PD Dr Julia Leininger
Department
Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function
Head of Department
Specialization
Political Science
Work areas
- Democracy Protection and Democracy Support
- Autocratization
- Scenario of political and sustainable futures
- Social cohesion and crisis prevention
Regional expertise
- Africa
Responsibilities in education and training
- Democracy, governance and development
Vita
| since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Head of the Research Department "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace" |
| 9/2014-12/2017 | German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Head of Department, Department "Governance, Statehood, Security" |
| 2013 | Parental Leave |
| since 2/2010 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher, Department "Governance, Statehood, Security" |
| 2006-2008 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Department II: Competitiveness and Social Development Researcher |
| 2005-2008 | Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Associated with PRIF/ Research Associate Project: Democracy Promotion through International Organisations |
| 2004-2008 | PhD at University of Heidelberg |
| 11/2005-02/2006 | UNDP Mali Department for "Democratic Governance" Worked in electoral assistance and wrote report on resources mobilizing |
| 05/2005-06/2005 | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Researcher |
| 1999-2003 | University of Heidelberg Project assistant |
| 06/2004-10/2004 | Free University of Berlin Editorial staff of the project "Global City Regions" |
| 1999-2000 | Universidad Católica in Santiago de Chile Studies of political science and literature |
| 1997-2003 | University of Heidelberg Studies in Political Science, Portuguese Literature and International Law |
Member of
- Co-Chair of the Advisory Council to the Federal Government Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding
- Advisory Board, International IDEA, Stockholm
- Ethics Commission of the Johannes Rau Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Academic and Policy Advisory Board (APAB), EMBRACEing change [EMBRACE] “Overcoming Blockages and Advancing Democracy in the European Neighbourhood”, Research Project EU Horizon 2022, 2002-2025
- Advisory Board of MISEREOR
- Advisory Board sef - Development and Peace Foundation, Germany
- Advisory Board “Bonn International”
Refereed Publications
- Kuhnt, Jana / Lennart Kaplan / Ana Garcia-Hernandez / Julia Leininger / Janina I. Steinert (2025)
Ethics and equity: addressing violations of the Belmont Report principles for research staff
in: World Development Perspectives 37, 100662 - Leininger, Julia / Karina Mross / Jonas Wolff (2025)
Strategic responses to autocratization in international democracy promotion
in: Democratization 32 (7), 1640-1662 - Pradhan, Prajal / Nina Weitz / Vassilis Daioglou / [...] / Julia Leininger / [...] / Christopher Wingens et al. (2024)
Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration
in: Nature Communications 15, article 8600 - Leininger, Julia (2024)
Religious actors and autocratization
in: Aurel Croissant / Luca Tomini (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization, London: Routledge, 289-304 - Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller / Charlotte Fiedler (2024)
Strengthening social cohesion to mitigate human insecurity: Promise and peril
in: Human Development Report 2023-24, Breaking the gridlock: reimagining cooperation in a polarized world, New York: UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), 163-166 - Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller (2024)
What works in democracy support? How to fill evidence and usability gaps through evaluation
in: Evaluation 30 (1), 7-26 - Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Daniele Malerba / Jale Tosun (2023)
Integrated policymaking: institutional designs for implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
in: World Development 170, article 106317 - Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Daniele Malerba (2022)
Governance mechanisms for coherent and effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda: A cross-national comparison of government SDG bodies
in: Anita Breuer / Daniele Malerba / Srinivasa, Srigiri / Pooja Balasubramanian (eds.), Governing the interlinkages between the SDGs: approaches, opportunities and challenges, London: Routledge, 51-71 - Burchi, Francesco / Markus Loewe / Daniele Malerba / Julia Leininger (2022)
Disentangling the relationship between social protection and social cohesion: introduction to the special issue
in: European Journal of Development Research, 34 (3), 1195 - 1215 - van Vuuren, Detlef P. / Caroline Zimm / Sebastian Busch et al. (2022)
Defining a sustainable development target space for 2030 and 2050
in: One Earth 5 (2), 142-156 - 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 - Soergel, Bjoern et al. (2021)
A sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda
in: Nature Climate Change 11 (8), 656–664 - Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger (2021)
Horizontal accountability for SDG implementation: a comparative cross-national analysis of emerging national accountability regimes
in: Sustainability 13 (13), article 7002 - O’Neill, Brian C. et al. (2020)
Achievements and needs for the climate change scenario framework
in: Nature Climate Change 10, 1074–1084 - Fiedler, Charlotte / Jörn Grävingholt / Julia Leininger / Karina Mross (2020)
Gradual, cooperative, coordinated: effective support for peace and democracy in conflict-affected states
in: International Studies Perspectives 21 (1), 54-77 - Poppe, Annika Elena / Julia Leininger / Jonas Wolff (2019)
Introduction: Negotiating the promotion of democracy (special issue)
in: Democratization 26 (5), 759-776 - Poppe, Annika Elena / Julia Leininger / Jonas Wolff (2019)
Beyond contestation: conceptualizing negotiation in democracy promotion
in: Democratization 26 (5) 777-795 - Berger, Axel / Julia Leininger / Dirk Messner (eds.) (2018)
The G20 in 2017: born in a financial crisis - lost in a global crisis?
