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).

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. R&R, Political Science Research and Methods.

Peez, Anton/Scherzinger, Johannes: The Evolving Politics of UN Sanctions in Security Council Debates, 1992–2023. R&R, The Review of International Organizations.

De Juan, Alexander/Peez, Anton/Riaz, Sascha/Voß, Julian: Revisiting History, Reshaping Memory: The Effects of Confronting Ingroup Atrocities. 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 Geopolitical Crisis Events Affect Public Opinion on Foreign Policy: Evidence from the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Under review.

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

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

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.

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

Portela, Clara/Tilahun, Nathanael/Peez, Anton (2025): The Effectiveness of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. 🔓 Study requested by the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights.

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).

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. R&R, Political Science Research and Methods.

Peez, Anton/Scherzinger, Johannes: The Evolving Politics of UN Sanctions in Security Council Debates, 1992–2023. R&R, The Review of International Organizations.

De Juan, Alexander/Peez, Anton/Riaz, Sascha/Voß, Julian: Revisiting History, Reshaping Memory: The Effects of Confronting Ingroup Atrocities. 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 Geopolitical Crisis Events Affect Public Opinion on Foreign Policy: Evidence from the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Under review.

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

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

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.

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

Portela, Clara/Tilahun, Nathanael/Peez, Anton (2025): The Effectiveness of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. 🔓 Study requested by the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights.

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.