Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh
African Politics & Development Policy
Academic Degrees
| 2012 | Doctorate: Political Science, University of Hamburg |
| 2005 | Magister degree in Political Science, Public Law, the Politics of South Asia, University of Heidelberg |
Professional Background
| Since 2015 | Junior Professor of Political Science, University of Bayreuth |
| 2006 – 2015 | Research Associate, German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg |
| 2006 – 2015 | Lecturer at the Universities of Abomey-Calavi (Benin), Lüneburg, and Heidelberg |
| Since 2006 | Advisor for the Federal Foreign Office, the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), InWEnt/Engagement Global, KfW development bank, and XCOM AG |
Other
| Since 2016 | Member of sponsoring organization and research committee, Arnold Bergsträsser Institute, University of Freiburg |
| Since 2015 | Co-editor of the series Studien zu Politik und Gesellschaft in Afrika |
| Since 2015 | Co-chairman of the working group Demokratieforschung, Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW) |
| Since 2015 | Co-chairman of the Thematic Group "African Politics and International Relations", Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) |
| Since 2015 | Senior Fellow and Principal Investigator, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) at the Institute of African Studies, University of Bayreuth |
| Since 2015 | Associate Research Fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg |
| 2014 – 2016 | Member of the main committee of the Association of African Studies in Germany (VAD) |
African Politics & Development Policy
Regional Focus:
- French-speaking regions of West Africa
- Rwanda
Research Topics:
- comparative democracy research and regime research
- institutions in democratization processes
- the political role of constitutional courts
African Politics & Development Policy
Selected publications
Book/Monograph
Informality and Courts : Comparative Perspectives
publ: Dressel, Björn; Sanchez-Urribarri, Raul; Stroh, Alexander
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024. - 328 page
Stroh, Alexander
Erfolgsbedingungen politischer Parteien im frankophonen Afrika : Benin und Burkina Faso seit de ...
Opladen, Berlin, Toronto : Budrich, 2014. - 326 page . - (Parteien in Theorie und Empirie; 5)
Article in a journal (peer-reviewed)
Stroh, Alexander
The ambiguities of rapid enlargement in regional organisations and prospects for East African r ...
in The Round Table : The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies volume 115 (2026) issue 2. - page 241-259
doi:10.1080/00358533.2026.2641039 ...
Osterberg-Kaufmann, Norma; Weissenbach, Kristina; Stroh, Alexander; Weiffen, Brigitte; Noesselt, Nele; Pickel, Susanne; Richter, Thomas; Faas, Thorsten
Polykrise als globales Phänomen? Perspektiven aus der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft
in Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft volume 20 (2026)
doi:10.1007/s12286-026-00656-3 ...
Kisakye, Diana; Stroh, Alexander
Informality and Relations in International Judicial Appointments : Evidence from Sub-regional C ...
in The African Review volume 53 (2024) issue 1-2. - page 110-136
doi:10.1163/1821889x-bja10139 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Traces of socialism in Burkina Faso's party system : the trajectory of Sankarism in times of po ...
in Canadian Journal of African Studies = Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines volume 55 (2021) issue 2. - page 351-371
doi:10.1080/00083968.2020.1850306 ...
Sabbi, Matthew; Stroh, Alexander
The "Numbers Game" : Strategic Reactions to Results-Based Development Assistance in Ghana
in Studies in Comparative International Development volume 55 (2020) issue 1. - page 77-98
doi:10.1007/s12116-019-09296-z ...
Dressel, Björn; Sanchez-Urribarri, Raul; Stroh, Alexander
Courts and Informal Networks : towards a Relational Perspective on Judicial Politics Outside We ...
in International Political Science Review volume 39 (2018) issue 5. - page 573-584
doi:10.1177/0192512118807065 ...
Makulilo, Alexander; Stroh, Alexander; Henry, Rodrick
An institutional mission that nobody wants to accomplish : Actors and interests in the genesis ...
in The African Review volume 45 (2018) issue 2 (Special Issue). - page 96-114
http://tar.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ar/article/view/23 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Sustaining and Jeopardizing a Credible Arbiter : Judicial Networks in Benin’s Consolidating Dem ...
in International Political Science Review volume 39 (2018) issue 5. - page 600-615
doi:10.1177/0192512118805366 ...
Dressel, Björn; Sanchez-Urribarri, Raul; Stroh, Alexander
The Informal Dimension of Judicial Politics : A Relational Perspective
in Annual Review of Law and Social Science volume 13 (2017) . - page 413-430
doi:10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-110316-113750 ...
Llanos, Mariana; Tibi Weber, Cordula; Heyl, Charlotte; Stroh, Alexander
Informal interference in the judiciary in new democracies : a comparison of six African and Lat ...
in Democratization volume 23 (2016) issue 7. - page 1236-1253
doi:10.1080/13510347.2015.1081170 ...
Stroh, Alexander; Heyl, Charlotte
Institutional Diffusion, Strategic Insurance, and the Creation of West African Constitutional C ...
in Comparative Politics volume 47 (2015) issue 2. - page 169-187
doi:10.5129/001041515814224453 ...
Basedau, Matthias; Stroh, Alexander
How ethnic are African parties really? : Evidence from Francophone Africa
in International Political Science Review volume 33 (2012) issue 1. - page 5-24
doi:10.1177/0192512110391770 ...
