Tobias Risse

Affiliate Researcher

Tobias Risse is a Postdoctoral Researcher affiliated with Peace Research Center Prague.

He is part of the INTERFER project and his research focuses on states' and individuals' positions toward foreign and security policy.

Research focus

In his research, Tobias Risse focuses on states' and individuals' positions toward foreign and security policy. He is particularly interested in the determinants of state support for multilateral arms control and in public opinion on the trade and use of weapons.

BACKGROUND

Tobias Risse studied political science at the Universities of Düsseldorf, Konstanz, and Gothenburg, and obtained his PhD from Aarhus University in 2022. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Essex and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.

Selected publications

Risse, T. (2025). Civil war and state support for conventional arms control. Conflict Management and Peace Science

Finke, D. & Risse, T. (2024). Multidimensional conflicts over disarmament and international security: analyzing speeches in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. Political Science Research and Methods

Risse, T. (2024). External threats and state support for arms control. Journal of Peace Research

CONTACT

Email address: tobias.risse@unisg.ch