Dr Thomas Wencker
Dr Thomas Wencker studied Political Science, Sociology and Political Science of South Asia in Heidelberg and at the National University of Singapore. He completed his postgraduate studies in June 2016 with a doctoral thesis on the emergence of violent non-state conflict actors and the dynamics of violent intrastate conflict. He has also worked on several research projects, as a lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Heidelberg University and as a senior staff member at the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research. Thomas has been working as an evaluator at DEval’s Competence Centre for Evaluation Methodology since January 2017.
Key Qualifications
- Thematic Focus
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Allocation of Development Cooperation
Development Cooperation in Fragile Contexts
Dynamics of Violent Intrastate Conflict - Methodological Focus
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Spatiotemporal Analysis
Geographic Information Systems
Automated Text Analysis
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research Designs
Survey Analysis
Evaluations and Projects
- Climate Change Mitigation through Development Cooperation
- Text Mining
- Study on the Allocation Patterns of German ODA Resources
- Effectiveness of German Development Cooperation in Dealing with Conflict-induced Forced Migration Crises
- German Development Cooperation in Fragile Contexts
- Environment and Rural Development in the Philippines
Publications
- Policy Brief: Climate Change Mitigation through Development Cooperation: Level, Distribution, Effectiveness and Impact of Climate Policy Interventions
- Policy Brief: Klimaschutz durch Entwicklungszusammenarbeit: Finanzvolumen, Verteilung und Wirksamkeit klimapolitischer Maßnahmen
- Policy Brief: Targets without Traction? Do Nationally Determined Contributions Fail to Drive Mitigation Funding Distribution
- Climate Change Mitigation through Development Cooperation. Contribution of German Development Cooperation to Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Developing Countries
- Klimaschutz durch Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Beitrag der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit zur Minderung von Treibhausgasemissionen in Entwicklungsländern
- Under Challenging Conditions. Development Cooperation in Fragile States
- Constructing a Credible Estimation for Overreporting of Climate Adaptation Funds in the Creditor Reporting System
- Unter erschwerten Bedingungen. Entwicklungszusammenarbeit in fragilen Staaten
- Die Verteilung von Mitteln für die deutsche öffentliche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Allokationsstudie zur bilateralen staatlichen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit aus Haushaltsmitteln
- Strategic Allocation of Development Projects in Post-Conflict Regions: A Gender Perspective for Colombia
- Die Wirksamkeit deutscher Entwicklungszusammenarbeit bei konfliktbedingten Fluchtkrisen. Die Beschäftigungsoffensive Nahost
- Integrating the Quantitative Research on the Onset and Incidence of Violent Intrastate Conflicts
- German Development Cooperation in Fragile Contexts
- Policy Brief: Text Mining in Evaluation
- Impact, Diffusion and Scaling-Up of a Comprehensive Land-Use Planning Approach in the Philippines: From Development Cooperation to National Policies
Selected publications
Borst, J., T. Wencker and A. Niekler (2023), "Constructing a Credible Estimation for Overreporting of Climate Adaptation Funds in the Creditor Reporting System",.Proceedings of the 7th Joint SIGHUM Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Cultural Heritage, Social Sciences, Humanities and Literature, pp. 99–109, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Association for Computational Linguistics.[Link]
Nawrotzki, R. J., V. Gantner, J. Balzer, T. Wencker and S. Brüntrup-Seidemann (2022), "Strategic Allocation of Development Projects in Post-Conflict Regions: A Gender Perspective for Colombia", Sustainability 14, no. 4: 2304. [Link]
Christoph T., and T. Wencker (2020) "Integrating the Quantitative Research on the Onset and Incidence of Violent Intrastate Conflicts", International Studies Review, Vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 115–139.[Link]
Trinn, C., and T. Wencker (2016), The Heidelberg Approach to Conflict Research, European Political Science, Online First.
Wencker, T., C. Trinn and A. Croissant (2015), „Data Bases and Statistical Systems: Security and Conflict”, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, Amsterdam, pp. 836–843.
Schwank, N., C. Trinn and T. Wencker (2013), „Der Heidelberger Ansatz der Konfliktdatenerfassung”, Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 32–63.
Wencker, T. et al. (2014), „Reise ins Ungewisse: Migration als Problem transnationaler Sicherheit. Ein Bericht über den Heidelberger Dialog zur internationalen Sicherheit 2013”, Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 83–88.
Kirchner, M., K. Menzel and T. Wencker (2013), „Kooperation im Spannungsfeld – Zum Verhältnis von Entwicklungs- und Sicherheitspolitik. Ein Bericht über den 4. Heidelberger Dialog zur internationalen Sicherheit 2012”, Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 101–106.
Schwank, N., T. Wencker and C. Trinn (2012), „Méthodologie de la recherche sur les conflits à Heidelberg”, Les Grands Dossiers de Diplomatie n _7: L’etat des conflits 2012, Vol. 7.
Wencker, T. (2009), „Der zweite Irakkrieg“, Kulturelle Konflikte seit 1945. Die kulturellen Dimensionen des globalen Konfliktgeschehens. Baden-Baden.
Contact
Dr Thomas Wencker
Phone: +49 (0)228 336907-951
E-mail: thomas.wencker@DEval.org