for graduate studies in the United States, German Academic Exchange Service Books My book prospectus Governing the Faithful. Autocratic Legacies, Salafism and the Struggle for Order in Africa is currently under review with Cambridge University Press. If I receive a book contract I intend to submit the book manuscript by the first quarter of 2019. 2013: Political Parties in Africa: Ethnicity and Party Formation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Journal articles 2018: Governing the Faithful. State Management of Salafi Activity in the Francophone Sahel. Comparative Politics (forthcoming; scheduled to appear in print in October 2018) 2016: Competitive Authoritarianism in Africa Revisited. Comparative Governance and Politics 10 (1): 5-18. 2015: Autocratic Legacies and State Management of Islamic Activism in Niger. African Affairs 114 (457): 577-597. 2013 (with Matthias Basedau): Return to the Barracks? The Military and Authoritarian Rule in Africa. Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderheft 47. 2012: Measuring and Comparing Party Ideology in Nonindustrialized Societies: Taking Party Manifesto Research to Africa. Democratization 19 (4): 642-667. 2008: Do African Parties Contribute to Democracy? Some Findings from Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria, Africa Spectrum 43 (2): 175-201. Articles under Review Legacy and Regime Developments in Africa. Insights from Niger. The manuscript received an R&R from the Review of African Political Economy. The revisions are due at the end of February. How Jihadism Ends. The State, Critical Antecedents, and the Demobilization of Violent Salafism in East Africa. The manuscript is currently under review with International Studies Quarterly. “Partisan Politics Was Making People Angry”. The Rise and Fall of Political Salafism in Kenya. The manuscript is under review with the Journal of the Middle East and Africa.
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