Research

My research covers three broad themes: information technology and politics, digitalisation and the state, and accountability in comparative perspective.

Most of my work studies Sub-Saharan Africa, and I have conduced in-depth fieldwork in Ghana and Malawi. I also have an interest in British politics.

Information technology and politics

The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution
- American Journal of Political Science (2025) [link to article]
Mobile internet and the quality of elections in low-income democracies
- British Journal of Political Science (2025) [link to article]
Does public broadcasting increase voter turnout? Evidence from the rollout of BBC radio in 1920s England
- Electoral Studies (2021) [link to article]

Digitalisation and the state

Migration, remittances, and petty corruption in Africa (with David Doyle)
- International Studies Quarterly (conditionally accepted)
Understanding public support for digital taxation in Africa
- UNU-WIDER Working Paper (2025) [link to paper]
Mobile money and the social contract: Experimental evidence from Ghana (with David Doyle)
Digitalisation and traditional authority in Africa

Accountability in comparative perspective

Protests and incumbent support: Evidence from a natural experiment in Ghana (with David Doyle)
- Comparative Political Studies (2025) [link to article]
Using movers to identify close election effects
- European Journal of Political Research (2025) [link to article]
Partisanship, attribution and approval in a public health shock (with James Maxia)
- Electoral Studies (2023) [link to article]
Public trust in elections in low-income democracies (with Johan Ahlback)
Natural disasters and electoral politics in Africa (with Johan Ahlback)