Esser, Daniel
Prof. Dr. Daniel E. Esser
Department
Inter- and Transnational Cooperation
Function
Associate Researcher
Specialization
Development Studies / Human Geography
Work areas
- Political Economy Analysis (PEA)
- Evidence-based policymaking
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
- Sociology of legitimation
- Security, peace, and fragile statehood
- Conflict dynamics in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Responsibilities in education and training
- Tenured associate professor at American University, Washington, DC, USA
Vita
| 9/2021-8/2023 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior Researcher in the research programme “Inter- and transnational Cooperation” |
| since 4/2015 | American University, Washington, DC Associate Professor (tenured) |
| 7/2009–3/2015 | American University, Washington, DC Assistant Professor (tenure track) |
| 1/2009–6/2009 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA Visiting Professor |
| 1/2008–6/2009 | Columbia University, New York Assistant Clinical Professor |
| 7/2007–7/2008 | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York Research Analyst (ICS-10) |
| 7/2006–7/2007 | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Bangkok Associate Economic Affairs Officer (ICS-9/YP, 2003 NCRE) |
| 1/2006–5/2006 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London Tutorial Fellow |
| 10/2004–07/2005 | CARE International UK, Kabul Governance Advisor |
| 10/2001–08/2002 | International Labour Office, Geneva Carlo Schmid Fellow |
Awards
- American Association of Geographers (AAG): Distinguished Service Award, Asian Geography Specialty Group (2019)
- American University School of International Service: Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award (2015)
- Rockefeller Foundation: Bellagio Center Residential Fellowship (2013)
Member of
- American Association of Geographers (AAG): Chair, Development Geographies Specialty Group (2021-2023)
- Member of the United Kingdom's Development Studies Association (DSA)
Refereed Publications
- Esser, Daniel (2022)
Urban governance in conflict zones: contentious politics, not resilience
in: Michael R. Glass / Taylor B. Seybolt / Phil Williams (eds.), Urban Violence, resilience and security: governance responses in the Global South, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 53-71 - Erickson, Bradley O. / Daniel E. Esser / Katie L. Turner (2021)
Spatial Dynamics of Racialized Income Inequality in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area
The Professional Geographer 73 (1), 72-84 - Esser, Daniel E. / James H. Mittelman (2020)
Globalization Narratives and Industrial Policy
in: Arkebe Oqubay / Christopher Cramer / Ha-Joon Chang / Richard Kozul-Wright, The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Policy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 284–310 - Esser, Daniel E. / James H. Mittelman (2019)
Blazing scholarly ground: from international studies to global studies
in: Chris Hudson / Erin K. Wilson (eds.), Revisiting the Global Imaginary Theories, Ideologies, Subjectivities: Essays in Honor of Manfred Steger, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 3-16 - Esser, Daniel E. (2018)
National influence in global health governance: the case of the United Kingdom’s department for international development
in: Richard Parker, Jonathan García (eds.), Routledge Handbook on the Politics of Global Health, London: Routledge, 219-229 - Esser, Daniel E. / James H. Mittelman (2018)
Transdisciplinarity
in: Mark Juergensmeyer / Saskia Sassen / Manfred B. Steger /Victor Faessel (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Global Studies, Oxford: Oxford University Press Edited by - Esser, Daniel E. (2016)
Interventionism and the Fear of Urban Agency in Afghanistan and Iraq
in: Mehran Kamrava (ed.), Fragile Politics: Weak States in the Greater Middle East, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 81–97 - Denskus, Tobias / Daniel E. Esser (2015)
TED Talks on International Development: Trans-Hegemonic Promise and Ritualistic Constraints
in: Communication Theory 25 (2), 166–187
Non-refereed Publications
- Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2024)
Wie bedingen sich Rechenschaftslegung und organisationales Lernen in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit?
(Discussion Paper 7/2024) - Janus, Heiner / Daniel Esser (2022)
New standard indicators for German development cooperation: How useful are numbers “at the touch of a button”?
(Policy Brief 7/2022) - Janus, Heiner / Daniel Esser (2022)
Neue Standardindikatoren für die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Was bringen "Zahlen auf Knopfdruck"?
(Policy Brief 3/2022)
Opinion Pieces
- Esser, Daniel (2022)
An opportunity to demand more effectiveness for better results
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 26 September 2022
Projects
Highlight
Urban governance in conflict zones: contentious politics, not resilience
Esser, Daniel (2022)
in: Michael R. Glass / Taylor B. Seybolt / Phil Williams (eds.), Urban Violence, resilience and security: governance responses in the Global South, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 53-71