Prof. dr. Dirk-Jan Koch
Phone: 024-361.3058 (secr.)
Email: d.koch@maw.ru.nl
Postal address: P.O. Box 9104, 6500 HE Nijmegen
Visiting address: Montessorilaan 3, Flexplek
Personal website: http://www.dirkjankoch.nl
Position: Professor by Special Appointment International Trade & Development Cooperation
Dirk-Jan (1980) is director of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) of the Dutch government and parliament. He has been serving as the Chief Science Officer of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2019-2023) and as its Special Envoy for Natural Resources (2014- 2018). He is Special Professor of International Trade & Development Cooperation. Dirk-Jan finished his PhD (cum laude) at the Radboud University in 2009 and focused on geographic choices of international development NGOs. He was based for 5 years in the DRC and 2 years in Kenya, where he worked amongst others as a regional director at Search for Common Ground, as a professor at the Catholic University of Kinshasa and as a diplomat of the Netherlands to the DRC. His current research focus is the ‘unintended effects of foreign aid’ and his book on this topic can be found here (OpenAcess).
His inaugural lecture on the ‘unintended effects of international cooperation’ took place in 22 December 2017, and can be retrieved here.
Research interests:
- Thematic & geographic focus areas: Intended and unintended effects of international cooperation. Aid & trade, NGOs, Central-Africa, natural resources, policy coherence for development
- Theoretical interests: Poverty, Inequality, Sustainability
Books:
- Koch, D.J. (2014) De Congo Codes. Een persoonlijk verhaal over de zin en onzin van internationale samenwerking. Amsterdam: Prometheus (284 pages). [The Congo Cables – a personal story on the sense and nonsense of international cooperation].
- Translated into French and published in 2016 at Harmattan ‘Codes Congolais – un récit personnel des heurs et malheurs de la coopération internationale’
- Koch, D.J. (2012) Coopération Internationale et Développement [International Cooperation and Development]. Paris: Harmattan. (143 pages)
- Koch, D.J. (2009) Aid from International NGOs, blind spots on the map of aid allocation. Abingdon: Routledge (224 pages)
Articles in peer-reviewed journals:
- Kinsbergen, S. and Koch, DJ (2022). The generational status quo explained: longitudinal case studies of small Dutch NGOs. International Development Planning Review. Ahead of print, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2022.2.
- Ubels, T.S., Kinsbergen, S., Tolsma, J. and Koch, D.J. 2022. The social outcomes of psychosocial support: A grey literature scoping review. SSM Mental Health, 2:100074. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100074.
- Boersma, M., Koch, D.J., Kroon, L., McDougal, D., Verhoeff, G. and Wang, Y. 2022. Learning in migration management? Persistent side effects of the EUTF. International Migration.
- Gunn, A.F., Koch, D.J. and Weyzig, F. 2020. A methodology to measure the quality of tax avoidance case studies: Findings from the Netherlands. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation.
- Koch, D.J. and Verholt, M.I. 2020. Limits to learning: The struggle to adapt to unintended effects of international payment for environmental services programmes. International Environmental Agreements. Politics Law and Economics.
- Rana, Z. and Koch, D.J. 2020. Is it time to 'decolonise' the fungibility debate?Third World Quarterly.
- Rana, Z. and Koch, D.J. 2020. Why fungibility of development aid can be good news: Pakistan case study. World Development Perspectives.
- Koch, D.J. and Burlyuk, O. 2019. Bounded policy learning? EU efforts to anticipate unintended consequences in conflict minerals legislation. Journal of European Public Policy.
- Rana, Z. and Koch, D.J. 2019. Is it time to decolonize the fungibility debate?Third World Quarterly.
- Koch, D.J. and Kinsbergen, S. 2018. Exaggerating unintended effects? Competing narratives on the impact of conflict minerals regulation. Resources Policy.
- Koch, D.J. and Schulpen, L. 2018. Introduction. Evaluation and Program Planning (Special issue: Unintended Effects of International Cooperation).
- Koch, D.J. and Schulpen, L. 2018. An Exploration of Individual-level Wage Effects of Foreign Aid in Developing Countries. Evaluation and Program Planning.
