Prof. dr. U.E. (Ursula) Daxecker
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Political Economy and Transnational Governance
Area of expertise: political violence, extreme political strategies, organized crime
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
- Room number: B8.08
Postal address
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Postbus 15578
1001 NB Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
I am professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam where I am a member of the research group Political Economy and Transnational Governance. I study democracy and how it is undermined by political violence, extreme strategies by political parties, and organized crime. My research has been funded by a Veni grant from the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO), a Career Integration Grant from the European Commission's Marie Curie Actions, and the U.S. Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative. From 2020-2025, I am principal investigator of the project "Elections, Violence, and Parties," funded by the European Research Council.
Please visit my personal website for publications, work in progress, and teaching.
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Publications
- refereed (27)
- academic (3)
- professional (3)
- popular scientific (3)
- recognitions (21)
- supervised theses (3)
- datasets (9)
2025
Daxecker, U., Fjelde, H., & Prasad, N. (2025). Misinformation, Narratives, and Intergroup Attitudes: Evidence from India. The Journal of Politics, 87(2), 757-773. https://doi.org/10.1086/732979 [details]
2024
- Daxecker, U. E., Deglow, A., & Fjelde, H. (in press). Voter Intimidation as a Tool of Mobilization or Demobilization? Evidence from West Bengal. Journal of Conflict Resolution.
2023
- Bartels, L. M., Daxecker, U. E., Hyde, S. D., Lindberg, S. I., & Nooruddin, I. (2023). The Forum: Global Challenges to Democracy? Perspectives on Democratic Backsliding. International Studies Review, 25(2), Article viad019. https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viad019 [details]
- Daxecker, U., & Rauschenbach, M. (2023). Election type and the logic of pre-election violence: Evidence from Zimbabwe. Electoral Studies, 82, Article 102583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102583 [details]
2022
- Daxecker, U., & Fjelde, H. (2022). Electoral Violence, Partisan Identity, and Perceptions of Election Quality: A Survey Experiment in West Bengal, India. Comparative Politics, 55(1), 47-94. https://doi.org/10.5129/001041522X16430324169141 [details]
- von Borzyskowski, I., Daxecker, U., & Kuhn, P. M. (2022). Fear of campaign violence and support for democracy and autocracy. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 39(5), 542-564. https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942211026319 [details]
2021
- Daxecker, U., & Prins, B. (2021). Pirate Lands: Governance and Maritime Piracy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190097394.001.0001 [details]
2020
- Birch, S. (Guest ed.), Daxecker, U. (Guest ed.), & Höglund, K. (Guest ed.) (2020). Special Issue on Electoral Violence. Journal of Peace Research, 57(1), 1-216.
- Birch, S., Daxecker, U., & Höglund, K. (2020). Electoral violence: An introduction. Journal of Peace Research, 57(1), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343319889657 [details]
- Daxecker, U. (2020). Unequal votes, unequal violence: Malapportionment and election violence in India. Journal of Peace Research, 57(1), 156-170. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343319884985 [details]
- Daxecker, U. (Guest ed.), Freyberg-Inan, A. (Guest ed.), Glasius, M. (Guest ed.), Underhill, G. R. D. (Guest ed.), & Vigneswaran, D. (Guest ed.) (2020). Special Issue: Interdisciplinarity and the IR Innovation Horizon. European Journal of International Relations, 26(1 suppl.). https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ejta/26/1_suppl
- Daxecker, U., Freyberg-Inan, A., Glasius, M., Underhill, G., & Vigneswaran, D. (2020). Introduction: Interdisciplinarity and the International Relations event horizon. European Journal of International Relations, 26(1 suppl.), 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066120952726 [details]
- Schiel, R., Powell, J., & Daxecker, U. (2020). Peacekeeping Deployments and Mutinies in African Sending States. Foreign Policy Analysis, 16(3), 251-271. https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/oraa011 [details]
2019
- Daxecker, U., Amicarelli, E., & Jung, A. (2019). Electoral contention and violence (ECAV): A new dataset. Journal of Peace Research, 56(5), 714-723. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343318823870 [details]
- Daxecker, U., Di Salvatore, J., & Ruggeri, A. (2019). Fraud Is What People Make of It: Election Fraud, Perceived Fraud, and Protesting in Nigeria. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 63(9), 2098-2127. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002718824636 [details]
