Dr. Sebastian Ziaja

Research programme: Transformation of Political (Dis-)order

Function: Senior Researcher

Specialization: Political Scientist

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Ziaja, Sebastian / Jörn Grävingholt / Merle Kreibaum (2019)
Constellations of fragility: an empirical typology of states
in: Studies in Comparative International Development 54 (2), 299-321
Ziaja, Sebastian (2019)
More donors, more democracy
in: The Journal of Politics (forthcoming)
Elff, Martin / Sebastian Ziaja (2018)
Method factors in democracy indicators
in: Politics and Governance 6 (1), 92-104
Dreher, Axel / Valentin Lang / Sebastian Ziaja (2018)
Foreign aid
in: Anke Draude / Tanja A. Börzel / Thomas Risse (eds.), The Oxford handbook of governance and limited statehood, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pr., 394-415
Grävingholt, Jörn / Sebastian Ziaja / Merle Kreibaum (2015)
Disaggregating state fragility: a method to establish a multidimensional empirical typology
in: Third World Quarterly 36 (7), 1281-1298
Faust, Jörg / Jörn Grävingholt / Sebastian Ziaja (2015)
Foreign aid and the fragile consensus on state fragility
in: Journal of International Relations and Development 18 (4), 407-427
Ziaja, Sebastian (2012)
What do fragility indices measure? Assessing measurement procedures and statistical proximity
in: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 6 (1), 39-64
Volz, Ulrich / Sebastian Ziaja (2010)
Die Auswirkungen der Finanzkrise auf fragile Staaten
in: Friedensgutachten 2010, Berlin: Lit, 376-388

since 4/2019	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher in Research Programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order"
10/2018-3/2019	University of Konstanz Professor of Political Science (temporary)
2014-2018	Heidelberg University Postdoc at the Research Center for Distributional Conflict and Globalisation
2010-2014	University of Essex PhD candidate at the Department of Government
2008-2014	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher
2002-2008	University of Cologne Regional Studies Latin America (Diplom)

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