Home Research CV

Selected publications; see my CV for the complete list.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Sebastian Ziaja, Markus Geray, David Sebudubudu, and Armin von Schiller (2024): "E-government and citizen-state relations: Evidence from a randomized information campaign with the Botswana Unified Revenue Service", Governance, Early View [PDF] [Online appendix] [Replication data]

Ruth Carlitz and Sebastian Ziaja (2024): "Harmony or cacophony? A disaggregated analysis of aid fragmentation", Studies in Comparative International Development 59, 176-198 [PDF] [Online appendix]

Christine Hackenesch, Svea Koch, and Sebastian Ziaja (2022): "Beyond rich and poor: Identifying global development constellations", Development Policy Review 40(6): e12628 [PDF] [Online appendix]

Sebastian Ziaja (2020): "More donors, more democracy", The Journal of Politics 82(2), 433-447 [PDF] [Online appendix]

Sebastian Ziaja, Jörn Grävingholt, and Merle Kreibaum (2019): "Constellations of state fragility: an empirical typology", Studies in Comparative International Development 54(2), 299-321 [PDF] [Online appendix]

Martin Elff and Sebastian Ziaja (2018): "Method factors in democracy indicators", Politics and Governance 6(1), 92-104 [PDF] [Online appendix]

Jörn Grävingholt, Sebastian Ziaja, and Merle Kreibaum (2015): "Disaggregating state fragility: a method to establish a multidimensional empirical typology", Third World Quarterly 36(7), 1281-1298 [PDF]

Jörg Faust, Jörn Grävingholt, and Sebastian Ziaja (2015): "Foreign aid and the fragile consensus on state fragility", Journal of International Relations and Development 18(4), 407-427 [PDF]

Sebastian Ziaja (2012): "What do fragility indices measure?", Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 1(6), 39-64 [PDF]

Books

Javier Fabra Mata and Sebastian Ziaja (2009): Users' guide on measuring fragility, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [PDF]

Working papers, book chapters, policy briefs

Jasmin Lorch, Sebastian Ziaja, and Jörn Grävingholt (2024): "Constellations of State Fragility: Improving International Cooperation through Analytical Differentiation", IDOS Policy Brief 5/2024, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) [PDF] [Interactive website]

Ruth Carlitz and Sebastian Ziaja (2021): "Dissecting aid fragmentation: development goals and levels of analysis", DIE Discussion Paper 17/2021 [PDF]

Jana Bante, Felix Helmig, Lara Prasad, Lea Deborah Scheu, Jean Christoph Seipel, Helge Senkpiel, Markus Geray, Armin von Schiller, David Sebudubudu, and Sebastian Ziaja (2021): "E-government and democracy in Botswana: Observational and experimental evidence on the effect of e-government usage on political attitudes", DIE Discussion Paper 16/2021 [PDF]

Axel Dreher, Valentin Lang, and Sebastian Ziaja (2018): "Foreign aid", in: Thomas Risse, Tanja A. Börzel and Anke Draude (eds): Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood, Oxford University Press, 394--415; available as [CESifo Working Paper 6340] [PDF]

Helmut Anheier, Sonja Kaufmann, and Sebastian Ziaja (2018): "Ten years after: the global financial and economic crisis -- impact and implications", in: Hertie School of Governance (ed.): The Governance Report 2018, Oxford University Press, 13-28

Sebastian Ziaja (2014): "Donor fragmentation in democracy support has its benefits", KfW Development in Brief 25 [PDF]

Julia Leininger and Sebastian Ziaja (2014): "Conflicting objectives in democracy promotion: avoiding blueprint traps and incomplete democratic transitions", DIE Briefing Paper 11/2014 [PDF]

Jörg Faust and Sebastian Ziaja (2012): "German aid allocation and partner country selection: development-orientation, self-interests and path dependency", DIE Discussion Paper 7/2012 [PDF]


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