in: Global Summitry 3 (2), 110-123 - Berger, Axel / Julia Leininger / Dirk Messner (2018)
Introduction: The G20 in 2017: born in a financial crisis - lost in a global crisis?
in: Global Summitry 3 (2), 110-123 - Leininger, Julia (2017)
"On the table or at the table?" G20 and its cooperation with Africa
in: Global Summitry 3 (2), 193–205 - Tosun, Jale / Julia Leininger (2017)
Governing the interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals: approaches to attain policy integration
published on Global Challenges 13 November 2017 - Leininger, Julia (2016)
It's institutions, not theology! Muslim actors’ influence on democratization in Mali
in: Politics and Religion 9 (4), 815-842 - Leininger, Julia / Dirk Messner (2015)
Entwicklungspolitik
in: Dieter Nohlen / Florian Grotz (Hrsg.), Kleines Lexikon der Politik, München: Beck, 131-137 - Leininger, Julia (2015)
Against all odds: strong democratic norms in the African Union
in: Tanja A. Börzel / Vera van Hüllen (eds.), Governance transfer by regional organizations, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 51-67 - Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger (2014)
Evaluating statebuilding support: learning from experience or judging from assumptions?
in: Ole Winckler Andersen / Beate Bull / Megan Kennedy-Chouane (eds.), Evaluation methodologies for aid in conflict, London: Routledge, 154-174 - Leininger, Julia / Sonja Grimm / Tina Freyburg (eds.) (2013)
Conflicting objectives in democracy promotion: do all good things go together?
London: Routledge - Leininger, Julia / Sonja Grimm / Tina Freyburg (eds.) (2012)
Do all good things go together? Conflicting objectives in democracy promotion
Democratization 19 (3), Special Issue - Grimm, Sonja / Julia Leininger (2012)
Not all good things go together: conflicting objectives in democracy promotion
in: Democratization 19 (3), Special Issue, 391-414 - Leininger, Julia (2012)
"Bringing the outside in": illustrations from Haiti and Mali for the re-conceptualization of democracy promotion
in: Peter Burnell / Oliver Schlumberger (eds.), International politics and national political regimes: promoting democracy: promoting autocracy, London: Routledge, 63-80 - Leininger, Julia (2010)
Demokratieförderung in außenabhängigen Entwicklungsländern: ein Forschungsansatz zur kontextsensiblen Analyse internationaler Demokratieförderung
Heidelberg, Univ., Diss. - Leininger, Julia (2010)
‘Bringing the outside in’: illustrations from Haiti and Mali for the re-conceptualization of democracy promotion
in: Contemporary Politics 16 (1), 63 – 80 - Leininger, Julia / Mirjam Künkler (2010)
The multi-faceted role of religious actors in democratization processes: empirical evidence from five young democracies
in: Democratization 16 (6), 1058-1092 - Leininger, Julia (2008)
Haiti
in: Rüdiger Wolfrum et al. (eds.), Max Planck encyclopedia of public international law, Heidelberg: Max Planck Institut, 676-685 - Altenburg, Tilman / Julia Leininger (2008)
Global shifts caused by the rise of anchor countries
in: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie 52 (1), 4-19 - Leininger, Julia (2006)
Democracy and UN Peacekeeping: conflict resolution through state-building and democracy promotion in Haiti
in: Rüdiger Wolfrum / Arnim von Bogdandy (eds.), Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law 10, 465-530
Non-refereed Publications
- Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Daniel Nowack / Armin von Schiller (2025)
African views on external support for democracy in times of multipolarity
in: Christine Hackenesch / Tobias Heidland / Denis M. Tull (eds.), Leverage and Limits: What African Actors Make of the new Multipolarity, Megatrends Afrika Working Paper 21, Berlin/Bonn/Kiel: SWP/IDOS/IfW, 22-27 - Bonschab, Thomas / Robert Kappel / Stephan Klingebiel (Hrsg.) (2025)
Deutsche Entwicklungspolitik in der Diskussion
Berlin, Bonn, Frankfurt: Weltneuvermessung (Blog herausgegeben von Thomas Bonschab, Robert Kappel und Stephan Klingebiel) - Vandeputte, Nathan / Fabienne Bossuyt / Danile Di Mauro / Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Julia Leininger / Evelyn Mantoiu / Stefanio Panebianco / Yassin Said / Christopher Wingens (2024)
Harnessing the democratising potential of the EU’s foreign policy agenda
Mapping and Organizing Research on Dictatorships (M.O.R.D.O.R. project), Report - Vandeputte, Nathan / Fabienne Bossuyt / Niels Keijzer / Christine Hackenesch / Evelyn Mantoiu / Danio Di Mauro / Christopher Wingens / Stefania Panebianco / Julia Leininger (2024)
