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Peer Reviewed
2026
(forthcoming) Ethnic discrimination and the dynamics of belonging in Africa. Political Studies Review.
(forthcoming) Determinants of life satisfaction in Nigeria: The roles of region, relative income, and education. Psychology, Health & Medicine.
(2026) Hearts and boundaries: Identity and attitudes toward interethnic marriage in Africa. Journal of Race, Ethnicity & Politics. [Open Access]
(2026). Under God’s protective wings: Does exposure to violent conflict make Nigerians value God more? Politics & Religion. [Open Access]
(2026). Assessing the impact of violent conflict on attitudes toward military rule in Nigeria. Defence & Peace Economics. [Open Access]
(2026). Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust: Evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach. Environment & Development Economics. [Open Access]
(2026). Unwelcome neighbors: Poverty and anti-immigrant sentiment in Morocco. Migration & Development. [Open Access]
(2026). You're not like us! Ethnoreligious discrimination and national belonging in Nigeria. Self & Identity. [Open Access]
2025
(2025). Is there a religious dimension to concern about farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria? International Studies Quarterly. [Version of record here]
(2025). You’re not welcome! Violence and support for an open grazing ban policy in Kaduna, Nigeria. Environment & Security. [Open Access]
(2025). Violent conflict and hostility towards ethnoreligious outgroups in Nigeria. Terrorism & Political Violence. [Open Access]
(2025). Regional differences in support for secession among members of the Igbo ethnic group in Nigeria. Nationalism & Ethnic Politics. [Open Access]
(2025). Family support and migration in Nigeria. Africa Spectrum. [Open Access]
(2025). “God is my refuge”: Do education and news consumption prompt Africans to put more trust in the COVID-19 vaccine than in prayer? International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. [Open Access]
(2025). Examining the effect of gender, education and religion on attitudes toward gender equality in Nigeria. Politics, Groups & Identities. [Open Access]
2024
(2024). What does the population in Niger think about a military government? Democratization. [Open Access]
(2024). Violent conflict and expectation about the economy’s performance: Evidence from Nigeria. Economics Letters. [Open Access]
(2024). Conflict exposure and expected victimization in Nigeria. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism & Political Aggression. [Open Access]
(2024). Undead past: What drives support for the secessionist goal of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nigeria? Journal of Race, Ethnicity & Politics. [Open Access]
(2024). Women’s education and attitudes toward malaria in children: Evidence from Nigeria. Global Public Health. [Open Access]
Working Papers
(2026). Paths to openness: Immigrant background and attitudes toward immigrants. GIGA Working Paper No. 346.
(2026). The role of droughts and religious cleavages in pastoralist conflict in Nigeria. WZB Berlin Social Science Center Discussion Paper No. SP VI 2020-101 (with Ruud Koopmans & Daniel Meierrieks).
(2026). A nation on the edge: Nigerians' views on kidnapping. Households in Conflict Network (HICN) Working Paper No. 450.
(2025). Fragile federation: Violent conflict and attitudes toward ethnic federalism in Ethiopia. GIGA Working paper No. 343 (with Samuel Zewdie Hagos).
(2025). Conflict exposure and healthcare perceptions: Micro-level evidence from Africa. Households in Conflict Network (HICN) Working Paper No. 434.
(2025). Foreign boots, local views: How violence shapes perceptions of French and Russian forces in Burkina Faso. Households in Conflict Network (HICN) Working Paper.
(2025). Religion and prejudice: Micro-level evidence from Africa. Households in Conflict Network (HICN) Working Paper No. 435.
(2025). Exposure to violent conflict and attitudes toward wife-beating in Africa. Afrobarometer Working Paper No. 214.
(2025). Let the poor breathe! Poverty and anti-government protests in Nigeria. Households in Conflict Network (HICN) Working Paper No. 426. (with Hussaini Kwari)
(2024). Gender and migration aspirations in Nigeria: A comparative study of the states of Edo & Kaduna. Households in Conflict Network (HICN) Working Paper No. 408.
(2022). The effect of violent conflict on the socioeconomic condition of households in Nigeria: The case of Kaduna State. Households in Conflict Network (HICN) Working Paper No. 373.
Others
(2026). Religion and the dynamics of farmer-pastoralist conflict. GIGA Africa Focus. No. 2.
(2024). Militär und Demokratie: Hintergründe des Putsches in Niger 2023. WZB Mitteilungen. No. 184.
(2022). Blutige Landkonflikte: Kämpfe zwischen Hirten und Bauern in Nigeria haben vielfältige Ursachen. WZB Mitteilungen. No. 176.
(2021). Armer Norden, reicher Süden: Die Spaltung Nigerias reicht weit in die Geschichte zurück. WZB Mitteilungen. No. 172.
(2020). Brandbeschleuniger: Die Corona-Pandemie Verschärft Nigeria’s Soziale und Ökonomische Probleme. WZB Mitteilungen. No. 169.