Anton (Anjo) Peez

Hi!

I am a political scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Frankfurt, and Associate Fellow at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). I live in Berlin, Germany.

Most recently, I’ve have research stays at UC Berkeley’s Political Science Department (01–08/2023); Nuffield College, University of Oxford (10–12/2022); and at the Global Governance Research Unit at WZB Berlin Social Science Center (12/2021–03/2022).

You can find my current CV here.


Research interests

I mainly study international politics and global order, including economic sanctions, multilateralism, peace and conflict, and public and elite opinion on international affairs.

I use survey experiments and unexpected events data, as well as causal inference techniques for observational data. I am also interested in tools for knowledge aggregation in the social sciences, including replication and systematic review.

Working papers and pre-prints

Peez, Anton: Re-examining the Effects of Western Sanctions on Democracy and Human Rights in the 21st Century. Under review.

Grauvogel, Julia/Attia, Hana/Peez, Anton/Brettfeld, Katrin/Richter, Thomas/Wetzels, Peter: Public Opinion on Sanctions Compliance and Evasion: Experimental Evidence from the 2022–23 Russia Sanctions. Under review.

Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S.: How Geopolitical Crisis Events Affect Public Opinion on Foreign Policy: Evidence from the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Under review.

De Juan, Alexander/Peez, Anton/Riaz, Sascha/Voß, Julian: Revisiting History, Reshaping Memory: The Effects of Confronting Ingroup Atrocities. Under review.

Peez, Anton/Scherzinger, Johannes: The Evolving Politics of UN Sanctions in Security Council Debates, 1992–2023. Under review.

Attia, Hana/Peez, Anton: Equals or Outcasts? Public Opinion on Reconciliation with Sanctioned States. Under review.

Bethke, Felix S./Bunde, Tobias/Driedger, Jonas J./Peez, Anton: Preferences for Peace between Ukraine and Russia: Experimental Evidence from Transatlantic Elites. Under review.

Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S.: How Citizens Update their Preferences on Foreign Policy: Experimental Evidence on Western Sanctions. Under review.

Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S.: Elite-Public Gaps on Salient Foreign Policy Issues: Experimental Evidence from the 2022/23 US Sanctions on Russia.

Some recent publications

Full publication records are available in my CV (above) and on Google Scholar.

Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S. (2025): Does Public Opinion on Foreign Policy Affect Elite Preferences? Evidence from the 2022 US Sanctions against Russia. 🔓 In: International Studies Quarterly 69: 1, 1–11. [Replication materials.]

Peez, Anton (2024): Is multi-method research more convincing than single-method research? An analysis of International Relations journal articles. 🔓 In: Security Studies 33: 1, 55–87. [Replication materials.]

Zimmermann, Lisbeth/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Lesch, Max/Arcudi, Antonio/Peez, Anton (2023): International Norm Disputes. The Link between Contestation and Norm Robustness. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [Replication materials; Runner Up, 2025 ISA International Law Section Book Award.]

Peez, Anton (2022): Contributions and Blind Spots of Constructivist Norms Research in International Relations, 1980–2018: A Systematic Evidence and Gap Analysis. 🔓 In: International Studies Review 24: 1, 1–33.

Selected policy writing and outreach

Brockmeier-Large, Sarah & Peez, Anton (2024/2021): German Foreign Policy and the Rwandan Genocide. 🔓 Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation. English (2024), German (2021). Selected media coverage: Die ZEIT, ARD (1, 2), Tagesschau/ARD.

Co-coordinator: Abb, Pascal/Attia, Hana/Brzoska, Michael/Daase, Christopher/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Grauvogel, Julia/Peez, Anton (2022): Only a Means to an End: The Conditions for Sanctions Success. 🔓 In: Friedensgutachten 2022. Chapter 4, 110–131. [in German – the annual joint yearbook of German’s largest peace and conflict studies institutes.] Selected media coverage: Tagesschau, Die ZEIT/DPA, FAZ.

Teaching

I teach advanced undergraduate/graduate courses on global order, economic sanctions, and social science research design.

Other interests, projects, and media

I offer scholarly opinions based on my research, including in/on ARD, ZDF heute, HR2 Kultur (1, 2), HR Info, N-TV (1, 2) Frankfurter Neue Presse, and elsewhere. I also occasionally moderate and participate in public events and panels, including at the Berlin International Literature Festival (ilb) or with the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

A while back, I researched, visualized, and edited data-driven journalism at Einfacher Dienst as a co-founder, mostly focusing on German domestic politics. Our results and work were featured in FAZ, taz, Deutschlandfunk Nova, the ZDF Heute-Show, and VICE Germany, among other outlets.

In the past, I have worked for or interned at the German Bundestag, Goethe-Institut Kigali (Rwanda), the Federal Statistical Office, and the Federal Institute for Population Research.

Outside of work, I enjoy road and trail running, collage, and following baseball.


Website made with postcards in RMarkdown.

