German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Eduardo Valencia

Outreach Administrator

Short CV

Since 09/2023: Outreach administrator in the Knowledge Exchange Project Transfer 4 Transformation led by Prof. Amrita Narlikar (until 05/2024), Prof. Eckart Woertz (since 05/2024)
Education: M.A. in International Affairs, Finance & Trade, Hertie School of Governance in Berlin; B.A. in Business Administration, History, Briar Cliff University, USA

Eduardo Valencia

Outreach Administrator

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Infographic | 09/2025

Demographic (Dis)Continuities in Peace Concepts Within and Across Six Countries

Explore how answers differ within and across countries. Heatmaps display the distribution of top ranked concepts by region, sex, age, and socioeconomic status. The tool supports side by side comparison, helping identify consistent divides and bridges across groups.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

President (ad interim)

Eduardo Valencia

Outreach Administrator

Infographic | 09/2025

For You, Peace Is…? Open Responses from Six Countries

Explore how people across Cameroon, Colombia, the Philippines, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Venezuela describe peace in their own words. The interactive cloud shows terms by frequency and reveals full quotations on hover, making local meanings and shared themes visible at a glance.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

President (ad interim)

Eduardo Valencia

Outreach Administrator

Infographic | 09/2025

Ranked Concepts of Peace Across Six Countries

See how respondents ranked fourteen concepts related to peace, from safety to rights and change. Interactive bar charts and rank distributions highlight national profiles and common ground, inviting comparison across the six countries.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

President (ad interim)

Eduardo Valencia

Outreach Administrator

Infographic | 04/2025

COVID-19 and Executive Personalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the MENA Region: A Dashboard

This dashboard examines how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced executive personalization in 32 countries. Each bubble represents a country and its number of personalization events. Select one or two, then use the buttons to explore the events and their underlying mechanisms.

Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

Dr. David Kuehn

Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

Dr. Martin Acheampong

Emilia Arellano

Eduardo Valencia

Infographic | 03/2025

Coca Cultivation in Selected Andean Countries: Trends in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia

This line graph shows coca cultivation trends in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia from 2000 to 2023. Using UNODC’s Illicit Crop Monitoring Programme (ICMP) data, it tracks total hectares of coca bush cultivated annually, highlighting long-term shifts across the three countries.

Eduardo Valencia

Outreach Administrator

Research Project | 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2025

Transfer for Transformation – Knowledge Exchange with Global Reach (T4T)

Transfer for Transformation (T4T) is an application lab. T4T will innovate in the practice of knowledge transfer through consequent target-group-integration and novel access strategies. It will also advance the scholarship on the subject by analysing the effectiveness and impact of different types of knowledge transfer.
Leibniz Association, 2022-2025

Fränkischen Tag | Mention | 11/09/2024

„Warum sollte ich grundlos meine Heimat verlassen?“

For the article "Why should I leave my home for no reason?", map by Eduardo Valencia was displayed under the title "Übersicht der Akteure und ihrer territorialen Kontrolle in Syrien" (Overview of the actors and their territorial controls in Syria).

Cooperation Event | 07/04/2025 - 08/04/2025

Experts Workshop Port Cities Fighting Transatlantic Drug Trafficking

Experts Workshop Port Cities Fighting Transatlantic Drug Trafficking, Hamburg International Maritime Museum, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean Foundation Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach (Organiser), Julia Kramer (Organiser), Dr. Jonas von Hoffmann (Organiser), Janaina Maldonado Guerra da Cunha (Organiser), PD Dr. Dr. Ariel Macaspac Hernandez (Organiser), Eduardo Valencia (Organiser)

Experts from diverse fields gather to explore the challenges of illicit drug trafficking from Latin America to Europe and beyond. Focusing on ports as key hubs, they examine underlying dynamics and emerging trends, available data and common misconceptions, community impacts and civil society’s role.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Julia Kramer

Dr. Jonas von Hoffmann

Janaina Maldonado Guerra da Cunha

PD Dr. Dr. Ariel Macaspac Hernandez

Eduardo Valencia

Workshop | 10/03/2025 - 12/03/2025

Preserving and Transferring Indigenous Knowledge in a Digital World

Preserving and Transferring Indigenous Knowledge in a Digital World, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) PD Dr. Dr. Ariel Macaspac Hernandez (Organiser), Julia Kramer (Organiser), Eduardo Valencia (Organiser), Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz (Organiser), Dr. Daniela Osorio Michel (Speaker), Arukapé Suruí Aikewara (Speaker), Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra (Panelist), Ana Rosa de Lima Tovstiga (Panelist)

The workshop brings together leading scholars, practitioners and representatives of indigenous communities to answer important questions related to preserving and transferring indigenous knowledge.

PD Dr. Dr. Ariel Macaspac Hernandez

Julia Kramer

Eduardo Valencia

Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz

Dr. Daniela Osorio Michel

Arukapé Suruí Aikewara

Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

Ana Rosa de Lima Tovstiga