Hi!
I am a political scientist, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Frankfurt, and an Associate Fellow at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). I live in Berlin, Germany.
I was a Visiting Student Researcher at UC Berkeley’s Political Science Department from 01–08/2023, a Junior Visiting Scholar at Nuffield College, University of Oxford from 10–12/2022, and a Visiting Researcher at the Global Governance Research Unit at WZB Berlin Social Science Center from 12/2021–03/2022.
You can find my current CV here.
Research interests
My primary research interest is economic sanctions. I examine the effect of sanctions imposition on human rights and democracy, as well as how the regime type and state capacity of the targeted government shape the effects of sanctions. I am also interested in the drivers of public support for sanctions and under which conditions the general public and decisionmakers are more or less likely to support using them. This and other work of mine examines norms in international politics.
A second broad interest of mine is empirical social science research design. 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 and cumulation in the social sciences, including replication, extension, and systematic review.
Formal education
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Frankfurt, 2018–2023
M.A. in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex, 2020–2023
MPhil in International Relations, University of Oxford, 2016–2018
B.A. in Political Science, University of Frankfurt, 2012–2015
Working papers
Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S.: Does Public Opinion on Foreign Policy Affect Elite Preferences? Evidence from the 2022 US Sanctions against Russia. (R&R, International Studies Quarterly)
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)
Grauvogel, Julia/Attia, Hana/Peez, Anton: Public Opinion on Sanctions Compliance and Evasion: Experimental Evidence from the 2022–23 Russia Sanctions.
Peez, Anton/Bethke, Felix S.: Economic Sanctions as Revenge: Experimental Evidence from the 2022–23 Western Sanctions against Russia.
Peez, Anton: Re-examining the Effects of Western Sanctions on Democracy and Human Rights in the 21st Century.
Peez, Anton: A Systematic Review of International Relations Sanctions Research.
Some recent publications
Full publication records are available in my CV (above), at my institutional page at PRIF, and on Google Scholar.
Brockmeier-Large, Sarah & Peez, Anton (2024/2021): German Foreign Policy and the Rwandan Genocide / Akteneinsichten: Die deutsche Außenpolitik und der Völkermord in Ruanda. 🔓 Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation. English (2024), German (2021). [the first study on the subject with access to embargoed Federal Foreign Office records.] Selected media coverage: Die ZEIT, ARD (1, 2), Tagesschau/ARD.
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.]
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.
Recent policy writing
Abb, Pascal/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Kroll, Stefan/Peez, Anton/Schreiber, Franziska F.N./Wolff, Jonas (2023): Trade and Peace: How Much Decoupling Can Peace Take?. 🔓 In: Friedensgutachten 2023. Chapter 4, 102–121. [in German – the annual joint yearbook of German’s largest peace and conflict studies institutes.]
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.
Selected coverage of the 2022 Peace Report/Friedensgutachten on sanctions issues in particular: Tagesschau, Die ZEIT/DPA, FAZ, and elsewhere.
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, 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 watching baseball.