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Prof. Dr. Julia Grauvogel

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21335 Lünebrug, Universitätsallee 1, C4.003a
Fon +49.4131.677-2458, julia.grauvogel@leuphana.de
Professor, Professorship of Global Interventions and Conflicts

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Vita

  • Since 4/2026: Professor of Global Interventions and Conflicts at Leuphana University of Lüneburg  
  • 01/2025-05/2025: Acting Director of the GIGA Institute for African Affairs
  • 05/2018 - 04/2022: Editor of Africa Spectrum
  • 2016 - 2018: Research Fellow in the project "International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes - IDCAR-Network" funded by Leibniz Competition
  • 2012 - 2016: Research Fellow in the project "Ineffective Sanctions?: External Sanctions and the Persistence of Autocratic Regimes" funded by Fritz Thyssen Foundation
  • Since 2012: Research Fellow at the GIGA Instiute of African Affairs
  • Education: PhD at the University of Hamburg "The 'Internal Opposition Effect' of International Sanctions: Insights from Burundi, Zimbabwe and a Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa” (scholarship from the Heinrich Böll Foudation); Master "Peace Research and International Politics" at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (scholarship from the Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V.), Bachelor "International Relations" at Dresden University of Technology

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. The Struggle over Presidential Term Limits in Africa: Special Issue
    Julia Grauvogel (Editor) , Charlotte Heyl (Editor) , 2020 Hamburg , 151 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Public opinion on sanctions compliance and evasion: Experimental evidence from the 2022–23 Russia sanctions
    Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Anton Peez (Author) , Katrin Brettfeld (Author) , Thomas Richter (Author) , Peter Wetzels (Author) , Hana Attia (Author) , 20.07.2026 , in: Conflict Management and Peace Science , 23 p.

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

  2. Targeted Sanctions Against Authoritarian Elites
    Tsz Ning Wong (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Nikolay Marinov (Author) , 01.01.2026 , in: Journal of Conflict Resolution , 25 p.

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

  3. The Currency Constraint: Explaining the Selective Enforcement of US Financial Sanctions
    Navin R. Bapat (Author) , Bryan R. Early (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Katja B. Kleinberg (Author) , 01.10.2024 , in: Foreign Policy Analysis, 20, 4 , 23 p.

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

  4. The Impact of External Pressure on Companies’ Responses to Sanctions – an International Comparative Study
    Beata Stępień (Author) , Bryan R. Early (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Keith A. Preble (Author) , Szymon Truskolaski (Author) , 01.06.2024 , in: European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 30, 2 , p. 1-26 , 26 p.

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

  5. 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

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Legitimacy and Legitimation Strategies in Authoritarian Regimes
    Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Christian von Soest (Author) , 22.05.2024

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

  2. The Termination of International Sanctions: Actors, Processes and Consequences
    Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Christian Von Soest (Author) , Hana Attia (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) , Michael Brzoska (Author) , Christopher Daase (Author) , Nicole Deitelhoff (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , Anton Peez (Author) , Hana Attia (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

  4. The internal opposition effect of international sanctions: insights from a qualitative comparative analysis
    Julia Grauvogel (Author) , 10.12.2021 , p. 202-222 , 21 p.

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

  5. Comparing Legitimation Strategies in Post-Soviet Countries
    Christian Von Soest (Author) , Julia Grauvogel (Author) , 26.01.2016 , p. 18-46 , 29 p.

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

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Activities

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

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Burundi Ahead of the 2025 Elections: Authoritarian Continuities and Shrinking Spaces Instead of a “New Window of Hope”?
    Julia Grauvogel (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Apathy, Outrage, or Action? Comparatively Analyzing Citizens’ Responses to Sanctioning Russia
    Julia Grauvogel (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Conducting Political Science Research in and about Authoritarian Regimes – Challenges and Strategies
    Julia Grauvogel (Speaker)
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    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Kulissen der Macht
    Julia Grauvogel (Speaker)

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

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Press / Media

  1. Simbabwe: EU verlängert Waffenembargo
    1 time cited

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  2. Das Potenzial für Nobelpreise ist da
    1 Media contribution

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  3. Öl aus Russland: Wie umgeht die Schattenflotte EU-Importverbote?
    Interviewed once

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  4. Putins Kriegskasse: Was bewirken die Russland-Sanktionen?
    Interviewed once

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  5. Russland und USA: Wie Trump den Druck auf Putin erhöhen könnte
    Interviewed once

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Courses

Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
Julia Grauvogel
Im Jahr 2024 erreichte die Anzahl bewaffneter Konflikte den höchsten Stand seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs. So bedrohen bewaffnete Konflikte das Leben von Millionen Menschen weltweit. Zugleich intervenieren unilaterale oder multilaterale Akteure in der Mehrzahl dieser Konflikte, um Frieden und Sicherheit wiederherzustellen. Ist die Abwesenheit von Gewalt ausreichend, um von Frieden zu sprechen? Warum brechen bewaffnete Konflikte aus? Und wie kann Frieden (wieder-)hergestellt werden? Diese und weitere zentrale Fragen der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung stehen im Mittelpunkt des Seminars. Es führt in die grundlegenden Begriffe und Konzepte der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung ein und behandelt verschiedene Ansätze zur Entstehung und Bearbeitung von Konflikten. Dabei werden aktuelle Problemfelder ebenso berücksichtigt wie empirische Fallbeispiele aus unterschiedlichen Regionen des globalen Südens.
In einem ersten Schritt werden zentrale Begriffe und Konzepte eingeführt. Der zweite Teil vertieft ausgewählte Problemfelder – etwa den Klimawandel – und analysiert Ursachen sowie Transformationsprozesse gewaltsamer Konflikte. Der dritte Teil widmet sich unterschiedlichen Ansätzen des Konfliktmanagements (u.a. humanitären Interventionen und Sanktionen), bevor abschließend zentrale normative Fragen in den Blick genommen werden.
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Master's Forum
Julia Grauvogel
This seminar is designed to support students in writing their Master’s thesis. It focuses on central questions of research projects and guides students step by step through the development of a compelling thesis, from identifying an appropriate research topic and research question to structuring the literature review, formulating an argument and/or hypotheses, and developing a suitable research design, including potential questions of case selection. The course will accompany students “in real time” as they write their Master’s thesis, addressing the respective steps of the process as they arise. In addition, the course offers practical guidance on the writing process, including strategies for addressing potential writing blockages as well as dealing with issues of data availability and non-findings. It also addresses how generative AI can and cannot be used. Finally, fundamental questions of research ethics will be discussed. The course is structured as a reading- and discussion-based seminar and combines group discussions on general issues of research design, small-group exchanges, and hands-on exercises for the different steps of the research and writing process. We will work with chapters from relevant textbooks and academic literature. Students will have ample opportunities to apply the concepts discussed to their own thesis projects.
Next appointment:
Lectures for this semester ended.