The EU's support to democracy: recognising the democratising potential of the EU's foreign policy agenda
Mapping and Organizing Research on Dictatorships, Policy Brief - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2024)
Democracy protection: fundamental reforms needed to adjust to the new context
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 32-35 - Loewe, Markus / Armin von Schiller / Tina Zintl / Julia Leininger (2024)
Social contract and social cohesion: synergies and tensions between two related concepts
(Policy Brief 3/2024) - Leininger, Julia (2024)
Demokratie schützen, Autokratisierung abwenden
in: Entwicklung + Zusammenarbeit 2/2024, 6-8 - Leininger, Julia (2024)
A more strategic approach to counter autocratisation
in: Development + Cooperation 2/2024, 6- 8 - Mross, Karina / Jörn Grävingholt / Julia Leininger (2023)
Autocratisation: the end of the end of history?
in: Annual Report 2021-2022 - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 14-18 - Mross, Karina / Jörn Grävingholt / Julia Leininger (2023)
Autokratisierung: das Ende vom Ende der Geschichte?
in: Jahresbericht 2021-2022 - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 14-18 - Leininger, Julia (2022)
International democracy promotion in times of autocratization: from supporting to protecting democracy
(Discussion Paper 21/2022) - Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller / Christoph Strupat / Daniele Malerba (2022)
Policy responses to COVID-19: why social cohesion and social protection matter in Africa
(Discussion Paper 20/2022) - Leininger, Julia (2022)
Subsahara-Afrika
in: Heinrich Oberreuter (Hrsg.), Staatslexikon: Schule – Virtuelle Realität (Band 5), Freiburg i. Br.: Verlag Herder, 853-866 - Traub-Merz, Rudolf / Manfred Öhm / Julia Leiniger / Florence Bonnet / Henrik Maihack (2022)
A majority working in the shadows: a six-country opinion survey on informal labour in sub-Saharan Africa
Bonn: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Balasubramanian, Pooja / Anita Breuer / Julia Leininger / Cameron Allen / Julia Kercher (2022)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 16: a governance compass towards just transition?
(Policy Brief 4/2022) - Allen, Cameron / Julia Kercher / Anita Breuer / Julia Leininger / Pooja Balasubramanian (2022)
Connections that matter: how the quality of governance institutions may be the booster shot we need to reduce poverty and inequality
Oslo: UNDP / DIE (May 2022) - Soergel, Bjoern / Elmar Kriegler / Iaabelle Weindl / [...] / Constantin Ruhe / [...] Julia Leininger / [...] Christopher Wingens et al. (2021)
Data repository: a sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda
Potsdam / Frankfurt am Main / Bonn / Berlin: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) / Universität Potsdam / Goethe Universität / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / Technische Universität Berlin / Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - 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) - Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Saionara König-Reis (2021)
Key players in accountable SDG implementation: national human rights institutions
(Briefing Paper 16/2021) - Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Kirsten Brosbøl / Léna Belly-Le Guilloux / Bora Sefa (2021)
Key players in national SDG accountability: the role of parliaments
(Briefing Paper 15/2021) - Leininger, Julia / Christoph Strupat / Yonas Adeto / Abebe Shimeles / Wilson Wasike (2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic and structural transformation in Africa: evidence for action
(Discussion Paper 11/2021) - Bergmann, Julian / Ina Friesen / Christine Hackenesch / Julia Leininger (2020)
Friedenspolitische Kohärenz deutscher Afrikapolitik. Eine Analyse anhand der afrikabezogenen Leitlinien und Strategiepapiere der Bundesregierung
Berlin: Beirat der Bundesregierung Zivile Krisenprävention und Friedensförderung Studienreihe des Beirats (Studie 1) - Nakicenovic, Nebojsa et al. (2020)
Innovations for sustainability: pathways to an efficient and sufficient post-pandemic future
3rd report prepared by The World in 2050 Initiative (TWI2050), Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Karina Mross (2020)
What the EU should do for democracy support in Africa: ten proposals for a new strategic initiative in times of polarisation
