Francis William Touola Meda

About Me:

Welcome!

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) on the Mercury Project: Health Ambassadors in sub-Saharan Africa, which is a research collaboration between EGAP at the University of California, Berkeley, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) in Nairobi, and Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour la Paix (CERAP) in Abidjan.

My research interests span a broad spectrum within Game Theory, Political Economy, and Comparative Politics. I use game theoretical models to study various themes, including political institutions, ethnic politics, bureaucracy, elections, and governance, with a particular focus on non-democratic contexts. 

In my current research project, I explore how autocrats manage internal threats from the officials with whom they share power. This study links these internal power struggles to broader questions regarding regime longevity and economic performance. Additionally, I have a keen interest in identifying and promoting strategies to enhance governance in societies that are weakly institutionalized and deeply divided.

I hold a Ph.D. from the Political Science Department at New York University (USA), a Master's degree in Mathematics, Economics, and Statistics from the African School of Economics (Benin), and a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences from the University of Dschang (Cameroon).

You can find my CV here.