Jens Eger
Jens Eger joined Deval in June 2018. Previously, he worked as a consultant and researcher for various development cooperation organizations, such as the German Development Institute (DIE), the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), and DEval. His main research focus was on donors’ aid allocation and coordination. During his studies, he gained experience in civil society development cooperation as well as in German financial cooperation (KfW). As part of his master's degree in International Economics at the University of Göttingen, he completed a semester abroad in Development Statistics at the University of West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. Therein, he focused on survey conception and evaluation. He completed his Bachelor in International Economics and Development at the University of Bayreuth, including an exchange semester ate the Keimyung University in Daegu South Korea.
Key Qualifications
- Thematic focus
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Public opinion,
development economics & econometrics
ODA allocation
- Methoden
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Quantitative evaluation methods (quasi-experimental research and gravity models),
survey
Publications
- Opinion Monitor for Development Policy 2022. Development Engagement in Times of Global Crises and Challenges
- Does Evidence Matter? The Impact of Evidence Regarding Aid Effectiveness on Attitudes Towards Aid
- Meinungsmonitor Entwicklungspolitik 2022. Entwicklungspolitisches Engagement in Zeiten globaler Krisen und Herausforderungen
- Policy Brief: COVID-19: Die Einstellungen der Bevölkerung zu Entwicklungspolitischen Maßnahmen und zur Impfstoffverteilung
- Policy Brief: Berichterstattung über Entwicklungspolitik während der Corona-Pandemie
- Policy Brief: The Public's Expectations of Development Policy
- Policy Brief: Die Erwartungen der Bevölkerung an Entwicklungspolitik
- Meinungsmonitor Entwicklungspolitik 2021. Medieninhalte, Informationen, Appelle und ihre Wirkung auf die öffentliche Meinung
- Does the COVID-19 pandemic threaten global solidarity? Evidence from Germany
- Policy Brief: Öffentliche Meinung zu internationaler Solidarität in der Corona-Pandemie
- Policy Brief: Public Opinion on International Solidarity in the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Comforting immigration critics? Public opinion toward development aid as a tool to reduce refugee inflows to Germany
- Attitudes towards development cooperation: New evidence on Germany
- DEval Brief: Öffentliche Meinung und internationale Solidarität in der Corona-Pandemie
- DEval Brief: Public Opinion and International Solidarity in the Corona Pandemic
- Meinungsmonitor Entwicklungspolitik 2019
- Policy Brief: Die Agenda 2030 in der öffentlichen Meinung
Selected Publications
Schneider, S. H., J. Eger, M. Bruder, J. Faust, L. H. Wieler (2020), "Does the COVID-19 pandemic threaten global solidarity? Evidence from Germany", World Development, Volume 140, 2021. [Link]
Sassenhagen, N., J. Eger, S. H. Schneider, M. Bruder, J. Faust (3. Dezember 2020), "Caught between solidarity and self-interest: Public support for development cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany", Blog Development Compass. [Link Development Compass] [Link DEval Blog +Evidenz, in German]
Eger, J., Öhler, H., & Rudolph, A. (2018), "Is the Sectoral Aid Allocation within Countries Need-Oriented?", DIE Discussion Paper, No. 17/2018, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Bonn. https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/is-the-sectoral-aid-allocation-within-countries-need-oriented/.
Ademmer, E., J. Eger, D. Hudson, S. H. Schneider, T. Stöhr und J. van Heerde-Hudson (2019), Comforting Immigration Critics? Public Opinion toward Development Aid as a Tool to Reduce Refugee Inflows to Germany, Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration (MEDAM) Policy Brief 2019/1, [Link]
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