Marcelle Amaral, Lucas Borba, Eduarda Lessa, Vanessa Lira, Nara Pavão (2026). Do Conspiracy Theories Undermine Support for Democracy?. Political Behavior, 48(1).

Christopher Claassen, Kathrin Ackermann, Eri Bertsou, Lucas Borba, Ryan E. Carlin, Amnon Cavari, Sirianne Dahlum, Sergiu Gherghina, Darren Hawkins, Yphtach Lelkes, Pedro C. Magalhães, Robert Mattes, Maurits J. Meijers, Anja Neundorf, Dániel Oross, Aykut Öztürk, Rodolfo Sarsfield, Darin Self, Ben Stanley, Tsung-Han Tsai, Andrej Zaslove, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister (2025). Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy: A New Approach. Comparative Political Studies, 58(6).

Amy Erica Smith, Lucas Borba (2022). Rethinking Coups, Autogolpes, Illegitimate Impeachments, and Sundry Other Democratic Violations: What’s in a Name?. International Studies Review, 24(1).

Dalson Figueiredo, Antônio Fernandes, Lucas Borba, Thaís Helena Aguiar (2021). Metodologias de pesquisa em ciência política: uma breve introdução. Revista Brasileira de Informação Bibliográfica em Ciências Sociais – BIB, 94(1).

Lucas Borba, Eduardo Mello, Dani Nedal, Daniel Rio Tinto, Bruno Pantaleão. Houses for the People, Power for the Gangs: Criminal Capture of Social Housing in Brazil. Revise and Resubmit, American Political Science Review (APSR). REPAL Conference Best Paper Award, 2025.

Abhit Bhandari, Lucas Borba, Jessica Gottlieb. Private-sector support for programmatic candidates: Evidence from Senegal. Conditionally Accepted, Political Science Research and Methods (PSRM).

Lucas Borba. Segregation and the Fiscal Bargain: How Spatial Inequality Erodes State Capacity. Job Market Paper. Honorable Mention, REPAL Conference Best Graduate Student Paper Award, 2026. Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award, Political Science Department, Vanderbilt University, 2024.

Lucas Borba, Noam Lupu, J. Daniel Montalvo, Robert Vidigal, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. Applying Adaptive Cluster Sampling to Study Hard-to-Reach Populations. Working Paper.

Antonella Bandiera, Lucas Borba, Horacio Larreguy, Jorge Mangonnet. How Formal Land Access Shapes Engagement with the State: Evidence from a Land Lottery in Argentina. Working Paper.