Janus, Heiner
Dr. Heiner Janus
Department
Inter- and Transnational Cooperation
Function
Project Lead & Senior Researcher
Specialization
Development Studies
Work areas
- Aid and Development Effectiveness
- Rising Powers
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Regional expertise
Regional coordinator East and South Asia
- Africa
- East Asia
Vita
| since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior Researcher, Research Department "Inter- and transnational cooperation" |
| 1/2012-12/2017 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher, Department "Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation" |
| 09/2015-01/2020 | University of Manchester, United Kingdom PhD at the Global Development Institute, Thesis: “Examining the results and adaptation ideas in foreign aid” |
| 01-04/2019 | University of Manchester, United Kingdom Teaching assistant for “Political Analysis of Development Policy” |
| 10-11/2017 | China Agricultural University, Beijing Guest Researcher |
| 06–09/2015 | United Nations Secretariat, New York Consultant at Office for Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination |
| 2010-2011 | United Nations Secretariat, New York Carlo-Schmid Fellow and Consultant at Office for Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination |
| 2009-2010 | University of York, United Kingdom Politics, Philosophy, Economics (M.A.) |
| 2008-2009 | National Taiwan University, Taiwan Studies in Political Economy of East Asia |
| 2006-2009 | Humboldt-University, Berlin Economics (B.Sc.) |
Member of
- Honorary Research Fellow at Global Development Institute (GDI), The University of Manchester
Refereed Publications
- Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2023)
How are accountability and organisational learning related? A study of German bilateral development cooperation
in: Evaluation 29 (4), 468-488 - Janus, Heiner (2022)
OECD DAC development cooperation
in: Kearrin Sims / Nicola Banks / Susan Engel / Paul Hodge / Jonathan Makuwira / Naohiro Nakamura / Jonathan Rigg / Albert Salamanca / Pichamon Yeophantong (Hrsg.), The Routledge Handbook of Global Development, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire and New York, US.: Routledge, 71-81 - Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (Eds.) (2020)
Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda: contested collaboration
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan - Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
Development cooperation in the context of contested global governance
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-21 - Janus, Heiner / Tang Lixia (2020)
Conceptualising ideational convergence of China and OECD donors: coalition magnets in development cooperation
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 217-243 - Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
Conclusion: leveraging development cooperation experiences for the 2030 Agenda - key messages and the way forward
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 705-716 - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
Beyond aid: a conceptual perspective on the transformation of development cooperation
in: Journal of International Development 27 (2), 155-169 - Klingebiel, Stephan / Heiner Janus (2014)
Results-based aid: potential and limits of an innovative modality in development cooperation
published on International Development Policy 6.1.2014 - Mackie, James / Stephan Klingebiel / Pedro Martins (eds.) (2013)
European Report on Development 2013: Post-2015: global action for an inclusive and sustainable future
Brussels: European Commission
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 / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (2024)
Tomorrow’s global development landscape: mapping trends and reform dynamics
(Policy Brief 4/2024) - Kloke-Lesch, Adolf / Heiner Janus (2023)
Why the EU should embrace GPI
in: Global Public Investment Network (GPIN), Time for Global Public Investment: leaders and experts rethink sustainable development finance (GPIN-Report 2023), 50-51 - 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) - Klingebiel, Stephan / Heiner Janus (2021)
Global challenges and development cooperation: how the relationship is changing
in: IDEES 55 - Calleja, Rachael / Heiner Janus (2021)
Four ways the German government can improve development effectiveness
published on www.cgdev.org, 02.09.2021 - Janus, Heiner / Paul Marschall / Hannes Öhler (2020)
Eine integrierte Perspektive auf die Wirksamkeit von Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 11/2020) - Janus, Heiner / Paul Marschall / Hannes Öhler (2020)
Bridging the gaps: an integrated approach to assessing aid effectiveness
(Briefing Paper 12/2020) - Janus, Heiner / Silke Weinlich (2019)
Der Mühe wert: die Reform des Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) der Vereinten Nationen
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2019) - Janus, Heiner / Silke Weinlich (2018)
A mountain worth climbing: reforming the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(Briefing Paper 20/2018) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel (2018)
Assessing results-based aid for financing development in sub-Saharan Africa
in: Muna Ndulo / Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa (eds.), Financing innovation and sustainable development in Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 29-50 - Sebastian Paulo / Heiner Janus / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
Thematic aid allocation: what are the benefits and risks?