- Prins, B., Phayal, A., & Daxecker, U. E. (2019). Fuelling Rebellion: Maritime Piracy and the duration of Civil War. International Area Studies Review, 22(2), 128-147. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/2233865919833975 [details]
2017
- Daxecker, U. (2017). Dirty hands: Government torture and terrorism. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 61(6), 1261-1289. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002715603766 [details]
- Daxecker, U., & Prins, B. C. (2017). Financing Rebellion: Using Piracy to Explain and Predict Conflict Intensity in Africa and Southeast Asia. Journal of Peace Research, 54(2), 215-230. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343316683436 [details]
- Prins, B., & Daxecker, U. (2017). Maritime Piracy and Foreign Policy. In W. R. Thompson (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics Article e-522 (Oxford Research Encyclopedias). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.522 [details]
2016
- Daxecker, U. E., & Prins, B. C. (2016). The politicization of crime: Rlectoral competition and the supply of maritime piracy in Indonesia. Public Choice, 169(3), 375-393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-016-0374-z [details]
2015
- Bader, J., & Daxecker, U. (2015). A Chinese resource curse? The human rights effects of oil export dependence on China versus the United States. Journal of Peace Research, 52(6), 774-790. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343315593332 [details]
- Daxecker, U. E., & Prins, B. C. (2015). Searching for sanctuary: government power and the location of maritime piracy. International Interactions, 41(4), 699-717. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2015.1016159 [details]
- Daxecker, U. E., & Prins, B. C. (2015). The New Barbary Wars: Forecasting Maritime Piracy. Foreign Policy Analysis, 11(1), 23-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/fpa.12014 [details]
- Daxecker, U., & Prins, B. C. (2015). Enforcing order: Territorial reach and maritime piracy. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 34(4), 359-379. https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894215594756 [details]
2014
- Daxecker, U. E. (2014). All quiet on election day? International election observation and incentives for pre-election violence in African elections. Electoral Studies, 34, 232-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2013.11.006 [details]
2013
- Daxecker, U. E., & Hess, M. L. (2013). Repression Hurts: Coercive Government Responses and the Demise of Terrorist Campaigns. British Journal of Political Science, 43(3), 559-577. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123412000452 [details]
- Daxecker, U., & Prins, B. (2013). Insurgents of the Sea: Institutional and Economic Opportunities for Maritime Piracy. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 57(6), 940-965. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002712453709 [details]
2019
- Underhill, G., Daxecker, U., Freyberg-Inan, A., Glasius, M., & Vigneswaran, D. (2019). From the Editors. European Journal of International Relations, 25(2), 333-334. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066119854037 [details]
2014
- Daxecker, U., & Schneider, G. (2014). Election monitoring: the implications of multiple monitors for electoral integrity. In P. Norris, R. W. Frank, & F. Martínez i Coma (Eds.), Advancing electoral integrity (pp. 73-93). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199368709.003.0005 [details]
- Prins, B. C. (Author), Daxecker, U. (Author), & Sanford, A. (Author). (2014). Terror on the seas: assessing the threat of modern day piracy. Web publication or website, The SAIS Review of International Affairs. http://saisreview.org/2014/02/10/terror-on-the-seas-assessing-the-threat-of-modern-day-piracy/ [details]
2024
2019
- Daxecker, U. (2019). Disaggregating Measures of Political (In)stability: Lessons from Electoral Violence. In S. Lucarelli, A. Marrone, & F. N. Moro (Eds.), Approaches to Regional Stability and the Outlook for NATO (pp. 28-42). (Documenti IAI). Instituto Affari Internazionali. https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iai1913.pdf [details]
2018
- Daxecker, U., & Jung, A. (2018). Mixing Votes with Violence: Election Violence around the World. SAIS Review, 38(1), 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1353/sais.2018.0005 [details]
2017
- Prins, B., & Daxecker, U. (2017). Somali pirates just hijacked an oil tanker. Here’s what pirates want — and where they strike. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/25/what-do-pirates-want-to-steal-riches-at-sea-so-they-can-pay-for-wars-on-land/?utm_term=.5757a7db7097
2015
- Bader, J., & Daxecker, U. (2015). A Chinese Resource Curse?. Web publication or website http://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2015/12/03/a-chinese-resource-curse/
- Daxecker, U. (Author), Prins, B. (Author), & Di Salvatore, J. (Author). (2015). Where Do Pirates Go?. Web publication or website http://politicalviolenceataglance.org/2015/04/08/where-do-pirates-go/
Prize / grant
- Daxecker, U. (2013). Voting and Violence (NWO-Veni Grant).
