Heiner Janus

Dr. Heiner Janus

Department
Inter- and Transnational Cooperation

Function
Projektleiter & Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Specialization
Entwicklungsstudien

Work areas

Wirksamkeit der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Aufstrebende Mächte
Öffentliche Verwaltung

Regional expertise

Regionalkoordinator Ost- und Südasien

Afrika
Ostasien

Vita

seit 01/2018	German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (bis 06/2022 Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Forschungsabteilung "Inter- und transnationale Zusammenarbeit"
01/2012-12/2017	Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Abteilung „Bi- und Multilaterale Entwicklungspolitik“
09/2015-01/2020	University of Manchester, Großbritannien Promotion am Global Development Institute, Dissertation: “Examining the results and adaptation ideas in foreign aid”
01-04/2019	University of Manchester, Großbritannien Lehrassistent für “Political Analysis of Development Policy”
10-11/2017	China Agricultural University, Beijing Gastwissenschaftler
06–09/2015	Vereinte Nationen Sekretariat, New York Berater im Office for Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination
2010-2011	Vereinte Nationen Sekretariat, New York Carlo-Schmid Stipendiat und Berater im Office for Economic and Social Council Support and Coordination
2009-2010	University of York, Großbritannien Politik, Philosophie, Wirtschaft (M.A.)
2008-2009	National Taiwan University, Taiwan Studien in Politischer Ökonomie Ostasiens
2006-2009	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Volkswirtschaftslehre (B.Sc.)

Mitgliedschaften

Mitglied der UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) US-Taiwan Next Generation Working Group: 2026-2028
Honorary Research Fellow am Global Development Institute (GDI), The University of Manchester

Refereed Publications

Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
Foreign aid transparency amid politicization
in: Development Policy Review 43 (5), article e70038
Janus, Heiner / Daniel E. Esser (2025)
How do foreign aid agencies learn? A comparative analysis of organisational learning determinants in national donor bureaucracies
in: The European Journal of Development Research 37, 792-811
Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2025)
Development expertise: essential or expendable? Comparing interactions between knowledge and experience in German and Norwegian foreign aid bureaucracies
in: Public Administration and Development 45 (4), 393-403
Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2025)
Everything, everywhere, all at once? Donor bureaucrats struggle with four dimensions of development effectiveness
in: World Development 191, article 107017
Tangianu, Alessandra / Daniel E. Esser / Heiner Janus (2025)
Why do bureaucrats want mandatory training? A conjoint mixed-methods analysis of individual learning preferences in German, Norwegian, and South Korean donor agencies
in: Development Policy Review 43 (2), article e70003
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

Hailer-Röthel, Tim / Heiner Janus (2026)
Germany’s development cooperation reform in perspective
in: Mark Furness / Niels Keijzer (eds.), International development cooperation and the emerging global order, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 4-7
Esser, Daniel / Heiner Janus / Theisen, Mark / Tim Hailer-Röthel (2025)
2 superpowers, 1 playbook: Why Chinese and US bureaucrats think and act alike
published on theconversation.com, 16.12.2025
Hughes, Sam / Heiner Janus / Ian Mitchell / Tim Röthel (2025)
How to deprioritise? Selecting themes, countries and instruments for German development policy
London / Bonn: Center for Global Development (CGD) / German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
Transparency portals in development cooperation: more effectiveness and better communication?
(Policy Brief 37/2025)
Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
Transparenzportale in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Mehr Wirksamkeit und bessere Kommunikation?
(Policy Brief 20/2025)
Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
Development policy: don't overpromise and underdeliver
in: D+C (08/2025), 5-7
Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
Entwicklungspolitik: Nicht zu viel versprechen
in: E + Z (08/2025), 5-7
Janus, Heiner / Tim Röthel (2025)
Transparenz für mehr Wirksamkeit und öffentliches Vertrauen? Das deutsche Transparenzportal im internationalen Vergleich
(Discussion Paper 1/2025)
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

Esser, Daniel E. / Heiner Janus (2026)
Bullshit urgency and washing machines: As the US scrambles for a plan for Iran, pitfalls loom large
published on globalpolicyjournal.com, 01.04.2026
Erforth, Benedikt / Heiner Janus / Tim Hailer-Röthel (2026)
As aid is being pulled apart, Germany needs to fight back
published on Devex.com, 20.03.2026
Erforth, Benedikt / Janus, Heiner (2026)
Welt ohne Zentrum: wie Deutschland umdenken muss
in: Europe Table, 10.03.2026
Erforth, Benedikt / Heiner Janus (2026)
A world without a center: how Germany must rethink its approach
published on table.media/europe, 10.03.2026
Janus, Heiner / Armin von Schiller (2025)
Entwicklungshilfe unter Druck: Drei Maßnahmen sollen Effizienz steigern
published on fr.de, 02.10.2025
Janus, Heiner / Armin von Schiller (2025)
Entwicklungspolitik: Welche Reformen notwendig sind
published on Table.Media 01.05.2025
Janus, Heiner / Armin von Schiller (2025)
Last chance for a fundamental reform of German development policy?
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 28 April 2025
Janus, Heiner (2025)
Frozen in time: how to rethink the role of foreign aid in FFD4
published on blogs.idos-research.de, 19.03.2025
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

Janus, Heiner

Dr. Heiner Janus

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