Media Coverage
Some coverage of my work on the resource curse:
"KITE conducts research on transparency and accountability", businessghana.com, 23 May, 2019
"The oil barons have a ball", The Economist, Feb 18, 2012
"What resource curse?", Foreign Policy, Dec 6, 2010
"Rethinking the oil curse", New York Times, May 5, 2008
Some coverage of my work on violent and nonviolent conflict:
"One reason for social tension is economic inequality between countries", Vaghaye Etefaghiye (Iranian national reformist newspaper), January 8, 2018
"Economic Backwardness and Civil Unrest", The Academic Minute radio briefing (United States), June 15, 2016
"Økonomisk underutvikling fører til sosial uro", forskning.no (Norway), April 8, 2016
"Estudo indica que atraso econômico do Brasil aumenta risco de protestos", Folha de Sao Paulo (leading Brazilian daily newspaper), March 21, 2016
"Global inequality fuels revolution", RES media briefing, March 2016
Some coverage of my work on industrial action:
"The psychology behind the doctors strike in the UK", Psychology Today blog, Jan 12, 2016
Some coverage of my work on renewable energy
"Energy transitions: The role of institutions and market structures", The Conversation, September 22, 2021
Some blog articles I've written:
"Greater economic backwardness is linked to more civil unrest", UEA Eco blog, March 20, 2019
"Where has all the (research) money gone?", UEA Eco blog, June 13, 2016
"Why do workers strike?", UEA Eco blog, January 22, 2016
Other:
"Brexit gives EU time to reflect", interview with Dukascopy TV, June 28, 2016
"Good Decisions for Strange Situations", a UEA Economics taster session podcast with my colleague Sheheryar Banuri where we had fun talking about his new book, May 2020
"Political alignment and fiscal outcomes: Evidence from Ghana", VoxDev podcast by my co-author Samuel Obeng, September 29, 2021
Related links:
My Google Scholar citations page.
