Heiner Janus

Heiner Janus is a Project Lead and Senior Researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) in Bonn, Germany, where he leads the institute’s research project on the effectiveness of development policy.

His research focuses on bureaucratic politics in development, international development cooperation, and development effectiveness. Bridging rigorous academic inquiry with policy relevance, his work examines how international actors learn, adapt, and coordinate to achieve development outcomes. He has published extensively in leading peer-reviewed journals, including World Development, Public Administration and Development, Development Policy Review, Evaluation, and The European Journal of Development Research.