Dr Angela Heucher
Angela Heucher began working as an evaluator at DEval in 2019. Before, she was a research associate at the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700 “Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood“, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and situated at Free University Berlin and University of Potsdam. As a research associate, she investigated how international organizations perceive diverse country contexts, which opportunities and challenges they see, and how they respond. In this context, she conducted field work in West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Sierra Leone) and at international organizations‘ headquarters. In her doctoral dissertation, she analyzed how international organizations perceive developments in the organizational field of food security governance, e.g. overlap and fragmentation, and which strategies they develop. Angela Heucher holds a BA in social sciences from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf and an MA in political science from Freie Universität Berlin.
Key qualifications
- Thematic focus
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International organizations and the United Nations system
Areas of limited statehood and fragile contexts
- Methodological focus
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Qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, in particular expert interviews and qualitative content analysis
- Regionaler Schwerpunkt
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Westafrika
Evaluations and Projects
- Analysis of the Multilateral Engagement of German Development Cooperation
- The Promotion of Sustainable Supply Chains by German Development Cooperation
- Human Rights in German Development Policy
- Human Rights in German Development Policy. Part 1: The Human Rights Strategy and its Implementation
- Human Rights in German Development Policy. Part 2: Implementation and Effectiveness of the Human Rights-Based Approach in the Area of Action "Private Sector and Financial System Development"
- Supporting Gender Equality in Post-conflict Contexts
Publications
- Policy Brief: The Promotion of Sustainable Supply Chains Based on the Example of the Textile Sector. The Mix of Instruments in German Development Cooperation
- Policy Brief: Die Förderung nachhaltiger Lieferketten am Beispiel des Textilsektors: Der Instrumenten-Mix der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
- Human Rights in German Development Policy. Part 2: Implementation and Effectiveness of the Human Rights-Based Approach in the Area of Action "Private Sector and Financial System Development"
- Die Förderung nachhaltiger Lieferketten durch die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit am Beispiel des Textilsektors
- Policy Brief: Human Rights in German Development Cooperation: Mainstreaming and Effectiveness in Private Sector and Financial System Development
- Policy Brief: Feminist Development Policy: Advice on Implementing Human Rights-Based and Gender-Transformative Development Cooperation
- Policy Brief: Menschenrechte in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Verankerung und Wirksamkeit in der Privatsektor- und Finanzsystementwicklung
- Menschenrechte in der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik. Teil 2: Umsetzung und Wirksamkeit des Menschenrechtsansatzes im Aktionsfeld „Privatsektor- und Finanzsystementwicklung“
- Policy Brief: Feministische Entwicklungspolitik: Umsetzungshinweise für eine menschenrechtsbasierte und gendertransformative Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
- Supporting Gender Equality in Post-conflict Contexts
- Policy Brief: Förderung der Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter in Post-Konflikt-Kontexten
- Förderung der Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter in Post-Konflikt-Kontexten
Selected Publications
Brüntrup-Seidemann, S., Heucher, A., Gantner, V. & Bruder M. (2024), Die Verankerung von Gender-Mainstreaming in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: eine theoriebasierte Prozessevaluierung. Zeitschrift für Evaluation, 23(1), 111-125.
Schmidt, M., Polak, J. T., Heucher, A., Smidt, L., & Taube, L. (2024), Kann Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Menschenrechte stärken? Ergebnisse der Evaluierung des Menschenrechtsansatzes in der Privatsektor- und Finanzsystemevaluierung. Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte, 17(2), 132-152.
Heucher, A. (2019), “Position in the Organizational Field Matters: Analyzing International Organizations’ Perceptions and Responses in Global Food Security Governance”, Journal of International Organizations Studies, 10(1), 69-90.
Heucher, A. (2019) “Reconsidering overlap in global food security governance”, Food Security, 11, 555–558.
Heucher, A. (2019), “Evolving order? Inter-organizational relations in the organizational field of food security governance in Côte d’Ivoire“, Forum for Development Studies, 46(3), 501–526.
Heucher, A., Liese, A., Schettler, L. (2018), “Methodischer Anspruch trifft Organisationale Wirklichkeit: Interviewführung in internationalen Organisationen“, Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, Vol. 25/1, pp. 199-210.
Schettler, L., Heucher, A., Liese, A. (2018), “International organizations‘ modes of governance. The case of food security“, SFB-Governance Working Paper Series, No. 73, Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700, Berlin.
Heucher, A., Linke-Behrens, L., Schettler, L. (2017), “Measuring statehood on a sub-national level: A dialogue among methods“, SFB-Governance Working Paper Series, No. 71, Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 700, Berlin.
Wieck, C., Rudloff, B., Heucher, A. (2014), “Agri-investments and public spending in selected vulnerable countries – Will they contribute to reduce food insecurity?“, Agricultural and Resource Economics Discussion Paper, 2014:1.
Contact
Dr Angela Heucher
Phone: +49 (0)228 336907-938
E-mail: angela.heucher@DEval.org