is a Professor of Inequality and Poverty at the Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps Universität Marburg, and an affiliate of SALDRU (Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town). His research interests include inequality, distributive conflict, political behavior, and development. He was previously a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town and a Senior Researcher at the GIGA Institute for Global and Area Studies. His articles have appeared in journals such as Perspectives on Politics, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Development Economics.