Anton (Anjo) Peez

Hi!

I am a political scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Frankfurt, and Associate Fellow at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). I live in Berlin, Germany.

Most recently, I’ve have research stays at UC Berkeley’s Political Science Department (01–08/2023); Nuffield College, University of Oxford (10–12/2022); and at the Global Governance Research Unit at WZB Berlin Social Science Center (12/2021–03/2022).

You can find my current CV here.


Research interests

I mainly study international politics and global order, including economic sanctions, multilateralism, peace and conflict, and public and elite opinion on international affairs.

I use survey experiments and unexpected events data, as well as causal inference techniques for observational data. I am also interested in tools for knowledge aggregation in the social sciences, including replication and systematic review.

Working papers and pre-prints

Peez, Anton: Re-examining the Effects of Western Sanctions on Democracy and Human Rights in the 21st Century. Under review.

Grauvogel, Julia/Attia, Hana/Peez, Anton/Brettfeld, Katrin/Richter, Thomas/Wetzels, Peter: Public Opinion on Sanctions Compliance and Evasion: Experimental Evidence from the 2022–23 Russia Sanctions. Under review.

Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S.: How Geopolitical Crisis Events Affect Public Opinion on Foreign Policy: Evidence from the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Under review.

De Juan, Alexander/Peez, Anton/Riaz, Sascha/Voß, Julian: Revisiting History, Reshaping Memory: The Effects of Confronting Ingroup Atrocities. Under review.

Peez, Anton/Scherzinger, Johannes: The Evolving Politics of UN Sanctions in Security Council Debates, 1992–2023. Under review.

Attia, Hana/Peez, Anton: Equals or Outcasts? Public Opinion on Reconciliation with Sanctioned States. Under review.

Bethke, Felix S./Bunde, Tobias/Driedger, Jonas J./Peez, Anton: Preferences for Peace between Ukraine and Russia: Experimental Evidence from Transatlantic Elites. Under review.

Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S.: How Citizens Update their Preferences on Foreign Policy: Experimental Evidence on Western Sanctions. Under review.

Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S.: Elite-Public Gaps on Salient Foreign Policy Issues: Experimental Evidence from the 2022/23 US Sanctions on Russia.

Some recent publications

Full publication records are available in my CV (above) and on Google Scholar.

Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S. (2025): Does Public Opinion on Foreign Policy Affect Elite Preferences? Evidence from the 2022 US Sanctions against Russia. 🔓 In: International Studies Quarterly 69: 1, 1–11. [Replication materials.]

Peez, Anton (2024): Is multi-method research more convincing than single-method research? An analysis of International Relations journal articles. 🔓 In: Security Studies 33: 1, 55–87. [Replication materials.]

Zimmermann, Lisbeth/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Lesch, Max/Arcudi, Antonio/Peez, Anton (2023): International Norm Disputes. The Link between Contestation and Norm Robustness. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [Replication materials; Runner Up, 2025 ISA International Law Section Book Award.]

Peez, Anton (2022): Contributions and Blind Spots of Constructivist Norms Research in International Relations, 1980–2018: A Systematic Evidence and Gap Analysis. 🔓 In: International Studies Review 24: 1, 1–33.

Selected policy writing and outreach

Brockmeier-Large, Sarah & Peez, Anton (2024/2021): German Foreign Policy and the Rwandan Genocide. 🔓 Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation. English (2024), German (2021). Selected media coverage: Die ZEIT, ARD (1, 2), Tagesschau/ARD.

Co-coordinator: Abb, Pascal/Attia, Hana/Brzoska, Michael/Daase, Christopher/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Grauvogel, Julia/Peez, Anton (2022): Only a Means to an End: The Conditions for Sanctions Success. 🔓 In: Friedensgutachten 2022. Chapter 4, 110–131. [in German – the annual joint yearbook of German’s largest peace and conflict studies institutes.] Selected media coverage: Tagesschau, Die ZEIT/DPA, FAZ.

Teaching

I teach advanced undergraduate/graduate courses on global order, economic sanctions, and social science research design.

Other interests, projects, and media

I offer scholarly opinions based on my research, including in/on ARD, ZDF heute, HR2 Kultur (1, 2), HR Info, N-TV (1, 2) Frankfurter Neue Presse, and elsewhere. I also occasionally moderate and participate in public events and panels, including at the Berlin International Literature Festival (ilb) or with the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

A while back, I researched, visualized, and edited data-driven journalism at Einfacher Dienst as a co-founder, mostly focusing on German domestic politics. Our results and work were featured in FAZ, taz, Deutschlandfunk Nova, the ZDF Heute-Show, and VICE Germany, among other outlets.

In the past, I have worked for or interned at the German Bundestag, Goethe-Institut Kigali (Rwanda), the Federal Statistical Office, and the Federal Institute for Population Research.

Outside of work, I enjoy road and trail running, collage, and following baseball.


Website made with postcards in RMarkdown.