Organisation and Staff Members

Organisational chart	Statute of GIGA (1.1.2007)

Board of GIGA Directors

Prof. Dr. Robert Kappel (President)
Prof. Dr. Detlef Nolte (Vice President; Director of ILAS)

Prof. Dr. Henner Fürtig (Director of IMES)
PD Dr. Patrick Köllner (Acting Director of IAS)
Dr. Andreas Mehler (Director of IAA)
Barbara Schömburg (Business Management)

Central staff members

• Project Management (Julia Kramer, Verena Schweiger)

• Research Management (Sonja Bartsch)

• Commissioner for Fundraising (Dr. Hanspeter Mattes)

Staff members of GIGA

• Academic staff
  • Complete list (alphabetic order)
  • IAA
  • IAS
  • ILAS
  • IMES

• Staff of service departments:
  • Complete list (alphabetic order)
  • Department for Administration and IT
  • Department for Publication
  • Department for Public Relations
  • Information Centre (Documentation, Libraries and Archives)

Research Council of GIGA

The members of the GIGA’s research council include the president, the institute directors, the research programme heads and the research management staff.
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Robert Kappel

Technical responsibilities

• Cooperation with the University (Prof. Dr. Detlef Nolte)

• Information Centre (Gerda Hansen)

• Publications (Peter Peetz, Dr. Bert Hoffmann)

• Public Relations (Peter Peetz, Dr. Hanspeter Mattes)

Academic Advisory Board

The Academic Advisory Board advises the management and the Board of Trustees in general questions concerning the scientific programmes.
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rüland (University of Freiburg)

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees monitors how the institute’s business is conducted and advises GIGA’s president.
Chairman: State Councillor Bernd Reinert (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Department of Academics and Research)

The Council for Financial Affairs advises the Board of Trustees in financial, organisational, and personnel matters.
Chairman: Marco Keser (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Department of Academics and Research)

Equal Opportunity Commissioner

• Julia Kramer
• Dr. Silvia Bücke (Deputy)