- Koch, D.J. (2017). Measuring Long-term Trends in Policy Coherence for Development. Development Policy Review.
- Koch, D.J (2015) ‘Grondstoffendiplomatie voor de 21ste eeuw’ in Internationale Spectator 8 – 2015 (jrg. 69) – Item 6 of 19 [ Raw materials diplomacy in the 21st century]
- Koch, D.J. (2015) ‘De nieuwe grenzen aan de groei: conflicten, corruptie en klimaatverandering‘ in: Internationale Spectator 6 – 2015 (jrg. 69) – Item 12 of 16 [The new limits to growth: conflicts, corruption and climate change].
- Koch, D.J. (2011) ‘Competition and Cooperation between NGOs – an experimental gaming approach’ In: Simulation & Gaming. Vol 42(6). Pg. 690-710
- Koch, D.J. and E. Samba (2011) Faire du renforcement de l’Etat l’objectif fondamental. Une étude du cas de la RD Congo [Making state building the prime objective. A case study on the DRC]. In: Cong-Afrique, Vol 50(460). Pg. 759 - 768
- Koch, D.J., A. Dreher, P. Nunnenkamp and R. Thiele (2009) ‘Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations?’ In: World Development. Vol. 37 (5): 902-918
- Koch, D. J., J. Westeneng, and R. Ruben (2007). ‘Does Marketization of Aid Reduce the Country-Level Poverty Targeting of NGOs?’ In: European Journal of Development Research 19(4): 635 - 656
- Koch, D.J. (2003) ‘Herfkens’ selectiviteitsbeleid onder de loep: een beoordeling en voorstellen ter verbetering’ [Herfkens’ selectivity scrutinized] In: Internationale Spectator, Vol. 57(2), 71-75
Chapters in peer-reviewed academic books:
- Koch, D.J & A. van Mourik. (2014) ‘Is het Nederlandse ontwikkelingsbeleid in de DR Congo in 65 jaar coherenter geworden ?’ [Has the Netherlands policy for developing countries become more coherent?] Chapter in ‘Hoe nu verder: 65 jaar Nederlandse ontwikkelingssamenwerking’ edited by: S. Verwer, L. Schulpen en R. Ruben. Pg. 387-401
- Koch, D.J. (2009) ‘Blind Spots on the Map of Aid Allocations. Concentration and Complementarity of International NGO Aid.’ Chapter three in: ‘A Fresh Look at Aid’, ge-edit door G. Mavrotas et M. McGillivray. Basingstoke: Palgrave & MacMillan. Pg. 39 – 64
- Koch, D.J. (2009) ‘The geographic choices of Dutch NGOs’ A chapter in ‘Dutch Yearbook of International Cooperation 2008, edited by P. Hoebink (Assen: van Gorcum Press).
- Koch, D.J. (2008) A Paris Declaration for NGOs? Chapter in: Financing Development 2008: Whose ownership?Paris: OECD Development Centre. Pg. 59 – 84.
Opinion:
- Koch, D.J. & M. van der Heide (2019) Zorg voor een eerlijke grondstoffentransitie: Ontwikkelingslanden en decirculaire economie (pdf, 4,1 MB). De Helling (2): 24-27.
- Koch, D.J. (2017) ‘Heb meer oog voor onbedoelde effecten (jpg, 1,3 MB).’ Op-ed in De Volkskrant: 14 december 2017.
- Koch, D.J. (2017) De circulaire economie: het einde van zorgen over grondstoffenleveringszekerheid?. Op-ed in de Internationale Spectator
- Koch, D.J . (2014) ‘De Nederlandse hand in Afrikaanse corruptie.’ Op-ed in Trouw: 17 april 2014.
- Koch, D.J. (2014) ‘Is het goed goud, of bloed goed?’ Op-ed in De Volkskrant, 24 maart 2014.
- Koch, D.J. (2011) La víctima imprevista de la crisis financiera [Het onverwachte slachtoffer van de financiële crisis]. In Via (15.5) Jordi Pujol Centre d’Estudis Magazine.
- Koch, D.J. (2009) ‘Ontwikkelingshulp maakt het zich makkelijk’ Op-ed in NRC Handelsblad. 25 februari 2009.