(Briefing Paper 19/2017) - Paulo, Sebastian / Heiner Janus / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
Thematische Allokation von Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: wo liegen die Vor- und die Nachteile?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 14/2017) - Janus, Heiner / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
Ergebnisbasierte Ansätze für die Landwirtschaft: Potential und Grenzen
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 3/2017) - Janus, Heiner / Sarah Holzapfel (2017)
Introducing results-based approaches in agriculture: challenges and lessons learnt
(Briefing Paper 2/2017) - Janus, Heiner / Sarah Holzapfel (2016)
Results-based approaches in agriculture: what is the potential?
(Discussion Paper 25/2016) - Berensmann, Kathrin / Clara Brandi / Heiner Janus / Niels Keijzer / Silke Weinlich (2015)
Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development
in: Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin (eds.), Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (Discussion Paper 7/2015), 101-110 - Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer
(2015)
Big results now? Emerging lessons from results-based aid in Tanzania
(Discussion Paper 4/2015) - Holzapfel, Sarah / Heiner Janus
(2015)
Improving education outcomes by linking payments to results: an assessment of disbursement-linked indicators in five results-based approaches
(Discussion Paper 2/2015) - Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2014)
Post-2015: einen kohärenten Überprüfungsmechanismus schaffen
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 14/2014) - Hackenesch, Christine / Heiner Janus (2014)
Emerging economies in the post-2015 negotiations: how their positioning will shape the new agenda
in: Thomas Fues / Jiang Ye (eds.), United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 133-148 - Klingebiel, Stephan / Mark Furness / Heiner Janus / Mario Negre (2014)
The EU can contribute more than aid to the global development agenda
in: Thomas Fues / Jiang Ye (eds.), United Nations Post-2015 Agenda for global development: perspectives from China and Europe, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 169-183 - Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2014)
Post 2015: setting up a coherent accountability framework
(Briefing Paper 13/2014) - Keijzer, Niels / Heiner Janus (2014)
Linking results-based aid and capacity development support: conceptual and practical challenges
(Discussion Paper 25/2014) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
Beyond Aid: neue Wege?
in: Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit 55 (7), 292 - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
Beyond aid: new ways forward?
in: Development and Cooperation 41 (7), 292 - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
„Beyond Aid“ und die Zukunft der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 7/2014) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
“Beyond Aid” and the future of development cooperation
(Briefing Paper 6/2014) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Casjen Mahn (2014)
Wie soll Entwicklungszusammenarbeit gestaltet werden? Die Globale Partnerschaft und das Development Cooperation Forum
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 5/2014) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Casjen Mahn (2014)
How to shape development cooperation? The global partnership and the development cooperation forum
(Briefing Paper 3/2014) - Janus, Heiner (2014)
Real innovation or second-best solution? First experiences from results-based aid for fiscal decentralisation in Ghana and Tanzania
(Discussion Paper 3/2014) - Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2014)
Post 2015: wie sollten Ziele für (inter)nationale Politik entworfen werden?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 2/2014) - Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2013)
Post-2015: how to design goals for (inter)national action?