Membership / relevant position
- Daxecker, U. (2019-2020). Member, Research Working Group on Elections, Peace, and Security (By invitation only), Folke Bernadotte Academy.
Journal editor
- Daxecker, U. (editor) (2018-2020). European Journal of International Relations (Journal).
- Daxecker, U. (editor) (2017). International Interactions (Journal).
Talk / presentation
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (31-10-2019). Presentation at Research Seminar, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (25-10-2019). Presentation at Comparative Institutions and Regimes seminar, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (10-6-2019). Presentation at Managing Electoral Violence Workshop, Folke Bernadotte Academy.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (27-5-2019). Presentation at Advanced Research Workshop on Lessons from Counterpiracy and Counternarcotics, Royal Danish Defence College.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (11-3-2019). Presentation at Department of Political Science, University of Geneva.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (22-1-2019). Presentation at Department of Government Seminar Series, University of Essex.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (5-12-2018). Challenges and New Frontiers in Micro and Meso-Level Conflict Data Collection and Analysis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (24-10-2018). The metrics of stability in a multi-dimensional perspective, Projecting stability in an era of hybrid warfare and terrorism: which NATO role?, Bertinoro.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (10-10-2018). Presentation on Global Security Program, University of Glasgow.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (21-6-2018). Pirates lands: Governance and maritime piracy, KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (11-6-2018). Research Workshop and Research-Policy Dialogue on Elections in Emerging Democracies, Folke Bernadotte Academy.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (15-5-2018). Workshop on Political Violence, University of Texas at Dallas.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (27-2-2018). Workshop Beyond Political Violence, University of Essex.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (9-5-2017). Election Violence,” IR Colloquium, Department of International Relations, IR Colloquium, Department of International Relations, University of Oxford.
- Daxecker, U. (invited speaker) (21-3-2017). Institutional Bias and Election Violence, Workshop on Electoral Violence, King’s College London.
Others
- Daxecker, U. (organiser), Birch, S. (organiser) & Krause, J. (organiser) (15-2-2018 - 16-2-2018). Election Violence Research Workshop, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Daxecker, U. (chair) (15-8-2017). Forum Alpbach. Seminar in Conflict and Cooperation (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
2022
2018
2023
- Daxecker, U., Schiel, R. & Powell, J. (2023). Replication data for "Peacekeeping Deployments and Mutinies in African Sending States". Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ba4png
2021
- von Borzyskowski, I., Daxecker, U. & Kuhn, P. M. (2021). sj-zip-1-cmp-10.1177_07388942211026319 – Supplemental material for Fear of campaign violence and support for democracy and autocracy. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.14912898.v1
- von Borzyskowski, I., Daxecker, U. & Kuhn, P. M. (2021). Fear of campaign violence and support for democracy and autocracy. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.5498178.v1
- von Borzyskowski, I., Daxecker, U. & Kuhn, P. M. (2021). sj-zip-3-cmp-10.1177_07388942211026319 – Supplemental material for Fear of campaign violence and support for democracy and autocracy. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.14912904.v1
2019
- Daxecker, U., Ruggeri, A. & Di Salvatore, J. (2019). Supplemental Material, Replication_DDR - Fraud Is What People Make of It: Election Fraud, Perceived Fraud, and Protesting in Nigeria. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.7680743.v1
2017
- Daxecker, U. E. & Prins, B. C. (2017). Replication Data for: The Politicization of Crime: Electoral Competition and the Supply of Maritime Piracy in Indonesia. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/gy72vs
2016
- Daxecker, U. E. (2016). Replication Data for: Dirty Hands: Government Torture and Terrorism.. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ykgtmd
- Daxecker, U. E. & Prins, B. C. (2016). Replication Data for: Enforcing Order: Territorial Reach and Maritime Piracy.. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/o1qgrw
- Daxecker, U. E. & Bader, J. (2016). Replication Data for: A Chinese Resource Curse: The Human Rights Effects of Oil Export Dependence on China versus the United States.. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/9x2ckp
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Daxecker, U., Fjelde, H., & Prasad, N. (2025). Misinformation, Narratives, and Intergroup Attitudes: Evidence from India. The Journal of Politics, 87(2), 757-773.