(Discussion Paper 14/2020) - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Karina Mross (2020)
What the EU should do for democracy support in Africa: ten proposals for a new strategic initiative in times of polarisation
published on Together towards Sustainability, 12 June 2020 Bonn: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger / Jale Tosun (2019)
Integrated policymaking: choosing an institutional design for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
(Discussion Paper 14/2019) - Funk, Evelyn / Lisa Groß / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2019)
Erkenntnisse aus der wirkungsorientierten Begleitforschung: Potential und Grenzen der rigorosen Wirkungsanalyse von Governance-Programmen
(Discussion Paper 13/2019) - Bauer, Steffen / Julian Bergmann / Clara Brandi / Mark Furness / Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Gabriela Iacobuta / Julia Leininger / Benjamin Schraven et al. (2019)
An agenda for Europe in the world
Brussels: European Think Tanks Group - Nakicenovic,Nebojsa / Dirk Messner / Caroline Zimm / Geoff Clarke / Johan Rockström / Ana Paula Aguiar / Benigna Boza-Kiss / Lorenza Campagnolo / Ilan Chabay / David Collste / Luis Comolli / Luis Gomez-Echeverri / Anne Goujon / Arnulf Grubler / Reiner Jun (2019)
The digital revolution and sustainable development: opportunities and challenges; Report prepared byThe World in 2050 initiative
Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) - Leininger, Julia / Anna Lührmann / Rachel Sigman (2019)
The relevance of social policies for democracy: preventing autocratisation through synergies between SDG 10 and SDG 16
(Discussion Paper 7/2019) - Leininger, Julia (2018)
Democracy promotion in Africa
in: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (ed.), (PRIF Report 13/2018), 30-33 - Leininger, Julia (2018)
The many paces of development in Africa
in: Stefan Mair / Dirk Messner / Lutz Mayer (eds.), Germany and the world 2030: what will change; how we must act: Berlin: Econ, 132-144 - Funk, Evelyn / Lisa Groß / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2018)
Lessons learnt from impact-oriented accompanying research: potentials and limitations to rigorously assessing the impact of governance programmes
(Discussion Paper 28/2018) - Leininger, Julia (2018)
Afrika der vielen Geschwindigkeiten
in: Stefan Mair / Dirk Messner / Lutz Meyer (Hrsg.), Deutschland und die Welt 2030: was sich verändert und wie wir handeln müssen, Berlin: Ullstein, 153-161 - Messner, Dirk / Jeff Sachs / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Johan Rockström / Guido Schmidt-Traub / Sebastian Busch / Geoff Clarke / Owen Gaffney / Elmar Kriegler / Peter Kolp / Julia Leininger / Keywan Riahi / Sander van der Leeuw / Detlef van Vuuren / Caroline Z (2018)
Synthesis
in: Elmar Kriegler / Dirk Messner / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Keywan Riahi / Johan Rockström / Jeffrey Sachs / Sander van der Leeuw / Detlef van Vuuren (eds.), Transformations to achieve the sustainable development goals; Report prepared by The World in 2050 Initiative, Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 7-28 - Leininger, Julia / Ines Dombrowsky / Dirk Messner / Anita Breuer / Constantin Ruhe / Hannah Janetschek / Hermann Lotze-Campen (2018)
Governing the transformations towards sustainability
in: Elmar Kriegler / Dirk Messner / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Keywan Riahi / Johan Rockström / Jeffrey Sachs / Sander van der Leeuw / Detlef van Vuuren (eds.), Transformations to achieve the sustainable development goals; Report prepared by The World in 2050 Initiative, Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 107-126 - van Vuuren, Detlef / Elmar Kriegler / Keywan Riahi / Caroline Zimm / Felix Creutzig / Anne Goujon / Arnulf Grubler / Tomoko Hasegawa / David McCollum / Raya Muttarak / Simon Parkinson / Pauline Scheelbeek / Sam Sellers / Ana Paula Aguiar / Avit Bhowmik / (2018)
Sustainable development pathways
in: Elmar Kriegler / Dirk Messner / Nebojsa Nakicenovic / Keywan Riahi / Johan Rockström / Jeffrey Sachs / Sander van der Leeuw / Detlef van Vuuren (eds.), Transformations to achieve the sustainable development goals; Report prepared by The World in 2050 Initiative, Laxenburg: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 69-105 - Leininger, Julia / Benjamin Schraven (2017)
Migration: weg mit diesem Afrikabild!
