Conferences/Workshops

2017

“Explaining Patterns of Security Across American Indian Reservations.” Paper presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Baltimore, ML (February 2017)

2016

“The Provision of Security in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Dual Polities: Comparative Evidence from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.” Paper presented at the African Studies Association of the UK (September 7-9, 2016).

"Traditional Institutions and Social Cooperation: Experimental Evidence From Buganda Kingom" [with Mitchell Goist]. Paper presented at the European Political Science Association (EPSA) annual conference, Brussels (June 23-25, 2016) & workshop on Traditional Governance and Indigenous Peoples, University of Konstanz (June 15-17, 2016).

“The Political Geography of Migrant Reception and Public Opinion on Immigration: Evidence from Italy.” [with Federica Genovese and Margherita Belgioioso]. Paper presented at the European Political Science Association (EPSA) annual conference, Brussels (June 23-25, 2016).

"Exploring Pre-Analysis Plans and Pre-Registration for Qualitative Inference" [with Kristian Skrede Gleditsch]. Paper to be presented at the workshop "From Transparency to Replication in Qualitative Inference: Guidelines and Tools", University of Essex, (May 23-24, 2016).

2015

"Close Encounters: The Effects of Geographic and Emotional Proximity on Attitudes Toward Immigration in Europe." Paper to be presented at the Winter Experimental Social Sciences Institute (WESSI) Alumni Workshop, NYU, Florence (September 2015)

"Traditional Governance and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Micro-Level Cross-Country Comparison." Paper presented at the European Conference on African Studies (ECAS), Paris (July 2015)

"Social Assistance in Uganda: Direct Cash Transfers, Educational Interventions, and the Vulnerability of Female-Headed Households." Presented at the Winter Experimental Social Sciences Institute, New York University, Abu Dhabi (January 2015)

2014

"A Town Too Small for the Both of Us? The State, Traditional Authorities, and Public Service Provision in Dual Polities of Sub-Saharan Africa.'' Theory chapter presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada (March 2014)

"Policy Osmosis: Rethinking Diffusion When Policies Have Substitutes." [With Federica Genovese and Christian W. Martin] Paper presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada (March 2014)

2013

"Explaining the Constitutional Resurgence of Traditional Political Authority in Sub-Saharan Africa." [With Katharina Holzinger and Daniela Kromrey] Paper presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Francisco (April 2013)

2012

"Policy Osmosis: Rethinking Diffusion When Policies Have Substitutes." [With Federica Genovese and Christian W. Martin] Paper presented at the Research Seminar on Comparative Politics, Interdependence and Globalization, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (June, 2012) and the Second Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Berlin (June, 2012).