Research Interests
Autocracies, security apparatus, repression, coups, civil wars.
Book Project
Working Papers
Does sportswashing work? First insights from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
[Paper][with Christian Gläßel and Pearce Edwards][Media: NZZ]
Foreign Military Training and Soldiers’ Influence over Politics.
[Abstract][with Jesse D. Savage]
Who Participates in Coups?
[Abstract][with Christian Gläßel]
The Authoritarian Security Apparatus: Officer Careers and the Trade-offs in Command.
[Abstract][with Belén González and Christian Gläßel]
Who Gets Targeted with Soft Power? Evidence from Kissinger's International Seminar.
Micro-Dynamics of Autocratic Co-Optation: Evidence from Peron's Car Distribution Scheme.
Which Dictators Hire PR-Firms?
[Paper][with Christian Gläßel and Pearce Edwards][Media: NZZ]
Foreign Military Training and Soldiers’ Influence over Politics.
[Abstract][with Jesse D. Savage]
Who Participates in Coups?
[Abstract][with Christian Gläßel]
The Authoritarian Security Apparatus: Officer Careers and the Trade-offs in Command.
[Abstract][with Belén González and Christian Gläßel]
Who Gets Targeted with Soft Power? Evidence from Kissinger's International Seminar.
Micro-Dynamics of Autocratic Co-Optation: Evidence from Peron's Car Distribution Scheme.
Which Dictators Hire PR-Firms?
