Eduardo Valencia

Outreach Administrator

Eduardo Valencia

  • 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

    [email protected]


    Infographic | 10/2025

    Climate Indices and Food Insecurity in the RSSC: ND-GAIN Country-level Scores

    Compare ND-GAIN Climate Vulnerability and Readiness scores across RSSC countries. This index draws on international statistics on agriculture, water, health, infrastructure, and governance. Additionally, a simple food insecurity measure is included. Read this as a baseline comparison.

    Infographic | 10/2025

    Democracy Levels by Type in the RSSC: Plotting V-Dem Data

    Is the RSSC sliding into autocracy? See it yourself. Compare democracy levels across the Red Sea Security Complex with Varieties of Democracy data. Pick a democracy index type—Electoral, Liberal, Participatory, Deliberative, or Egalitarian—and select countries to view side-by-side.

    Infographic | 10/2025

    External Military Presence in the Red Sea Security Complex: Bases and Naval Operations

    A geospatial look at military presence in the RSSC: fixed bases vs. recorded naval operations plotted on the same map. The layers make it easy to spot activity clusters and proximity to key maritime passages such as Suez and Bab el-Mandeb.

    Infographic | 10/2025

    Fatalities from Organized Violence in the RSSC: Types of Violence and Spatial Clusters

    A hotspot map of organized-violence fatalities across the RSSC, based on UCDP geocoded events. The focus is spatial: which areas show concentrated fatality records. Use it for quick orientation and comparative reading of where violence clusters—not why it happens.

    Infographic | 10/2025

    Foreign Trade Ties of RSSC States: Imports, Exports, and Destination Shares Overtime

    A view of who trades with whom in the RSSC. Track each country’s exposure to external partners—Gulf states, the EU, China, among others—on both exports and imports. Compare partner shares, shifts over time, and asymmetries between countries in and outside the Greater Horn of Africa.

    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), EU-LAC 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.

    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.

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