Associate Professor
theinrich@uh.edu 
Website: https://www.theinrich.net/
713-743-5082
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Research Interests

International Political Economy; Quantitative Methods; Foreign Policy

Biographical Summary

Tobias Heinrich is an associate professor of political science. His work focuses on the domestic politics of international relations with emphasis on international migration, development aid, borders, and economic sanctions. He earned his Ph.D. from Rice University in 2013.

Education

• Ph.D., Rice University, Houston, TX
• M.A., Rice University, Houston, TX
• Magister, Universität Regensburg

Selected Publications

Yoshiharu Kobayashi, Menevis Cilizoglu, Tobias Heinrich, and William Christiansen, 2024. “No Entry in a Pandemic: Public Support for Border Closures”, American Journal of Political Science 68(2).

Christopher Witko and Tobias Heinrich, 2024. "Deserving Government Assistance? Public Support for Aid to Struggling Firms and Workers”, Political Behavior.

Yoshiharu Kobayashi, Christopher Howell, Tobias Heinrich, and Matthew Motta, 2022. "Investigating how historical legacies of militarized violence can motivate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Evidence from global dyadic survey”, Social Science & Medicine 311.

Tobias Heinrich, Yoshiharu Kobayashi, and Edward Lawson, jr. 2021. “Populism and Foreign Aid”, European Journal of Political Science 27(4).

Yoshiharu Kobayashi, Tobias Heinrich, and Kristin A. Bryant, 2021. "Public support for development aid during the COVID-19 pandemic”, World Development 138.