published on Zeit Online 27. März 2017 - Gobbelaar, Neuma / Christine Hackenesch / Adolf Kloke-Lesch / Julia Leininger / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (2017)
G20 and Africa - ready for a steady partnership?
published on G20 Insights May 15, 2017 - Gyimah-Boadi, Emmanuel / Michael Bratton / Julia Leininger (2017)
Cooperation between G20 and African states: delivering on African citizens’ demands
published on G20 Insights April 9, 2017 - Leininger, Julia / Christine Hackenesch (2017)
Die G20 und Afrika: wir brauchen einen Paradigmenwechsel
in: Diplomatisches Magazin (forthcoming) - Leininger, Julia (2017)
Demokratieförderung schafft Stabilität
in: Wolfgang Ischinger / Dirk Messner (Hrsg.), Deutschlands neue Verantwortung: die Zukunft der deutschen und europäischen Außen-, Entwicklungs- und Sicherheitspolitik, Berlin: Econ, 194-197 - Leininger, Julia / Charlotte Heyl (2016)
Mali seit 1992: Erfolge und Schwächen einer jungen Demokratie
in: Martin Hofbauer / Philipp Münch (Hrsg.), Mali: Wegweiser zur Geschichte, 2. aktualisierte Aufl., Paderborn : Ferdinand Schöningh, 71-81 - Leininger, Julia (2016)
Contextualizing democracy promotion
published on Comparative democratization 14 (3), 8-11 - Schraven, Benjamin / Bernhard Trautner / Julia Leininger / Markus Loewe / Jörn Grävingholt (2016)
How can development policy help to tackle the causes of flight?
(Briefing Paper 2/2016) - Schraven, Benjamin / Bernhard Trautner / Julia Leininger / Markus Loewe / Jörn Grävingholt (2015)
Was kann Entwicklungspolitik zur Bekämpfung von Fluchtursachen beitragen?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 14/2015) - Leininger, Julia / Katja Freistein (2015)
Internationale Organisationen
in: Wichard Woyke / Johannes Varwick (Hrsg.), Handwörterbuch Internationale Politik (13. Aufl.), Leverkusen: Budrich, 197-209 - Leininger, Julia (2015)
Islamismus
in: Dieter Nohlen / Florian Grotz (Hrsg.), Kleines Lexikon der Politik, München: Beck, 300-302 - Leininger, Julia (2015)
Demokratieförderung
in: Dieter Nohlen / Florian Grotz (Hrsg.), Kleines Lexikon der Politik, München: Beck, 94-96 - Leininger, Julia (2015)
Demokratieförderung
in: Raj Kollmorgen / Wolfgang Merkel / Hans-Jürgen Wagener (Hrsg.), Handbuch Transformationsforschung, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, 509-516 - Faust, Jörg / Julia Leininger (2014)
Supporting democracy abroad: an assessment of leading powers
Washington D.C.: Freedom House - Leininger, Julia / Sebastian Ziaja (2014)
Zielkonflikte in der Demokratieförderung: Pauschallösungen und unvollständige Demokratisierung verhindern
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 16/2014) - Messner, Dirk / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch / Julia Leininger (2014)
What prospects for a joint Africa-EU effort towards formulating a Post-2015 framework for global development?
published on Europe-Africa Policy Research Network: The global game has changed - what role for Europe-Africa relations?, 63-64 - Leininger, Julia / Sebastian Ziaja (2014)
Conflicting objectives in democracy promotion: avoiding blueprint traps and incomplete democratic transitions
(Briefing Paper 11/2014) - Leininger, Julia (2014)
A strong norm for democratic governance in Africa
Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) - Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger (2014)
"Mehr Verantwortung" in der Welt: die größten Herausforderungen sind nicht militärischer Art
in: Forum Loccum 33 (1), 13-15 - Leininger, Julia (2013)
Religiöse Akteure in Demokratisierungsprozessen: konstruktiv, destruktiv und obstruktiv
Wiesbaden: Springer VS - Künkler, Mirjam / Julia Leininger (2013)
Schlussbetrachtung
in: Julia Leininger (Hrsg.), Religiöse Akteure in Demokratisierungsprozessen: konstruktiv, destruktiv und obstruktiv, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 245-285 - Leininger, Julia (2013)
Die ambivalente Rolle islamischer Akteure im Demokratisierungsprozess in Mali
in: Julia Leininger (Hrsg.), Religiöse Akteure in Demokratisierungsprozessen: konstruktiv, destruktiv und obstruktiv, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 193-242 - Künkler, Mirjam / Julia Leininger (2013)
Einleitung: "Zur Rolle von Religion in Demokratisierungsprozessen"
in: Julia Leininger (Hrsg.), Religiöse Akteure in Demokratisierungsprozessen: konstruktiv, destruktiv und obstruktiv, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 13-45 - Heyl, Charlotte / Julia Leininger (2012)
Mali: hinter den Kulissen der ehemaligen Musterdemokratie
published on GIGA Focus 2/2012 - Leininger, Julia / Charlotte Heyl / Henrik Maihack / Benjamin Reichenbach (2012)
Instituições informais e descentralização em Moçambique: a presidência Aberta e Inclusiva
in: Weimer, Bernhard (ed.), Moçambique: decentralizar o centralismo [Mozambique: decentralizing the centralism], Maputo: IESE, 216-236 - Leininger, Julia / Solveig Richter (2012)
The European endowment for democracy between wishful thinking and reality: flexible and unbureaucratic?
