Prof. Dr. Hana Attia

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C4.024
Fon  +49.4131.677-2486, hana.attia@leuphana.de
Junior Professor, Junior Professorship of Security Policy and Peace
Associated member, Leuphana Center for Cooperative Security (LCCS)

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Vita

Hana Attia is Junior Professor of Security Policy and Peace at the Institute of Political Science at Leuphana University and a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Institute for Middle East Studies). She holds a PhD from the Graduate School of the Social and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Konstanz, Germany (2023). Her dissertation received the Leibniz Dissertation Award (2024) and the second Aquila Ascendens Prize for Exceptional Dissertations on Security Policy in Germany (2023). Prior to taking up her current position, Attia was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Salzburg (2023-2025), a Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA, 2018-2023) and a guest lecturer at the University of Hamburg (2019, 2021). She was a Visiting Scholar-in-Residence American University in Washington D.C. funded by Fulbright (Dec 2021 – Apr 2022) and a Visiting Graduate Student at the Johns Hopkins University & Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) funded by the DAAD (2015 – 2016). Her research on economic coercion, economic sanctions, foreign policy, and domestic politics has been published in peer-reviewed journals, such as International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Peace Research, European Economic Review, Review of International Economics, Journal for Global Security Studies, and Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen. Her commentary on sanctions features in news broadcasts and podcasts such as Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Foreign Times, and she actively engages in policy advice. A complete list of publications and other relevant professional information can be found here).

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy
    Hana Attia (Author) , 01.07.2025 , in: Foreign Policy Analysis, 21, 3 , 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Divert when it does not hurt: The initiation of economic sanctions by US presidents from 1989 to 2015
    Hana Attia (Author) , 01.02.2024 , in: Review of International Economics, 32, 1 , p. 109-131 , 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Easier In than Out: Lessons Learned from the Termination of the Iraq Sanctions Regime
    Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Hana Attia (Author) , 01.12.2023 , in: Journal of Global Security Studies, 8, 4 , 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. International Sanctions Termination, 1990–2018: Introducing the IST dataset
    Hana Attia (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , 01.07.2023 , in: Journal of Peace Research, 60, 4 , p. 709-719 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Monitoring the Monitor? Selective Responses to Human Rights Transgressions
    Hana Attia (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , 01.06.2023 , in: International Studies Quarterly, 67, 2 , 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. The End of Sanctions? Rethinking Termination Processes through the Syrian Case
    Hana Attia (Author) , 01.04.2026 , p. 36-44

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  2. The Termination of International Sanctions: Actors, Processes and Consequences
    Hana Attia (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Christian Von Soest (Author) , 01.01.2023 London , p. 101-111 , 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  3. Institutionelle Friedenssicherung: nur Mittel zum Zweck : Erfolgsbedingungen von Sanktionen
    Pascal Abb (Author) , Hana Attia (Author) , Michael Brzoska (Author) , Christopher Daase (Author) , Nicole Deitelhoff (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Anton Peez (Author) , 01.06.2022 Bielefeld , p. 111-131 , 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. Who Cares About Foreign Policy?
    Hana Attia (Speaker) , Anton Peez (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Terminating contemporary sanctions: Design, duration, and outcomes
    Hana Attia (Speaker) , Julia Grauvogel (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Rethinking the Practice and Knowledge of Economic Statecraft in a Shifting Global Order
    Hana Attia (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Syria Sanctions Relief/Termination Consultation
    Hana Attia (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research

  5. The Future of International Sanctions
    Hana Attia (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Ethiopia to formally inaugurate massive and controversial Nile hydropower dam
    1 Media contribution

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  2. Podcast interview with ForeignTimes on sanctions and their consequences
    Interviewed once

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  3. Interview in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
    Interviewed once

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  4. Interview with Brut. on Egypt and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
    1 Media contribution

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  5. TV interview with Indus News on the Iran Nuclear Deal
    Interviewed once

    Press/Media: Press/Media

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Prizes

  1. Leibniz Dissertation Award 2024
    Hana Attia (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  2. Excellence in Teaching Award 2023/24
    Hana Attia (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Education

  3. Aquila Ascendens Prize for Exceptional Dissertations 2023
    Hana Attia (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  4. RAM Award for Exceptional Theses 2018
    Hana Attia (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Courses

Applied Quantitative methods C
Hana Attia
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As quantitative data play an increasingly important role in academia and beyond, developing strong data literacy and quantitative research skills is essential. This course combines theoretical models with empirical research to deepen our understanding of politics empirically. The class is structured into two blocks. The first block will begin with input from the lecturer on research design, covering key aspects such as formulating a research question, developing a theoretical argument, deriving testable hypotheses, and measuring concepts. The second block will focus on statistics, with input from the lecturer and practical guidance on implementing research design concepts and testing them using the statistical software STATA. Additionally, this block includes STATA exercises that provide students with hands-on experience with data management and statistical analysis to conduct their own analyses and interpret the results.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-05-11 at 14:15
Room: C 12.009 Seminarraum
Economic Statecraft
Hana Attia
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Economic statecraft is the use of economic tools, i.e. financial and regulatory, to achieve foreign policy objectives. For a long time, the primary focus in International Relations was on the threat or use of force, with tools for economic statecraft being seen as mere symbolic gestures or tools of little consequence. Nevertheless, in the last three decades, there has been a remarkable surge in the utilization of tools for economic statecraft. A recent example is the use of economic sanctions to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This course familiarizes students with the different tools available in the economic statecraft toolkit, including trade, foreign direct investment, and sanctions. We will study how and when governments select from their economic statecraft toolkit—which frequently involves selecting between economic rewards and punishment. Additionally, we will study the conditions under which these tools work best, while emphasizing the conceptual and methodological issues involved in measuring their effectiveness.
Next appointment:
Monday, 2026-05-11 at 16:15
Room: C 12.102 Seminarraum