Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of International Relations at Duke Kunshan University
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2022 - Present
DKU Faculty
Assistant Professor of the Practice of DKU Studies at Duke University
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2023 - Present
DKU Studies
Recent Publications
Presidential extraversion: Understanding the politics of Sino-African mega-infrastructure projects
Journal Article World Development · October 2022 Full text CiteExecutive Agency and State Capacity in Development: Comparing Sino-African Railways in Kenya and Ethiopia
Journal Article Comparative Politics · January 1, 2022 Why do infrastructure projects that are similar in nature develop along starkly different trajectories? This question sheds light on the varying state capacity of developing countries. Divergent from structural explanations that stress external age ... Full text CiteClientelism at work? A case study of Kenyan Standard Gauge Railway project
Journal Article Economic History of Developing Regions · September 2, 2019 Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Oxford University (United Kingdom) ·
2021
Ph.D.