Nicole Stoelinga

Nicole Stoelinga is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, specializing in development economics and political economy. Her work examines how conflict shapes human development, institutional resilience, and democratic behavior.

• Focus areas: Conflict economics, education policy, social identity, and violence dynamics
• Key methodologies: Micro-level analysis of conflict-affected settings

Her recent research explores: effects of insurgent occupation on schooling in Nigeria, income shocks on violence in Colombia, and international food prices on local security.

She employs rich datasets from fragile environments to investigate how violence impacts electoral participation, state legitimacy, and social cohesion.