(Briefing Paper 23/2013) - Dafe, Florence / Renate Hartwig / Heiner Janus (2013)
Post 2015: why the development finance debate needs to make the move from quantity to quality
(Briefing Paper 22/2013) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2013)
Beyond Aid: konzeptionelle Überlegungen zum Wandel der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
(Discussion Paper 18/2013) - Hackenesch, Christine / Heiner Janus (2013)
Post-2015: how emerging economies shape the relevance of a new agenda
(Briefing Paper 14/2013) - Furness, Mark / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel (2013)
Post-2015: the EU can contribute more than aid to the global development agenda
(Briefing Paper 7/2013) - Dafe, Florence / Renate Hartwig / Heiner Janus (2013)
Yet another agenda: raising the quantity and quality of development financing beyond 2015
in: GREAT Insights 2 (3), 16-17 - Loewe, Markus / Steffen Bauer / Clara Brandi / Michael Brüntrup / Mark Furness / Alejandro Guarín / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Svea Koch / Timo Mahn / Nicole Rippin / Imme Scholz / Peter Wolff (2012)
Towards a post-2015 development framework: contribution of DIE to the public consultation of the European Commission
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - Dafe, Florence / Heiner Janus (2012)
The post-2015 development agenda: a new start for international cooperation
in: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) , Annual Report 2011-2012: building bridges between research and practice, 28-31 - Dafe, Florence / Heiner Janus (2012)
Die Post-2015-Entwicklungsagenda: ein neuer Anlauf für internationale Kooperation
in: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Jahresbericht 2011-2012: Brücken bauen zwischen Theorie und Praxis, 28-31 - Bauer, Steffen/ Carmen Richerzhagen / Clara Brandi /Florence Dafe / Mark Furness / Christian von Haldenwang / Annabelle Houdret / Heiner Janus / Oliver Johnson / Markus Loewe / Pieter Pauw / Anna Pegels / Isabel van de Sand / Waltina Scheumann / Imme Scho (2012)
Ensuring sustainable development globally: EU follow-up to Rio+20
Contribution of German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) to the EU Public Consultation
Opinion Pieces
- Liu, Wei / Heiner Janus (2018)
Next steps for China’s new development agency
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 28 November 2018) - Janus, Heiner / Lixia Tang (2017)
China’s 19th Party Congress: A stronger role for China in global development?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 17.10.2017) - Keijzer, Niels / Heiner Janus (2016)
Revitalising the development effectiveness agenda: seeking creativity and controversy
published on Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation 25 November, 2016 - Janus, Heiner / Niels Keijzer (2016)
Development Effectiveness: restoring the sense of urgency
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 28 November 2016) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel (2016)
Are results-based approaches key to implementing the 2030 Agenda in development cooperation?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 9 May 2016) - Heiner, Janus / Sarah Holzapfel (2016)
Sustainable Development Goals: Pick and choose - or integration at last?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 1 February 2016) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2015)
Aid was yesterday, what comes next?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 16 February 2015) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Sebastian Paulo (2014)
Beyond aid: a conceptual perspective on the transformation of development cooperation
Stanford (CDDRL Working Papers December 2014) - Janus, Heiner / Gerrit Kurtz (2014)
Post 2015: Peace, security and development belong together
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column, 22 April 2014) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Casjen Mahn (2014)
Shaping the architecture of global development cooperation
published on The Broker Online 28 March 2014 - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel / Timo Mahn (2014)
Berlin: cautious launch for new global development cooperation
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 17 March 2014) - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel (2013)
Results-based approaches und Results-Based Aid (RBA): ein Diskussionspapier
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - Janus, Heiner / Sebastian Paulo (2013)
Aid on the edge of chaos: review
published on Guardian Professional - Janus, Heiner/Sebastian Paulo (2013)
Does aid stand on the edge of chaos?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 25 November 2013) - Janus, Heiner (2013)
From content to coalitions
published on The Broker 31. July 2013 - Morazán, Pedro / Arno Behrens / Monica Alessi / Heiner Janus (2013)
Millennium Development Goals and beyond 2015: a strong EU engagement study for the European Parliament's Committee on Development
Brussels: European Union - Janus, Heiner / Stephan Klingebiel (2012)
Armutsbekämpfung und Nachhaltigkeit zusammenbringen
published on Zeit online, 11.09.2012 - Janus, Heiner (2012)
External support to national development efforts: literature review for the European Report on Development 2013
Projects
- The effectiveness of development policy
- Effectiveness, knowledge management and successful learning in development cooperation
- Role and Efficiency of Development Cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda
- Promoting food security in rural Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of agricultural intensification, social security and results-oriented approaches
- Aid and Development Effectiveness
- ERD 2013: European Report on Development
Highlight
How are accountability and organisational learning related? A study of German bilateral development cooperation
Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2023)
in: Evaluation, first published 08.10.2023
Highlight
OECD DAC development cooperation
Janus, Heiner (2022)
in: Kearrin Sims / Nicola Banks / Susan Engel / Paul Hodge / Jonathan Makuwira / Naohiro Nakamura / Jonathan Rigg / Albert Salamanca / Pichamon Yeophantong (Hrsg.), The Routledge Handbook of Global Development, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire and New York, US.: Routledge, 71-81