<topbar right> <item><a href="index.html">Home</a></item> <item><a href="publications.html"><u>Research</u></a></item> <item><a target="_blank" href="ziaja_cv.pdf">CV</a></item> </topbar> # Selected publications; see my [CV](ziaja_cv.pdf) 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"](https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12893), *Governance*, Early View [[PDF]](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gove.12893) [[Online appendix]](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2Fgove.12893&file=gove12893-sup-0001-suppl-data.pdf) [[Replication data]](https://osf.io/6zpva/) Ruth Carlitz and Sebastian Ziaja (2024): ["Harmony or cacophony? A disaggregated analysis of aid fragmentation"](https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-023-09386-z), *Studies in Comparative International Development* 59, 176-198 [[PDF]](https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12116-023-09386-z.pdf) [[Online appendix]](https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs12116-023-09386-z/MediaObjects/12116_2023_9386_MOESM1_ESM.pdf) Christine Hackenesch, Svea Koch, and Sebastian Ziaja (2022): ["Beyond rich and poor: Identifying global development constellations"](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dpr.12628), *Development Policy Review* 40(6): e12628 [[PDF]](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/dpr.12628) [[Online appendix]](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2Fdpr.12628&file=DPR12628-sup-0001-supinfo.docx) Sebastian Ziaja (2020): ["More donors, more democracy"](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/706111), *The Journal of Politics* 82(2), 433-447 [[PDF]](d/Ziaja%202018%20More%20donors,%20more%20democracy%20-%20accepted%20in%20JoP.pdf) [[Online appendix]](d/Ziaja%202018%20More%20donors%20more%20democracy%20-%20online%20appendix.pdf) Sebastian Ziaja, Jörn Grävingholt, and Merle Kreibaum (2019): ["Constellations of state fragility: an empirical typology"](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12116-019-09284-3), *Studies in Comparative International Development* 54(2), 299-321 [[PDF]](https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12116-019-09284-3.pdf) [[Online appendix]](d/Ziaja,%20Graevingholt,%20and%20Kreibaum%202019%20SCID%20Constellations%20of%20fragility%20--%20Online%20appendix.pdf) Martin Elff and Sebastian Ziaja (2018): ["Method factors in democracy indicators"](https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/1235), *Politics and Governance* 6(1), 92-104 [[PDF]](https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/download/1235/1235) [[Online appendix]](http://www.ziaja.koeln/d/Elff%20and%20Ziaja%202018%20Method%20factors%20in%20democracy%20indicators%20-%20Online%20appendix.pdf) Jörn Grävingholt, Sebastian Ziaja, and Merle Kreibaum (2015): ["Disaggregating state fragility: a method to establish a multidimensional empirical typology"](http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/aFH3d9XSB5pvK5iSnk49/full#.Va9L_LOqqko), *Third World Quarterly* 36(7), 1281-1298 [[PDF]](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01436597.2015.1038340) Jörg Faust, Jörn Grävingholt, and Sebastian Ziaja (2015): ["Foreign aid and the fragile consensus on state fragility"](http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jird/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/jird201323a.html), *Journal of International Relations and Development* 18(4), 407-427 [[PDF]](https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/DP_8.2013.pdf) Sebastian Ziaja (2012): ["What do fragility indices measure?"](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12286-012-0123-8), *Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft* 1(6), 39-64 [[PDF]](http://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/Ziaja_2012_What_do_fragility_indices_measure_--_manuscript.pdf) <!-- [[replication data]]() --> #### Books Javier Fabra Mata and Sebastian Ziaja (2009): [*Users' guide on measuring fragility*](https://www.die-gdi.de/buchver%C3%B6ffentlichungen/article/users-guide-on-measuring-fragility/), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [[PDF]](https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/usersguide_measure_fragility_ogc09_0.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"](https://doi.org/10.23661/ipb5.2024), *IDOS Policy Brief* 5/2024, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) [[PDF]](https://www.idos-research.de/fileadmin/migratedNewsAssets/Files/PB_5.2024.pdf) [[Interactive website]](https://statefragility.info/) Ruth Carlitz and Sebastian Ziaja (2021): ["Dissecting aid fragmentation: development goals and levels of analysis"](https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/dissecting-aid-fragmentation-development-goals-and-levels-of-analysis/), *DIE Discussion Paper* 17/2021 [[PDF]](https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/DP_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"](https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/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]](https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/DP_16.2021.pdf) Axel Dreher, Valentin Lang, and Sebastian Ziaja (2018): ["Foreign aid"](http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198797203.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780198797203-e-19), in: Thomas Risse, Tanja A. Börzel and Anke Draude (eds): [*Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood*](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-governance-and-limited-statehood-9780198797203?cc=de&lang=en&), Oxford University Press, 394--415; available as [*CESifo Working Paper* 6340] [[PDF]](http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/working-papers/CESifoWP/CESifoWPdetails?wp_id=19281450) 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*](https://www.hertie-school.org/en/governancereport/govreport-2018/), Oxford University Press, 13-28 Sebastian Ziaja (2014): ["Donor fragmentation in democracy support has its benefits"](https://www.kfw.de/KfW-Group/Newsroom/Aktuelles/News/News-Details_230273.html), *KfW Development in Brief* 25 [[PDF]](https://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/PDF/Download-Center/PDF-Dokumente-Development-Research/2014-09-25-EK_Democracy_promotion.pdf) Julia Leininger and Sebastian Ziaja (2014): ["Conflicting objectives in democracy promotion: avoiding blueprint traps and incomplete democratic transitions"](http://www.die-gdi.de/en/briefing-paper/article/conflicting-objectives-in-democracy-promotion-avoiding-blueprint-traps-and-incomplete-democratic-transitions/), *DIE Briefing Paper* 11/2014 [[PDF]](http://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/BP_11.2014.pdf) Jörg Faust and Sebastian Ziaja (2012): ["German aid allocation and partner country selection: development-orientation, self-interests and path dependency"](https://www.die-gdi.de/discussion-paper/article/german-aid-allocation-and-partner-country-selection-development-orientation-self-interests-and-path-dependency/), *DIE Discussion Paper* 7/2012 [[PDF]](https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/DP_7.2012.pdf) *** Written in markdown, compiled with strapdown; last updated April 2023.