Dr Angela Heucher
Angela Heucher is a senior evaluator and team leader at DEval. Since joining DEval in 2019, she has contributed to various evaluations, focusing in particular on gender equality, human rights, and multilateral development cooperation. 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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Gender equality and human rights
Multilateral development cooperation, 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
- Regional focus
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West Africa
Evaluations and Projects
- Evaluation of Feminist Development Policy
- 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 BMZ's Multilateral Engagement: Financing and Interplay
- Policy Brief: Das multilaterale Engagement des BMZ: Finanzierung und Verzahnung
- The BMZ's Multilateral Engagement. Financing and Interplay
- Discussion Paper: The Effectiveness of Core and Earmarked Funding in Multilateral Development Cooperation – Systematic Review
- Das multilaterale Engagement des BMZ. Finanzierung und Verzahnung
- Perceptions of human rights complaint mechanisms: The case of German international development cooperation
- Equality of opportunity and non-discrimination as an evaluand
- 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
- 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: Menschenrechte in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Verankerung und Wirksamkeit in der Privatsektor- und Finanzsystementwicklung
- Policy Brief: Feministische Entwicklungspolitik: Umsetzungshinweise für eine menschenrechtsbasierte und gendertransformative 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"
- Policy Brief: Feminist Development Policy: Advice on Implementing Human Rights-Based and Gender-Transformative Development Cooperation
- Menschenrechte in der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik. Teil 2: Umsetzung und Wirksamkeit des Menschenrechtsansatzes im Aktionsfeld „Privatsektor- und Finanzsystementwicklung“
- 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
- Kann Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Menschenrechte stärken? Ergebnisse der Evaluierung des Menschenrechtsansatzes in der Privatsektor- und Finanzsystemevaluierung
Selected Publications
Steinert, C., Heucher, A., Polak, T., Smidt, L., Taube, L., & Bruder, M. (2025), Perceptions of human rights complaint mechanisms: The case of German international development cooperation. Journal of Human Rights, 1–19.
Morkel, C., Polak, T., Heucher, A., Taube, L. & Smidt, L. (2025), Equality of opportunity and non-discrimination as an evaluand: The case of private sector and financial system development in German development cooperation. In: Masvaure, S., Chirau, T., Fish, T., Mkhize, S. & Morkel, C. (Eds.), Evaluation as a mechanism to foster an equitable society in the Global South, Evaluation: African Perspectives, Vol. 2, AOSIS Books, Cape Town, p. 67-94.
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