Aili's research has focused on gender/women and politics, women’s movements in Africa, transnational feminism, and African politics more generally.
Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights
Cambridge University Press, 2019
Women and Power in Postconflict Africa
Cambridge University Press, 2015
African Women’s Movements: Transforming Political Landscapes
Cambridge University Press, 2009, with Isabel Casimiro, Joy Kwesiga, and Alice Mungwa
Women and Politics in Uganda
University of Wisconsin Press, 2000
She has served as the President of African Studies Association and Vice President of the American Political Science Association.
She currently is an editor of the American Political Science Review.
