New article on Johan Galtung´s 1967 article on sanctions against Rhodesia out at @journalofgss.bsky.social. I argue that the controversial peace scholar’s pessimism regarding sanctions was partly a product of his time.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Here is the direct link to this new article on bureaucratic discrimination. We show, based on a large sample of caseworkers, that media reports on social welfare fraud influence decisions on unemployment benefits.

Anke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at ‪the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social‬ at @uni-konstanz.de‬. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

10.1080/1369183x.2025.2550130 New article on administrative inequality in the handling of dual citizenship requests, co-authored with the incredible Christina Zuber as part of our @excinequality.bsky.social projects. We show that local preferences influence caseworkers' decisions.

Anke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at ‪the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social‬ at @uni-konstanz.de‬. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

Interview translated into Persian with some colleagues and me on trade, sanctions, and the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the USA. An issue that is tragically neglected, probably due to the constant distractions from the White House. eghtesaad24.ir/fa/news/3057....

Informatives Interview bei @ntvde.bsky.social zu Ergebnissen aus verschiedenen Projekten @excinequality.bsky.social @fgz-risc.bsky.social mit Maren Lüdecke & Stefanie Rueß www.n-tv.de/panorama/Dam...

Now assigned to the March issue of Migration Studies.

What explains asylum recognition rates? Utilizing a German refugee survey and a quasi-natural experiment in Germany, L. Gundacker, Y. Kosyakova, and G. Schneider show how regional political biases can influence an asylum seeker’s chance of obtaining protection. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/migr...

New article on economic coercion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... with Patrick Weber and Alessia Invernizzi, two former @uni-konstanz.de‬ doctoral students We show that the sanction regimes of both the EU and the USA are biased,