Publications

Journal articles

2024. “Electoral Contestation, Goods Provision, and Construction of Devolved Government in Northern Kenya.” Journal of Eastern African Studies. 18(2): 196–218. <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17531055.2024.2359150>. Preprint: PDF. Supplementary material: PDF.

2024. “State Capacity and Elite Enrichment in Uganda’s Northeastern Periphery.” Africa Spectrum. 59(1): 25–48. <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/00020397231211935>. Supplementary material: PDF.

2023. “Political Mobilization of Layered Ethnic Identities.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 46(10): 2138–2162. <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01419870.2022.2154614>. Preprint: PDF. Supplementary material: PDF.

2019. “Karamojan Politics: Extension of State Power and Formation of a Subordinate Political Elite in Northeastern Uganda.” Third World Quarterly 40(3): 558–577. <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436597.2018.1538733>. Preprint: PDF. Supplementary material: PDF.

2017. “Advancing the Study of Political Cleavages through Experimentation: Revisiting Regionalism and Redistributive Preferences in Canada,” with Adrienne Davidson, Matthew Lesch, Maxime Héroux-Legault, Tanya Whyte, Alesha Porisky, and Zain Asaf. Regional and Federal Studies. 27(2): 103–125. <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13597566.2017.1294163>.

Journal articles in submission

“State Power and Digital Surveillance in Africa”

Manuscripts in preparation

Book manuscript: Projection of State Power: State-making in the Dryland Periphery of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda

Journal articles:

“The Politics of Data Protection in the Global South”

“The Choice of Being Governed: Private and Public Goods, Repression, and State Incorporation”

Other refereed publications

2017. “The Impact of In-kind Food Assistance on Pastoralist Livelihoods in Humanitarian Crises: Evidence Synthesis,” with Tyler O’Neill and Patricia Ayala. Oxford: Oxfam Great Britain. PDF.

2016. “The Impact of In-kind Food Assistance on Pastoralist Livelihoods in Humanitarian Crises: An Evidence Synthesis Protocol,” with Tyler O’Neill. Oxford: Oxfam Great Britain. PDF.

Non-refereed publications

2023. Book Review of Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States by Erin Metz McDonnell. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics. 61(4): 491–494. <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14662043.2023.2267239>.

2017. “Karamojan Politics: Creation and Cooptation of a New Political Elite.” Centre for Critical Development Studies Working Paper Series. Toronto: University of Toronto. PDF.

2017. “Extension of State Power in Karamoja: The Objectives of the Ugandan State Managers in Karamoja.” Centre for Critical Development Studies Working Paper Series. Toronto: University of Toronto. PDF.

2012. “The Causes and Mechanisms of Karimojong Child Migration.” Geneva: International Organization for Migration. PDF.

2012. “Reintegration and Resettlement Experiences of Former Karimojong Child Migrants.” Geneva: International Organization for Migration. PDF.

2012. “Income Generating Activities and Savings Behaviour of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Karamoja.” Kampala: BRAC. PDF.

2011. “Governing the Karimojong: Tradition, Modernity and Power in Contemporary Karamoja.” Kampala: BRAC. PDF.

2011. “Even If I Have Land, Can I Eat It?: Perceptions of Poverty in Karamoja.” Kampala: BRAC. PDF.