- Dreher, A.. D.J. Koch, P. Nunnenkamp and R. Thiele (2008) NGO aid – well targeted to the needy and deserving? In: Vox CEPR Policy on May 20, 2008.
- Koch, D.J. (2008) Die besseren Helfer? Warum auch Internationale nichtstaatliche Organisationen eine Paris-Erklärung brauchen. [The better aid: why NGOs also need a Paris agenda] In: Welt Sichten Vol1(dec) – pp. 22 -23.
- Koch, D.J. (2008) ‘De ontwikkelingsorganisatie is een kuddedier.’ [The international NGO is a gregarious animal] Chapter in: ‘Heilige Huisjes: Anders kijken naar internationale samenwerking’. Amsterdam: IS-Academie & Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pp. 80 – 90.
- Koch, D.J. (2007) ‘Uncharted territories: the geographical choices of aid agencies’ In: The Broker, Vol 1(3), pp. 9 – 12
Working papers and professional publications:
- Koch, D.J. (2018) Expect the unexpected. In The Broker. Expect the unexpected: Focus on the unintended effects of international cooperation. http://www.thebrokeronline.eu/Blogs/Inclusive-Economy-Africa/Expect-the-unexpected-focus-on-the-unintended-effects-of-international-cooperation
- Koch, D.J. (2018) Is de strijd tegen conflictmineralen gewonnen? In: Atlantische Commissie. Editie 3 9-12 https://atlcom.nl/upload/AP_3_2018_Koch.pdf
- Koch, D.J. & D. van de Koolwijk (2009) Do country images affect private development finance? Explaining differences between Tanzania & the Central African Republic’ Working Papers Volume from the Eighth International Conference International Society for Third Sector Research
- Koch, D.J. & R. Ruben (2008) Spatial clustering of NGOs : an evolutionary economic geography approach. Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography #8.14 of the University of Utrecht
- Koch, D.J., A. Dreher, P. Nunnenkamp and R. Thiele (2008) Keeping a Low Profile: What Determines the Allocation of Aid by Non-Governmental Organizations? Working Paper # 191 of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute
- Koch, D.J. (2007) ‘Blind Spots on the Map of Aid Allocations. Concentration and Complementarity of International NGO Aid.’ Research paper # 2007/45 of the World Institute of Development Economics Research
TV:
- Afternoon talk-show RTL Live on RTL4 (2017) ‘Responsible gold mining is a matter of life and death’
- Late-night talk- show ‘ Van Liempt Live’ on RTLZ (2016) on ‘ Dutch diplomat fights against dirty mining’ 2016 (login required)
Radio:
- Morning talk-show national radio (2016): ‘Netherlands sends gold-envoy to Dubai’
- Morning talk-show business news radio (2016) ‘Consumers think more consciously about gold now’
- Morning talk-show on national radio (2015) ‘Gold needs to shine again’
Evening talk-show on foreign affairs (2014) ‘ Summer special on DRC’ - Evening talk-show on national radio (2014) ‘ Responsible gold’
Newspapers/journal-interviews:
- ‘Dirk-Jan Koch, diplomaat voor goud’ (2016) Leusder krant
- ‘Codes kraken in Congo’ (2014) Nederlands Dagblad
- ‘Niemand wilde naar Congo, ik wel’ (2014) Barneveldse krant
- ‘De stropdas knelde’ (2014) One world
- ‘Hoe hippocrates-proof is Dirk-Jan Koch?’ (2014) Vice Versa
- ‘Dirk-Jan Koch – onze man in Congo’ (2010) Vice Versa
- ‘Hulp-organisaties spelen kluitjesvoetbal in de derde wereld’ (2007) in de Volkskrant
- ‘High-potentials in de ontwikkelingshulp’ (2005) Onze wereld
Reviews:
- ‘Een kalashnikov is hier goedkoper dan een geit’- boekrecensie Congo codes in NRC (2014)
- ‘Kluitjesvoetbal in Congo’ – boekrecensie Congo codes in Parool (2014)
- ‘China helpt Congo beter' – boekrecensie Congo codes in Trouw (2014)