You’re not like us! Ethnic discrimination and national belonging in Nigeria

This study examined the effect of ethnic discrimination on Nigerians’ sense of national identification relative to ethnic identification. The regression results revealed that the experience […]

Inverted “U” of fear: The paradox of conflict exposure and expected victimization in Kaduna, Nigeria

Using novel survey data collected from the Northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, this study examines the effect of exposure to violent conflict on people’s expectation […]

Violent Conflict and Parochial Trust: Lab-in-the-Field and Survey Evidence

How does conflict exposure affect trust? We hypothesize that direct (firsthand) experience with conflict induces parochialism: trust towards out-groups worsens, but trust towards in-groups, owing […]

You’re not welcome! Violence and support for a grazing ban policy in Kaduna, Nigeria

This study examined the effect of victimization – i.e., the concrete experience of violence – on support for a policy banning the opening grazing of […]

Violent conflict and hostility towards ethno-religious outgroups in Nigeria

This study examined the effect of exposure to violent conflict on hostility towards ethnic and religious outgroups among Nigeria’s population and among its two major […]

Is there a religious dimension to concern about farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria?

Although many studies have been conducted on the conflicts between Fulani nomadic herders and sedentary farmers over land and water resources in Nigeria, very few […]

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