(Briefing Paper 11/2012) - Leininger, Julia / Solveig Richter (2012)
Der Europäische Demokratiefonds zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit: flexibel und unbürokratisch?
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 9/2012) - Bertelsmann (2012)
Country Report Mali
published on http://www.bti-project.de/home/index.nc - Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger / Christian von Haldenwang (2012)
Effective statebuilding? A review of evaluations of international statebuilding support in fragile contexts
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, DANIDA (Evaluation Study 2012/3) - Leininger, Julia (2012)
Sub-Sahara Afrika
in: Simon Koschut / Magnus-Sebastian Kutz (Hrsg.), Die Außenpolitik der USA: Theorie - Prozess - Politikfelder - Regionen, Opladen: Budrich, 275-289 - Böckenförde, Markus / Julia Leininger (2012)
Demokratie und Menschenrechte in der deutschen Außenpolitik
in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 10/2012, 40-46 - Leininger, Julia (2012)
Zur Vereinbarkeit von Islam und Demokratie: ein demokratietheoretischer Kommentar
in: Bundeszentrale für politsche Bildung (Hrsg,), Arabische Zeitenwende: Aufstand und Revolution in der arabischen Welt, Bonn, 148-154 - Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger (2012)
International democracy promotion: new opportunities, old problems
in: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) , Annual Report 2011-2012: building bridges between research and practice, 32-35 - Breuer, Anita / Julia Leininger (2012)
Internationale Demokratieförderung: neue Chancen, alte Probleme
in: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) , Jahresbericht 2011-2012: Brücken bauen zwischen Theorie und Praxis, 32-35 - Leininger, Julia (2011)
Afrikanische Union
in: Katja Freistein / Julia Leininger, Handbuch internationale Organisationen: theoretische Grundlagen und Akteure, München: Oldenbourg, 66-76 - Göbel, Christian / Julia Leininger (2011)
Democracy
in: George Thomas Kurian (ed.),The encyclopedia of political science, Washington, D.C.: CQ Pr., 387-390 - Leininger, Julia / Silke Weinlich (2011)
Entwicklungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen
in: Katja Freistein / Julia Leininger, Handbuch internationale Organisationen: theoretische Grundlagen und Akteure, München: Oldenbourg, 233-240 - Leininger, Julia (2011)
G7/G8/G20
in: George Thomas Kurian (ed.),The encyclopedia of political science, Washington, D.C.: CQ Pr., 645-646 - Freistein, Katja / Julia Leininger (Hrsg.) (2011)
Handbuch internationale Organisationen: theoretische Grundlagen und Akteure
München: Oldenbourg - Künkler, Mirjam / Julia Leininger (2011)
Religion and politics
in: George Thomas Kurian (ed.),The encyclopedia of political science, Washington, D.C.: CQ Pr., 1450-1453 - Peters, Dirk / Katja Freistein / Julia Leininger (2011)
Theoretische Grundlagen zur Untersuchung internationaler Organisationen
in: Katja Freistein / Julia Leininger, Handbuch internationale Organisationen: theoretische Grundlagen und Akteure, München: Oldenbourg, 1-27 - Leininger, Julia (2011)
Prestação de contas através do diálogo: a Presidência Aberta e Inclusiva em Moçambique
(Briefing Paper 9/2011) - Leininger, Julia (2011)
Accountability through dialogue: the Presidencîa Aberta e Inclusiva in Mozambique
(Briefing Paper 6/2011) - Leininger, Julia (2011)
Demokratieförderung
