Dawid Walentek

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Ghent Institute of International and European Studies (GIES). My work focuses on the relation between domestic politics and conflict and cooperation in international relations, with a particular focus on economic coercion. 

My current project investigates the dynamics between individual preferences and economic coercion, with a specific focus on the European Union. This work is funded by an individual three-year BOF senior fellowship awarded by Ghent University.

Prior to joining Ghent University, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Warsaw and the University of Amsterdam. I completed my PhD in Political Economy at the University of Amsterdam in 2020.

My work appeared in journals such as Journal of Peace Research, Contemporary Security Policy, West European Politics, International Interactions and Journal of European Public Policy.

For my work, I received the Jeremy Richardson Best Paper Prize in 2025 from the Journal of European Public Policy, the START Award in 2022 from the Polish Foundation for Science (FNP) and the Best Graduate Paper Award in 2019 from the European International Studies Associations (EISA).