Publications

Garbe, L., Maerz, S. (2026). The rise of authoritarian informationalism: escalating surveillance, manipulation, and control. Democratization.

Garbe, L., Maerz, S., Freyburg, T. (2025). Authoritarian collaboration and repression in the digital age: balancing foreign direct investment and control in internet infrastructure. Democratization.

Garbe, L., McMurry, Nina, Scacco, A., Zhang, K. (2024). Who Wants to be Legible? Digitalization and Intergroup Inequality in Kenya. Comparative Political Studies.

Garbe, L. (2023). Pulling through elections by pulling the plug: Internet disruptions and electoral violence in Uganda. Journal of Peace Research.

Freyburg, T., Garbe, L., Wavre, V. (2022). The political power of internet business: A comprehensive dataset of Telecommunications Ownership and Control (TOSCO). Review of International Organizations.

Garbe, L., Selvik, LM., Lemaire, P. (2021). How African countries respond to fake news and hate speech. Information, Communication & Society.

Garbe, L., Rau, R., Toppe, T. (2020). Influence of perceived threat of Covid-19 and HEXACO personality traits on toilet paper stockpiling. Plos One.

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Hermans, K., Garbe, L. (2019). Droughts, livelihoods, and human migration in northern Ethiopia. Regional Environmental Change.

Freyburg, T., Garbe, L. (2018). Blocking the Bottleneck: Internet Shutdowns and Ownership at Election Times in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Communication.