Email: mahmoud.farag@tu-darmstadt.de

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Research Interests

I am broadly interested in comparative politics with a focus on polarization in divided societies, cleavage politics in new democracies, regime-opposition relations under democracy and autocracy and Middle Eastern politics.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Shim, Jaemin and Mahmoud Farag. 2024. ""Blind Spots in the Study of Democratic Representation: Masses and Elites in Old and New Democracies."" International Political Science Review (Online first). https://doi.org/10.1177/01925121231219045. 

Farag, Mahmoud. 2024. ""Domestic Diversionary War and Conflict Endurance in Weak States: The Houthi Conflict in Yemen (2004 - 2010)."" Civil Wars 26(2): 330–353. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2024.2302733.

Farag, Mahmoud, Hae Ran Jung, Isabella C. Montini, Juliette Bourdeau de Fontenay, and Satveer Ladhar. 2023. “What Do We Know about Power Sharing after 50 Years?” Government and Opposition 58 (4): 899–920. https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2022.26.

Farag, Mahmoud. 2023. ""From Research-Based Learning to Research Output: Lessons from an Undergraduate Course in Germany."" PS: Political Science & Politics 56 (4): 487–492. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096523000227.

Farag, Mahmoud. 2022. “Opposition Inclusion and Exclusion in the Arab World: Evidence from a New Dataset.” Mediterranean Politics (Online First): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2022.2085951.

Farag, Mahmoud, and Muath Abudalu. 2022. “Electoral Reform in Authoritarian Regimes: Veto Player Uncertainty in Jordan.” Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 16 (3): 463-481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12286-022-00534-8.

Farag, Mahmoud. 2020. “Mass–Elite Differences in New Democracies: Tunisia as a Case Study (2010–2016).” European Political Science 19 (4): 550-561. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-020-00274-x.

Articles in Editor-Reviewed Journals

Farag, Mahmoud. 2019. “Opening Public Contracting to Citizen Participation.” Stanford Social Innovation Review. https://ssir.org/articles/entry/opening_public_contracting_to_citizen_participation_to_revitalize_european_democracy.

Farag, Mahmoud. 2017. “The Rise and Fall of a Teal NGO.” Stanford Social Innovation Review. https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_rise_and_fall_of_a_teal_ngo.

Book Chapters

Farag, Mahmoud. 2024. “Mass-Elite Religious-Secular Discrepancy in Tunisia: The Revolution as a Critical Juncture.” In Mass–Elite Representation Gap in Old and New Democracies: Critical Juncture and Elite Agency, edited by Jaemin Shim. Michigan: Michigan University Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12776814.

Policy Publications

Florez, Jorg, Florencia Guerzovich, Linnea Mills, Johannes Tonn and Mahmoud Farag. 2019. Five principles for engaging citizens in anti-corruption mechanisms. Berlin: Transparency International. https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/five-principles-for-engaging-citizens-in-anti-corruption-mechanisms.

Farag, Mahmoud. 2018. Social audit in 20 steps: Lessons learned from fighting corruption in Guatemala, Peru and Ghana. Berlin: Transparency International. https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/social-audit-in-20-steps.

Farag, Mahmoud. 2018. “15 incentives for greater citizen engagement in the fight against corruption.” Voices for Transparency: Transparency International. https://voices.transparency.org/15-incentives-for-greater-citizen-engagement-in-the-fight-against-corruption-b33461c88475.