Basedau, Matthias; Erdmann, Gero; Lay, Jann; Stroh, Alexander
Ethnicity and Party Preferences in sub-Saharan Africa
in Democratization volume 18 (2011) issue 2. - page 462-489
doi:10.1080/13510347.2011.553366 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Electoral rules of the authoritarian game : Undemocratic effects of proportional representation ...
in Journal of Eastern African Studies volume 4 (2010) issue 1. - page 1-19
doi:10.1080/17531050903550066 ...
Stroh, Alexander
The Power of Proximity : A Concept of Political Party Strategies Applied to the Case of Burkina ...
in Journal of Contemporary African Studies volume 28 (2010) issue 1. - page 1-29
doi:10.1080/02589000903542566 ...
Article in a book (assessed)
Stroh, Alexander; Kisakye, Diana
Informality and Multi-level Judicial Appointment Processes in African Regional Courts
Informality and Courts : Comparative Perspectives
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024. - page 246-266
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/jj.17381668.1 ...
Sabbi, Matthew; Stroh, Alexander; Neubert, Dieter
Paradoxes of Local Self-governance : Legitimation Strategies of Rural Councillors Under Nationa ...
Local Self-Governance and Varieties of Statehood : Tensions and Cooperation
Cham : Springer, 2022. - page 51-74
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-14996-2_3 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Political Parties and Party Systems
Routledge Handbook of Democratization in Africa
London : Routledge, 2020. - page 232-245
Stroh, Alexander; von Soest, Christian
Comparisons across World Regions : Managing Conceptual, Methodological, and Practical Challenge ...
Comparative Area Studies : Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications
New York : Oxford University Press, 2018. - page 66-84
Basedau, Matthias; Stroh, Alexander
Do Party Systems Make Democracy Work? : A Comparative Test of Party System Characteristics and ...
Regression of Democracy? : Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft; Comparative Governance and Politics. - Editors: Gero Erdmann, Marianne Kneuer
Berlin u.a. : Springer, 2011. - page 173-199
doi:10.1007/978-3-531-93302-3_7 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Some Competition, Little Change : The 2005 Elections in Burkina Faso
Abdoulaye Saine ; Boubacar N'Diaye ; Mathurin Houngnikpo (Hrsg.): Elections and Democratization in West Africa, 1990-2009
Trenton : Africa World Press, 2011. - page 273-302
Stroh, Alexander
Interne Machtdynamiken in afrikanischen Parteiorganisationen
Uwe Jun; Benjamin Höhne; Elmar Wiesendahl (Hrsg.): Parteien als fragmentierte Organisationen : Erfolgsbedingungen und Veränderungsprozesse
Opladen : Budrich, 2010. - page 153-178
Article in a book (not assessed)
Stroh, Alexander
Benin
Africa Yearbook 15 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2018
Leiden : Brill, 2019. - page 46-53 . - (Africa Yearbook; 15)
doi:10.1163/9789004417663_005 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Benin
Africa Yearbook 14 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2017
Leiden : Brill, 2018. - page 48-55 . - (Africa Yearbook; 14)
doi:10.1163/9789004367630_005 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Benin
Africa Yearbook 13 : politics, economy and society south of the Sahara in 2016
Leiden : Brill, 2017. - page 45-53 . - (Africa Yearbook; 13)
doi:10.1163/9789004355910_005 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Benin
Africa Yearbook 12 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2015
Leiden : Brill, 2016. - page 45-52 . - (Africa Yearbook; 12)
doi:10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2015_COM_0004 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Benin
Africa Yearbook 11 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2014
Leiden , 2015. - page 41-47 . - (Africa Yearbook; 11)
doi:10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2014_COM_0004 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Burkina Faso
Africa Yearbook 10 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2013
Leiden : Brill, 2014 (Africa Yearbook; 10)
doi:10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2013_COM_0006 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Burkina Faso
Africa Yearbook 9 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2012
Leiden : Brill, 2013 (Africa Yearbook; 9)
doi:10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2012_COM_0006 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Burkina Faso
Africa Yearbook 8 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2011
Leiden : Brill, 2012 (Africa Yearbook; 8)
doi:10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2011_COM_0005 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Burkina Faso
Africa Yearbook 7 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2010
Leiden : Brill, 2011 (Africa Yearbook; 7)
doi:10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2010_COM_0006 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Burkina Faso
Africa Yearbook 6 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2009
Leiden : Brill, 2010 (Africa Yearbook; 6)
doi:10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2009_COM_0006 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Burkina Faso
Africa Yearbook 5 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2008
Leiden : Brill, 2009. - page 65-71 . - (Africa Yearbook; 5)
Stroh, Alexander
Burkina Faso
Africa Yearbook 4 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2007
Leiden : Brill, 2008 (Africa Yearbook; 4)
doi:10.1163/1872-9037_ayb_ayb2007_COM_0005 ...
other
Stroh, Alexander; Kisakye, Diana
Major structural elements and appointment criteria to African Regional Courts with references to Tre ...
2024
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007471 ...
African Politics & Development Policy
Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh
Faculty of Cultural Studies
University of Bayreuth
95440 Bayreuth
GW II, Room 0.09
Phone: 0921 / 55-4185
E-mail: alexander.stroh@uni-bayreuth.de
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