Elections, Violence, and Parties

Project Information

EVaP

Grant agreement ID: 852439

DOI

10.3030/852439

Project closed

EC signature date 20 February 2020

Start date 1 June 2020

End date 31 May 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 991,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 991,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Netherlands

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Engineered non-contestation: Deterring electoral contestation using violence in local elections

Author(s): Noyonika Das
Published in: Journal of Peace Research, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 1548-1564, ISSN 0022-3433
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00223433251353645

Inequality, elections, and communal riots in India

Author(s): H Zeynep Bulutgil Neeraj Prasad
Published in: Journal of Peace Research, 2022, ISSN 0022-3433
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00223433221091307

Fear of campaign violence and support for democracy and autocracy

Author(s): von Borzyskowski, Inken Daxecker, Ursula E. Kuhn, Patrick
Published in: Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2021, ISSN 0738-8942
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/07388942211026319

Misinformation, Narratives, and Intergroup Attitudes: Evidence from India

Author(s): Ursula Daxecker, Hanne Fjelde, Neeraj Prasad
Published in: The Journal of Politics, Issue 87, 2025, Page(s) 757-773, ISSN 0022-3816
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1086/732979

Election type and the logic of pre-election violence: Evidence from Zimbabwe

Author(s): Ursula Daxecker; Mascha Rauschenbach
Published in: Crossref, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 0261-3794
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102583

Political violence in democracies: An Introduction

Author(s): Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad
Published in: Journal of Peace Research, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 1363-1375, ISSN 0022-3433
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00223433251351251

Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns

Author(s): Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad
Published in: Electoral Studies, Issue 98, 2025, Page(s) 103003, ISSN 0261-3794
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103003

Electoral Violence, Partisan Identity, and Perceptions of Election Quality: A Survey Experiment in West Bengal, India

Author(s): Ursula Daxecker Hanne Fjelde
Published in: Comparative Politics, 2022, Page(s) 47-69, ISSN 0010-4159
Publisher: City University of New York
DOI: 10.5129/001041522x16430324169141

Demanding Violence, Punishing Peace: Support for Party Violence in India

Author(s): Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad
Published in: The Journal of Politics, 2026, Page(s) 000-000, ISSN 0022-3816
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1086/736113

Voter Intimidation as a Tool of Mobilization or Demobilization? Evidence from West Bengal, India

Author(s): Ursula Daxecker, Annekatrin Deglow, Hanne Fjelde
Published in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, Issue 69, 2026, Page(s) 1232-1257, ISSN 0022-0027
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00220027241298890

Global Challenges to Democracy? Perspectives on Democratic Backsliding

Author(s): Larry M Bartels, Ursula E Daxecker, Susan D Hyde, Staffan I Lindberg, Irfan Nooruddin
Published in: International Studies Review, Issue Volume 25, Issue 2, June 2023, 2023, ISSN 1521-9488
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/isr/viad019

Special issue on political violence in democracies

Author(s): Ursula Daxecker, Andrea Ruggeri, and Neeraj Prasad
Published in: Journal of Peace Research, Issue 62, 2025, ISSN 1460-3578
Publisher: Sage

Renting political violence: A political economy of rents, access and violence delegation

Author(s): Maureen Fubara
Published in: Journal of Peace Research, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 1514-1530, ISSN 0022-3433
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00223433251352676

Other (2)

The BJP won West Bengal, but not simply because voters were purged

Author(s): Noyonika Das
Published in: Netra News, 2026
Publisher: Netra News

Thug culture in Nigerian politics: the links between state governors, funding and violent armed groups

Author(s): Maureen Fubara
Published in: The Conversation, 2025
Publisher: The Conversation
DOI: 10.64628/aaj.jjmm3gmqm

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Violence for control: Explaining violent elections in India

Author(s): Noyonika Das
Published in: UvA Dare, 2025
Publisher: UvA Dare

Decentralized despotism: Subnational incumbents and electoral violence in Nigeria.

Author(s): Maureen Fubara
Published in: UvA Dare, 2026, Page(s) 219, ISBN 9789465360690
Publisher: Amsterdam