Anton Peez

Dr. Anton Peez is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt and Associate Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). His work bridges international politics, global order, and empirical social science methods, with a focus on economic sanctions, multilateralism, and public/elite opinion dynamics. He has held research positions at institutions including UC Berkeley, Nuffield College Oxford, and WZB Berlin.

• Education: PhD in Political Science (Goethe University Frankfurt, 2023); MA in Social Science Data Analysis (University of Essex, 2020-2023); MPhil in International Relations (University of Oxford, 2016-2018); BA in Political Science (Goethe University Frankfurt, 2012-2016).

Anton’s research explores economic sanctions (conditions for success, public compliance), norm dynamics (contestation and robustness), and peace/conflict studies. His recent publications analyze UN Security Council debates, multimethod research credibility, and public opinion shifts during geopolitical crises.

He has received scholarships from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation and DAAD. His policy writing appears in European Parliament studies and Heinrich Böll Foundation reports, addressing topics like German foreign policy and conflict prevention. Anton also contributes to public discourse through media outlets like Die ZEIT, ARD, and Frankfurter Neue Presse.