Michael Roll

Research programme: Transformation of Political (Dis-)order

Function: Researcher

Specialization: Sociology

Work areas:

Political transformation and governance
Institutional change and public sector reform
Corruption and development
Social and transnational movements
Promotion of democracy, parties and civil society
Gender

Responsibilities in education and training:

External consultant for the research programme "Investigating 'pockets of effectiveness' in developing countries: a new route to building state capacity for development", Global Development Institute, University of Manchester

Vita

seit 04/2019	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Forschungsprogramm "Transformation politischer (Un-)Ordnung: Institutionen, Werte und Frieden"
11/2016 - 08/2018	University of Wisconsin-Madison Dozent, Department für Soziologie
06/2016 - 10/2016	Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Interim-Landesvertreter und Büroleiter, FES Nigeria
09/2012 - 05/2016	University of Wisconsin-Madison University Fellow und Dozent, Department für Soziologie
seit 09/2012	University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD Programm in Soziologie
11/2010 - 08/2012	Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Referent, Referat Afrika, Berlin
05/2007 - 10/2010	Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Landesvertreter und Büroleiter, FES Nigeria
09/2005 - 04/2007	Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Projektassistent, FES Südafrika
10/2004 - 05/2005	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Teilnehmer, 40. Postgraduierten-Programm
09/2000 - 07/2004	Universität Bielefeld Diplom, Soziologie (Schwerpunkt: Internationale Entwicklung)
01/2000 - 11/2001	Stellenbosch University BPhil, Society, Culture and Identity (Sozialanthropologie)
04/1998 - 12/1999	Philipps-Universität Marburg Vordiplom, Soziologie

Refereed Publications

Roll, Michael (2014)
Comparative analysis: deciphering pockets of effectiveness
in: Michael Roll (ed.), The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries, Abingdon, New York: Routledge, 194-241
Roll, Michael (2014)
The state that works: a "pockets of effectiveness" perspective on Nigeria and beyond
in: Thomas Bierschenk / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan (eds), States at work: dynamics of African bureaucracies, Leiden: Brill, 365-398
Roll, Michael (2014)
The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries
Abingdon, New York: Routledge
Roll, Michael (2014)
Introduction: The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries
in: Michael Roll (ed.), The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries, Abingdon, New York: Routledge, 1-21
Roll, Michael (2014)
Pockets of effectiveness: review and analytical framework
in: Michael Roll (ed.), The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries, Abingdon, New York: Routledge, 22-42
Roll, Michael (2014)
Turning Nigeria's drug sector around: the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
in: Michael Roll (ed.), The politics of public sector performance: pockets of effectiveness in developing countries, Abingdon, New York: Routledge, 97-127
Roll, Michael (2014)
Autonomous politicians and the local state in Sri Lanka: on the social organisation of politics and administration
in: International Quarterly for Asian Studies 35 (3-4), 263-293
Hofmann, Katharina / Jürgen Kretz / Michael Roll / Sebastian Sperling (2007)
Chinese, African, and European perspectives on the China-Africa Summit
in: International Politics and Society 2/2007, 75-90

Non-refereed Publications

Roll, Michael (2011)
Breaking the resource curse politically: direct oil revenue distribution and taxation in the Gulf of Guinea
in: Michael Roll / Sebastian Sperling (eds.), Fuelling the world - failing the region? Oil governance and development in Africa's Gulf of Guinea, Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 171-181
Roll, Michael / Sebastian Sperling (2011)
Conclusion: solutions to the resource curse reconsidered
in: Michael Roll / Sebastian Sperling (eds.), Fuelling the world - failing the region? Oil governance and development in Africa's Gulf of Guinea, Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 208-224
Roll, Michael / Sebastian Sperling (eds.) (2011)
Fuelling the world - failing the region? Oil governance and development in Africa's Gulf of Guinea
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Roll, Michael (2011)
Introduction: Resource governance, development and democracy in Africa's Gulf of Guinea
in: Michael Roll / Sebastian Sperling (eds.), Fuelling the world - failing the region? Oil governance and development in Africa's Gulf of Guinea, Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 8-31
Leiderer, Stefan / Benjamin Hodick / Esther Kabey / Michael Roll / Stefanie Schnitzer / Julia Ziegenbein (2007)
Public financial management for PRSP implementation in Malawi : formal and informal PFM institutions in a decentralising system
(Studies 28)
Roll, Michael (2006)
A political economy analysis for democracy promotion
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
Roll, Michael (2006)
A political economy analysis for development cooperation: the "drivers of change" approach
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
Rechmann, Werner / Michael Roll (2006)
Südafrikas ANC: Wahlsieger trotz Protesten
in: Afrika Süd: Zeitschrift zum Südlichen Arika 35 (2), 8-10

Opinion Pieces

Roll, Michael (2020)
What we can learn from and about Africa in the corona crisis
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 2 April 2020
Roll, Michael (2012)
Demokratie statt Ressourcenfluch: ein neues Modell für ölreiche Entwicklungsländer
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), (FES Perspektive)
Roll, Michael (2011)
Öl und Spiele: Libyen braucht ein Steuer- und Transfer-Modell, um eine Demokratie zu werden
in: Financial Times Deutschland 17. November 2011, 24
Roll, Michael (2008)
"Baba Go-Slow": wachsende Ungeduld mit Nigeria's Präsident Yar'Adua
Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), (FES Perspektive)

Projects

Social cohesion in Africa

Michael Roll

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Refereed Publications

Non-refereed Publications

Opinion Pieces

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