Team > Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg
Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg
Faculty of Humanties and Social Sciences
African Politics and Development Policy
CV
| 2022 – today | Professor of Political Science: African Politics & Development Policy |
| 2015 – 2021 | Junior Professor of African Politics and Development Policy |
| 2006 – 2015 | Researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Institute for African Studies, hamburg; in addition, teaching assignments at the universities of Abomey-Calavi, Heidelberg and Lüneburg |
| 2012 | Doctorate at the University of Hamburg |
| 2005 | Master of Political Science, Public Law / International Law and Political Science of South Asia at the University of Heidelberg |
Services & Memberships
- Programme Advisor and Chair of Examinors, Master's programmes in Development Studies; Chair of Examinors, European Interdisciplinary Master of African Studies
- Deputy Head of the Bayreuth International Graduate School in African Studies (BIGSAS)
- Member of the supporting association and research committee of the Arnold-Bergsträsser-Institute (ABI) at the University of Freiburg
- Member of the scholarship selection committee for outgoing students and graduates, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD)
- American Political Science Association (APSR)
- German Political Science Association (Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, DVPW)
- International Political Science Association (IPSA)
- Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD)
Faculty of Humanties and Social Sciences
African Politics and Development Policy
Research Focus
Research Subjects:
- Comparative Democracy Research / Regime Research
- Institutions in democratization processes
- Political role of constitutional courts
- Parties, party system and elections in Africa
Geographic Focus:
- particularly francophone West Africa
Publications (selection)
- Dressel, Björn, Raul Sanchez-Urribarri, and Alexander Stroh. 2014. 'Informality and Courts: Comparative Perspectives'. 2024. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
- Kisakye, Diana, and Alexander Stroh. 2024. ‘Informality and Relations in International Judicial Appointments: Evidence from Sub-Regional Courts in Africa’. The African Review 1(aop): 1–27.
- Sabbi, Matthew, Alexander Stroh, and Dieter Neubert. 2022. ‘Paradoxes of Local Self-governance: Legitimation Strategies of Rural Councillors Under National and Global Influences in Africa’. In Local Self-Governance and Varieties of Statehood. Edited by Dieter Neubert, Hans-Joachim Lauth, and Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach. Springer.
- Stroh, Alexander. 2021. 'Traces of socialism in Burkina Faso’s party system: the trajectory of Sankarism in times of political liberalization'. Canadian Journal of African Studies 55 (2), 351-371.
- Sabbi, Matthew, and Alexander Stroh. 2020. 'The 'Numbers Game': Strategic Reactions to Results-Based Development Assistance in Ghana'. Studies in Comparative International Development 55 (1), 77-98.
- Stroh, Alexander (2020). Political Parties and Party Systems. In Lynch, G., VonDoepp, P. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Democratization in Africa. Routledge London.
- Stroh, Alexander. 2018. 'Sustaining and Jeopardizing a Credible Arbiter: Judicial Networks in Benin’s Consolidating Democracy', IPSR 39 (5), 600-615.
- Björn Dressel, Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí & Alexander Stroh (2017): The Informal Dimension of Judicial Politics: A Relational Perspective, ARLSS 13: 413-440.
- Stroh, A. (2014). Erfolgsbedingungen politischer Parteien im frankophonen Afrika : Benin und Burkina Faso seit der Rückkehr zum Mehrparteiensystem. Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Budrich.
Faculty of Humanties and Social Sciences
African Politics and Development Policy
Publications
2026
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 ...
2024
Informality and Courts : Comparative Perspectives
publ: Dressel, Björn; Sanchez-Urribarri, Raul; Stroh, Alexander
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024. - 328 page
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 ...
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; Kisakye, Diana
Major structural elements and appointment criteria to African Regional Courts with references to Tre ...
2024
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007471 ...
2022
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 ...
2021
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 ...
2020
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 ...
Stroh, Alexander
Political Parties and Party Systems
Routledge Handbook of Democratization in Africa
London : Routledge, 2020. - page 232-245
2019
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 ...
2018
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; 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
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 ...
2017
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 ...
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 ...
2016
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 ...
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 ...
2015
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; 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 ...
2014
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 ...
2014
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)
2013
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 ...
2012
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 ...
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 ...
2011
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 ...
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 ...
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
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
2010
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
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
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
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 ...
2009
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)
2008
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 ...
Faculty of Humanties and Social Sciences
African Politics and Development Policy
Prof. Dr. Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg
Chair for Political Science
University of Bayreuth
Universitätsstraße 30 Bldg. GW 2
D-95447 Bayreuth (Germany)
Mobile: +49 160 9531 6844
Phone: +49 921 55 4185
E-mail: alexander.stroh@uni-bayreuth.de