Nowack, Daniel
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Dr. Daniel Nowack
Research programme
Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function
Researcher
Specialization
Political Science
Work areas
- International democracy promotion and protection
- Democratization and autocratization
- Civil society and political culture
- Social Cohesion
Regional expertise
- Africa
Vita
since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace" |
2018– 2023 | University of Heidelberg, Institute for Political Science PhD candidate , Research focus: Democracy promotion and institutional change |
07/2016– 12/2017 | German Institute for Development / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik(DIE) Researcher, department "Governance, Statehood, Security" |
10/2013– 04/2016 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn M.A. „Society, Globalisation, and Development“ |
03/2015– 04/2016 | German Institute for Development / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik(DIE) Research assistant |
09/2010– 06/2013 | GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Student assistant |
02/2013– 06/2013 | Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung Internship „International Organisations“ |
09/2009– 01/2013 | University of Mannheim B. A. Political Science |
Refereed Publications
- Leininger, Julia / Daniel Nowack (2022)
Protection against autocratisation: how international democracy promotion helped preserve presidential term limits in Malawi and Senegal
in: Third World Quarterly 43 (2), 309-331 - Nowack, Daniel / Leininger, Julia (2021)
Protecting democracy from abroad: democracy aid against attempts to circumvent presidential term limits
in: Democratization 29 (1), 154-173 - Nowack, Daniel (2021)
Process tracing the term limit struggle in Malawi: the role of international democracy promotion in Muluzi's bid for a third term
in: Africa Spectrum (55) 3, 291-320
Non-refereed Publications
- Nowack, Daniel (2024)
The role of transnational democracy activists during Togo’s constitutional reform episode, 2017-2019
in: Sven Grimm / Stephan Klingebiel (eds.), Transnational cooperation – an explorative collection, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability, 40-45 - Leininger, Julia / Francesco Burchi / Charlotte Fiedler / Karina Mross / Daniel Nowack / Armin von Schiller / Christoph Sommer / Christoph Strupat / Sebastian Ziaja (2021)
Social cohesion: a new definition and a proposal for its measurement in Africa
(Discussion Paper 31/2021) - Leininger, Julia / Daniel Nowack (2021)
Demokratie schützen: Die Relevanz internationaler Demokratieförderung für Amtszeitbeschränkungen
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 6/2021) - Leininger Julia / Daniel Nowack (2021)
Protecting democracy: the relevance of international democracy promotion for term limits
(Briefing Paper 21/2021) - Nowack, Daniel / Sophia Schoderer (2020)
The role of values for social cohesion: theoretical explication and empirical exploration
(Discussion Paper 6/2020) - Nowack, Daniel (2018)
Cultural values, attitudes, and democracy promotion in Malawi: how values mediate the effectiveness of donor support for the reform of presidential term limits and family law
(Discussion Paper 27/2018)
Opinion Pieces
- Mross, Karina / Daniel Nowack / Julia Leininger (2020)
We need democracy protection to counter autocratisation
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 14 September 2020
Projects
- Protecting Democracy in times of Autocratization and Polarization
- Social cohesion in Africa
- What is democracy’s value? The Influence of Values on the Effectiveness of Democracy Promotion
- Promoting food security in rural Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of agricultural intensification, social security and results-oriented approaches
New Publication
Highlight
Protecting democracy from abroad: democracy aid against attempts to circumvent presidential term limits
Nowack, Daniel / Leininger, Julia (2021)
in: Democratization, first published 11.10.2021
Highlight
Protecting democracy: the relevance of international democracy promotion for term limits
Leininger Julia / Daniel Nowack (2021)
Briefing Paper 21/2021