From Africa to the world: My research examines how conflict and global change reshape political order and democratic legitimacy.
Contact
School of Social and Political Sciences
42 Bute Gardens
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8RT
United Kingdom
Primary affiliation
School of Social and Political Sciences
University of Glasgow
Honorary Fellow
Centre of African Studies
School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Email: souleymane.yameogo@glasgow.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0)7598982085
LinkedIn: Piiga Souleymane Yameogo
Hello,
I am a Research Associate at the University of Strathclyde, working on the ERC Synergy-funded project PPADEM (Political Parties in Africa and Democracy). I am also a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, working on the ERC-funded DEMED project until November 2026, and an Honorary Fellow at the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh.
My research focuses on the impact of conflict, political violence, and political crises across the individual, meso, and macro levels. At the individual level, I investigate how conflict shapes citizens’ attitudes and behaviour toward democracy. At the meso level, I examine how political conflict and military coups affect the ways political parties perform their democratic functions, and what these changes imply for democracy. At the macro level, I explore how conflict affects state-building and democratic development. Geographically, my research focuses on Africa, with particular attention to West Africa and Burkina Faso.
My work is organised around a central question: What makes democratic authority credible when security is fragile, political order is contested, and external support, particularly foreign aid, is shifting?
Methodologically, I combine theory-building with causal empirical strategies, including survey experiments, quasi-experimental designs, spatial analysis, and qualitative process tracing. Grounded in African cases, my research speaks to broader debates about political authority, legitimacy, state-building, representation, and democratic resilience.
Recent publications
Proximity to Riots: Spatial Exposure and Attitudes Toward the Police in Africa. Social Forces. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf203.
Promoting democracy in the context of terrorism: experimental evidence from Burkina Faso. Political Science Research and Methods. 2025.. doi:10.1017/psrm.2025.10075
The Impact of Terrorism on Democratic Support in Africa. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027251409402.
Media contribution
Yameogo, Conflict and Democracy: Africa’s Dilemma. Afrique XXI.[Link to the article].
Yameogo, S (2025). Sankara, le Démocrate: Héritier ou imposteur ? ThomasSankara.net. [Link to the article]
