Summary

My research focuses on how democracy can resolve conflicts and build lasting peace. I explore how terrorism, armed clashes, and riots shape political and economic attitudes in conflict zones. I also investigate strategies to reduce the harmful effects of conflict by promoting democratic values as a path to peaceful solutions. Using rigorous methods like randomized controlled trials, spatial analysis, and online surveys, I assess interventions that strengthen support for democracy, even in hard-to-reach areas affected by conflict.

Research Interests

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate specializing in:

• The political economy of conflict

• Economics and political science

• The impact of civic education on democracy in contexts of terrorism

• Peace Research and Conflict Resolution in Conflict-affected Areas

• My research aims to address global challenges, focusing on democratic preferences, public trust in institutions, and conflict resolution in Africa.

Current Projects

The DEMED Project: Democracy Under Threat

• Democracy promotion in the context of Terrorism

• Effect of Terrorism on Democratic Support in Africa
  Co-authored with Anja Neundorf.

Publications

• Published:
  Adopting Local Languages as Official Languages: Effect on Women and Rural Individuals’ Labor Force in Burkina Faso
  KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 2020. DOI

• Yameogo, S.(2025). Proximity to Riots: Spatial Exposure and Attitudes Toward the Police in Africa. [Preprint Available] Forthcoming. Social Forces. 

• Yameogo, S., Neundorf, A., & Ozturk, A. (2025). Promoting democracy in the context of terrorism: Experimental evidence from Burkina Faso. Forthcoming. Political Science Research and Method. Registered on OSF: Preprint available here. 

• Revised and Resubmit (R&R) and Under Review:

  • Yameogo, S., & Neundorf, A. (2025). The Impact of Terrorism on Democratic Support in Africa. [R&R Journal of Conflict Resolution]. Also available as an Afrobarometer Working Paper.  

  • Yameogo, S. (2025). Revolution and confrontational state-building in Africa: Case of Thomas Sankara’s revolution in Burkina Faso (1983–1987). [Under Review]. A preprint is available here.

• Working Papers

• •  Yameogo, S.(2025). Proximity to Riots: Spatial Exposure and Attitude toward the Police in Africa. AfroBarometer Working Paper Series

• Policy brief

  • Yameogo, S., Bote, R., Edeh, J., Misganaw, B., Oguguo, P. C., Owusu, R. A., & Quagrainie, F. A. (2025). Creating Wealth Our Own Way: How Innovation, Research, and Inclusion Can Drive Africa’s Economic Future. Policy paper. Presented at the EVI4DEV Webinar [See Presentation slides],(Online), April 2025.[see Policy brief]

• Work in Progress:

  • Yameogo, S. (2025). Selective Nationalism under Threat: Terrorism and Constrained Extraversion in Africa

Conference Presentations

• International Political Science Association (IPSA), Seoul (July 2025)

• European Political Science Association (EPSA), Madrid (June 2025)

• Barcelona Workshops on Mass Attitudes and Democratic Resilience (April 2025)

• Western Political Science Association Annual Conference (WPSA), San Francisco, California (April 2023)

• UN General Assembly Science Summit (September 2022)

• Korean Public Administration Summer Conference (June 2023)

• Korean Association for Policy Analysis and Evaluation (KAPAE) (August 2023)