Social media has played a pivotal role in polarising views on politics, climate change, and
more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic. Social media induced polarisation (SMIP) poses …

We consider the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant populations that herd<?
pag\break?> livestock—ie transhumant pastoralists—in Africa. Traditionally, transhumant …

We investigate whether the ideological polarisation of citizens has increased in Western
democracies. We propose a novel methodology to identify individual ideologies by applying …

We estimate horizontal inequality across the African continent over time based on four
identity cleavages—location, ethnicity, gender, and religion—and four well‐being indicators …

Do socioeconomic disparities between ethnic groups influence whether a country
democratizes and remains democratic? I propose that, on average, high levels of ethnic …

What makes diversity unifying in some settings but divisive in others? We examine how the
mixing of ethnic groups in German schools affects intergroup cooperation and trust. We …

We examine the effect of racial diversity on child stunting and underweight in post-apartheid
South Africa, which has a strong history of systemic racial segregation. Using five waves of …

Does power-sharing reduce or increase ethnic salience? Drawing on social psychology, I
identify two countervailing mechanisms that help reconcile previously opposed findings …

Prevailing theories of democracy focus on class conflict. In contrast, we study democratic
transition when ethnic tensions are more salient than the poor/rich divide, building a model …

This paper investigates the impact of agricultural trade liberalization on economic activity
and political violence in emerging countries. We use data on all preferential trade …