Academic Publications:

Book Reviews:

  • Yoel, Benjamin. 2025. “Review of: Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States by Alexis Lerner.” International Affairs, 101(5): 138-139.

  • Yoel, Benjamin. 2024. “Review of: Resisting Backsliding: Opposition Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy by Laura Gamboa.” Democratization, 1-2.

Other Publications:

  • Yoel, Benjamin. 2018. “Oman’s Economic Diversification from Oil and ‘Omanization’ Policies.” Iqtisadi 8(11): 1-9.

  • Yoel, Benjamin. 2018. “The Ethiopia-Eritrea Peace Deal: Why Now?” Ifriqiya 4(5): 1-6.

Working Papers and Works in Progress:

  • “Introducing the Democratic Erosion Event Dataset,” With Hannah Baron, Jessica Gottlieb, Julie Weaver, Rob Blair, and Laura Paler. Revise and Resubmit at Nature: Scientific Data.

  • “The Core Drivers of Congress: Analyzing Members, Constituents, and Committees with CongressData,” With Matt Grossmann and Caleb Lucas. Under Review (Lead Author).

  • “Leader Tenure and Women’s Representation in Cabinets,” With Alejandra López Villegas. Under Review. (Equal Coauthorship). Winner of the 2024 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University.

  • “Democratic Backsliding and Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities: Experimental Evidence from Israel,” With Hannah Ridge. Pre-Analysis Plan. Supported by the Polarization Research Lab and the Institute for Humane Studies (2 studies).

  • “Introducing SenateData.” With Iliya Liampert and Matt Grossmann. Finalizing Data Collection.

  • “Political Bias in LLMs: Observational and Experimental Insights.” With Marco Morucci. Data Collection Stage.

  • “Opposition Coalitions and Public Attitudes: Experimental Evidence From Three Countries.” With Jeremy Price, Daniel Markovits, and Abhyudaya Tyagi. Data Collection Stage.

Dissertation Projects