in: Dieter Nohlen / Florian Grotz (Hrsg.), Kleines Lexikon der Politik, 5. Aufl., München: Beck, 86-89 - Leininger, Julia / Dirk Messner (2011)
Entwicklungspolitik
in: Dieter Nohlen / Florian Grotz (Hrsg.), Kleines Lexikon der Politik, München: Beck, 5. Auf., 124-130 - Leininger, Julia (2010)
Nord-Süd-Konflikt
in: Wichard Woyke (Hrsg.), Handwörterbuch internationale Politik, 12. überarb. u. akt. Aufl., Opladen: Budrich, 410-419 - Leininger, Julia (2009)
Demokratieförderung
in: Dieter Nohlen / Rainer-Olaf Schultze (Hrsg.), Lexikon der Politikwissenschaft 1, 4. Aufl., München: Beck, 141-143 - Leininger, Julia (2009)
Religion und Demokratisierung am Beispiel islamischer Akteure in Mali: Implikationen für internationale Demokratieförderung
in: Wilhelm, Jürgen / Hartmut Ihne (Hrsg.): Religion und globale Entwicklung, Bonn, 229-249 - Leininger, Julia / Mirjam Künkler (2009)
Säkularisierung
in: Dieter Nohlen / Rainer-Olaf Schultze (Hrsg.), Lexikon der Politikwissenschaft, 2, 4. Aufl., München: Beck, 934-935 - Leininger, Julia (2009)
Soziale Kohäsion
in: Dieter Nohlen / Rainer-Olaf Schultze (Hrsg.), Lexikon der Politikwissenschaft, 2, 4. Aufl., München: Beck, 972-973 - Leininger, Julia (2009)
State-building
in: Dieter Nohlen / Rainer-Olaf Schultze (Hrsg.), Lexikon der Politikwissenschaft 2, 4. Aufl., München: Beck, 1034-1045 - Leininger, Julia (2009)
Think big! Future prospects of the international summit architecture – the G20, G8, G5, and the Heiligendamm Dialogue Process
(Discussion Paper 6/2009) - Leininger, Julia (2009)
Think big! Zukunftsperspektiven der internationalen Gipfelarchitektur - die G20, G8, G5 und der Heiligendamm-Dialogprozess
(Discussion Paper 2/2009) - Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger / Oliver Schlumberger (2009)
The three Cs of democracy promotion policy: context, consistency and credibility
(Briefing Paper 1/2009) - Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger / Oliver Schlumberger (2009)
Demokratieförderung: kein Ende der Geschichte
(Analysen und Stellungnahmen 1/2009) - Grävingholt, Jörn / Julia Leininger / Oliver Schlumberger (2009)
Demokratieförderung: Quo Vadis?
in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 8/2009, 28-33 - Fues, Thomas / Julia Leininger (2008)
Germany and the Heiligendamm process
in: Andrew Cooper / Agata Antkiewicz (eds.), Emerging powers in Global Governance - lessons form the Heiligendamm process, Waterloo: CIGU-WLUP, 235-267 - Bauer, Steffen / Julia Leininger (2007)
Book review: 'Paul Kennedy: Parlament der Menschheit; die Vereinten Nationen und der Weg zur Weltregierung'
in: Internationale Politik 12/2007, 133-136 - Leininger, Julia (2006)
Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein… Die NGO-Anhörungen in der VN-Generalversammlung
in: Eckart Klein / Helmut Vogler (Hrsg.), Ein Jahr nach dem UN-Weltgipfel 2005: eine Bilanz der Reformbemühungen: Tagungsdokumentation des Forschungskreis Vereinte Nationen, Potsdam: Menschenrechtszentrum, 79-96
Opinion Pieces
- Leininger, Julia / Bodo von Borries (2025)
Wehrhaftigkeit alleine schafft keine Sicherheit
published on zeit.de, 21.05.2025 - Horndige, Anna-Katharina / Julia Leininger (2025)
Deutschlands Sicherheit ist kein Nullsummenspiel
in: Deutsche Entwicklungspolitik in der Diskussion, Thomas Bonschab / Robert Kappel / Stephan Klingebiel (Hrsg.), Berlin, Bonn, Frankfurt: Weltneuvermessung (Sammelband von Blogbeiträgen), 18 - Leininger, Julia / Martin-Shields, Charles (2025)
Who cares about aid? Voters do!
