Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed

Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed

Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed

  • CDDRL Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2023

Biography

Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law (CDDRL). He holds a Ph.D. (with distinction) in Political Science from Columbia University. He was a research fellow at the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School in the academic year (2021-2022). He is a junior fellow of the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS).

Mohamed’s research focuses on the role of religion in political and economic development, with a special focus on the Middle East and the Muslim World. He utilizes a diverse set of tools for data collection and rigorous analysis. His work received several awards, including APSA 2022 Weber Best Conference Paper Award and MPSA 2019 Kellogg/Notre Dame Award for Best Paper in Comparative Politics. 

publications

Journal Articles
June 2023

Trust Nobody: How Voters React to Conspiracy Theories

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Journal Articles
May 2023

The Decline of Religion and Its Rise in Electoral Politics: Religious Belief, Religious Practice, and the Strength of Religious Voting Cleavages

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Working Papers
January 2023

Between Electoral Cooptation and Violence: Managing Competitive Authoritarian Elections

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