Dawid Walentek is a postdoctoral researcher at the Ghent Institute of International and European Studies. His work focuses on conflict and cooperation in international relations, with a particular focus on economic sanctions. In his current project, Dawid studies the micro-dynamics of sanctions and investigates the relation between individual preferences and economic coercion. Dawid’s work appeared in journals such as West European Politics, International Interactions and Journal of European Public Policy.
Prior to joining Ghent University, Dawid was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Warsaw and the University of Amsterdam. Dawid completed his PhD in Political Economy at the University of Amsterdam in 2020.
For his work on economic sanctions Dawid received the START Award in 2022 from the Polish Foundation for Science and the Best Graduate Paper Award in 2019 from the European International Studies Associations.
