Research programme: Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function: Head of Programme
Specialization: Political Science
Work areas:
Regional coordinator of our Africa-related research and policy advice
Responsibilities in education and training:
since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Head, Research Programme "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 |
E-mail Julia.Leininger@idos-research.de
Phone +49 (0)228 94927-160
Fax +49 (0)228 94927-130
Protection against autocratisation: how international democracy promotion helped preserve presidential term limits in Malawi and Senegal
Leininger, Julia / Daniel Nowack (2022)
in: Third World Quarterly, first published 17.01.2022
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
Warum Deutschland jetzt erst recht Demokratie fördern sollte
Leininger, Julia (2021)
Die aktuelle Kolumne vom 30.08.2021
A sustainable development pathway for climate action within the UN 2030 Agenda
Soergel, Bjoern / Julia Leininger et. al.
in: Nature Climate Change 11 (8), 656–664