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 18 February 2025 - Grimm, Sonja / Tina Freyburg / Julia Leininger / Solveig Richter (2025)
USAID vor dem Aus? Mögliche Folgen für die internationale Demokratieförderung
published on external-democracy-promotion.eu, 06.02.2025 - Leininger, Julia / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (2024)
Security policy is not development policy
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 21 February 2024 - Leininger, Julia (2023)
No Sellout of Democracy
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 13 September 2023 - Leininger, Julia (2021)
Why Germany should promote democracy now more so than ever
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 30 August 2021 - Leininger, Julia / Armin von Schiller (2021)
About the need for a public debate about social cohesion and democracy
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 28 April 2021 - Leininger, Julia / Staffan I. Lindberg (2021)
Time is ripe for a global democracy summit
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 19 January 2021 - Bergmann, Julian / Ina Friesen / Christine Hackenesch / Julia Leininger (2020)
Die friedenspolitische Kohärenz deutscher Afrikapolitik stärken: Anregungen für die Bundesregierung
published on peacelab.blog, 01.12.2020 - 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 - Leininger, Julia (2020)
Tackling the pandemic without doing away with democracy
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Colum of 27 April 2020 - Hackenesch, Christine / Niels Keijzer / Julia Leininger (2020)
How Africa and Europe can work towards a different type of relationship
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 2 March 2020 - Kuhnt, Jana / Julia Leininger / Armin von Schiller (2019)
The commendation of experimental designs are well-deserved yet there is still a lot to do
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 9 December 2019 - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2019)
Why Europa and Africa should discuss about sustainable societal models
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 18 November 2019 - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos (2017)
G20 and Africa after the summit: Need for continuity, global voice and vision
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 17 July 2017) - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leiniger (2017)
Outcome of the first T20 conference in Africa
Published on: T20blog, 13.02.2017 - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2017)
African Alliances for Sustainable Development
Published on: Africa Alliances Blog, 31.01.2017 - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2017)
The G20 and Africa – an alliance for sustainability?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 30 January 2017) - Striebinger, Kai / Julia Leininger (2016)
Dealing with autocracies: do sustainable development goals help?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 19 September 2016) - Leininger, Julia / Kai Striebinger (2016)
How to cooperate with religious actors on sustainable development – Three tips
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 17 February 2016) - Leininger, Julia (2015)
Gradualismus und Sequenzierung als Strategien der Demokratieförderung: ein bewertender Vergleich
Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - Fiedler, Charlotte / Mark Furness / Jörn Grävingholt / Julia Leininger (2015)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development needs a coherent focus on governance and peace
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 12 October 2015) - Hackenesch, Christine / Julia Leininger (2015)
The role of development policy in European refugee policy
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 5 May 2014) - Julia Leininger (2014)
Ebola: more than a health challenge!
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 24 September 2014) - Lundsgaarde, Erik / Svea Koch / Julia Leininger (2014)
Die EU-Afrika-Partnerschaft: überdiversifiziert und unpolitisch?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (Die aktuelle Kolumne, 31.03.2014) - Leininger, Julia (2014)
Engaging in Africa
Bonn: German Devlopment Institute/ Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 11 February 2014) - Leininger, Julia (2013)
A quiet election day in Mali is no guarantee of peace
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 29 July 2013) - Leininger, Julia / Solveig Richter (2012)
Peace in the world: what can the EU really achieve?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 10 December 2012) - Leininger, Julia / Soveig Richter (2012)
Flexible and unbureaucratic democracy promotion by the EU? The European endowment for democracy between wishful thinking and reality
SWP Comments 2012/C 26 - Leininger, Julia (2012)
Split into North and South: a Sahel war in the offing
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 16 July 2012) - Leininger, Julia (2012)
Kony 2012: attracting attention at any price!
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 16 April 2012) - Leininger, Julia (2011)
Awakening in the spring, democracy in the autumn? Why Islam and democracy are compatible
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The Current Column of 31 October 2011) - Leininger, Julia (2010)
And now another zero hour: reconstruction and recovery in Haiti
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) (The current column of 12 April 2010) - Leininger, Julia (2005)
Die Reform der UNO: Chancen auf eine Erneuerung zivilgesellschaftlicher Beteiligung?
Berlin: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Global Issue Paper 21) - Leininger, Julia (2004)
Peru: Conflict Barometer 2004
Heidelberg: Institute on International Conflict Research
Projects
- Protecting Democracy in times of Autocratization and Polarization
- Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer
- Social cohesion in Africa
- The World in 2050
- Implementing the 2030 Agenda: Integrating Growth, Environment, Equality and Governance
- Impact Initiative Governance
- Transformation und Entwicklung in fragilen Staaten
- Accountability in Mosambique: Challenges and Opportunities for Development Cooperation
- Conflicting objectives of democracy promotion
- Religion and Politics: the influence of religious actors on democratization
- Non-Democratic Regimes: Basic Strategies of Supporting Democracy in Authoritarian Systems
- "Anchor Countries" and “Asian Drivers of Global Change“