Research Programme 4: Academic Staff

Name	Regional focus	Thematic focus
Jetschke, Anja, Prof. Dr. (Head) Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-778 Phone: +49 551 39 5100 Email:	Asia	International Relations, Comparative Regionalism, Transitional Justice
Abb, Pascal Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-34 Email:	China, East Asia	Chinese foreign policy, East Asian international relations
Bartsch, Sonja Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-592 Email:		Research project "Global Health Governance" Global health, global governance, public-private partnerships
Betz, Joachim, Prof. Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-22 Email:	South Asia, India, Sri Lanka	Official development aid, social policy, economy, political development
Brod, Magnus C. M. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74 34 Email:	China	Development, economic sociology and economic history
Burgschweiger, Nadine Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-43 Email:	Asia, Japan	Regional economic integration in East Asia, Japan's domestic economy
Burilkov, Alexandr Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-772 Email:	Asia, Middle East	Military strategy, Proliferation of emerging technologies, Evolution of insurgency and asymmetric warfare
Carpes, Mariana Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-791 Email:	Latin America	New International Powers
Destradi, Sandra, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74 – 28 Email:	South Asia , India	Regional Powers and Regions, International Relations in South Asia,,India's Foreign and Security Policy, Power and Influence in International Relations, Democracy Promotion
Döring, Ole, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-45 Email:	China	BIONET: Ethical Governance of Biological and Biomedical Research: Chinese-European Co-operation (EC FP6)
Ebert, Hannes Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-764 Email:	South Asia	Schumpeter research project “Contested Leadership in International Relations - Power Politics in South America, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa”
Elischer, Sebastian , Jun.-Prof. Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-718 Email:	Ghana, Kenya, Kamerun, Niger, Namibia	Political Parties and Party Systems, Democratisation, Hybrid Regimes
Erdmann, Gero, PD Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-566 Email:	Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa	Democracy and democratization, political parties, civil society, co-operative societies, traditional rule, human rights, foreign policy
Flemes, Daniel, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-767 Email:	South America, especially Brazil, IBSA and BRIC states	Foreign and security policies, regional powers, regional cooperation, defence and armaments policies
Fraundorfer, Markus Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-572 Email:	Brazil	Brazilian Foreign Policy, Global Health Governance, Global Environmental Governance, Emerging powers / Global Power Shifts
Fürtig, Henner, Prof. Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-504 Email:	Egypt, Arabic Peninsula, Iraq	Political development, democratic change, social transformation, socio-economic development
García, Daniela Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-791 Email:	Costa Rica	Project Financial Solutions for Innovative and Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector (FINE)
Garling, Stephanie, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-761 Email:	Bangladesh	Foreign Aid, Religion and Politics, Critical Theory, Discourse Analysis
Garzón, Jorge Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-792 Email:	Latin America	Hierarchical Regional Orders
Gephart, Malte Email:	Latin America	Corruption and Anti-Corruption Programmes, Processes of Political Participation, Discourse Theory and Analysis, International Cooperation for Development, North-South-Relations
Geise, Torsten Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-34 Email:	China, Japan	Chinese and Japanese foreign and security policy, transnational generation of norms, private actors in Maritime Security Governance
Giese, Karsten, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-44 Email:	PR China, Taiwan	Foreign and security policies, socio-cultural change, Internet, migration
Hahn, Kristina, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-589 Email:	Global	NGOs in Global Governance, Theories of power in international relations
Hein, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-558 Email:	North-South-Relations, Latin America	Global health governance; focus: WTO/TRIPS and access to medicines, Health-related Millennium Development Goals, Multilevel governance of migration (EU-project: Migration and Development in West Africa’), Global norm-building networks in health and human rights
Hess, Natalie M. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-765 Email:	Latin America	The EU’s external relations with the Regional Powers Brazil, India and South Africa, The EU’s Strategic Partnerships, The EU’s external relations with Regional Powers
Hoepfner, Maren Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-39 Email:	Indonesia	Concepts of change in IR theory, discourse theory, institutional change and institution building in East Asia
Holstenkamp, Lars Email:		Financing renewable energies: financing schemes/instruments, investment planning, (economic) governance
Mayer, Hartmut, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-778 Email:	HIGS	External consultant in the ongoing development and internationale networking of the GIGA Doctoral Programme
Never, Babette, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-760 Email:	India, South Africa	Climate Policy, Innovationprocess and Green Economy, Environmental Governance
Noesselt, Nele, Dr. Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-46 Email:	China	Chinese Foreign Policy and China’s role in world affairs, EU-China relations, Chinese IR Theory, Governance in China, transformation / transition of socialist systems
Nolte, Detlef, Prof. Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-500 Email:	Latin America, especially Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Paraguay	Forms of government, developmental cooperation, EU-USA-LA relations
Nymalm, Nicola Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-39 Email:	China, Japan	US-Chinese relations, history of US-Japanese economic relations, Political Theory and History of Ideas, Discourse Theory and Analysis
Peters, Ina Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-755 Email:	Brazil	Regional Powers (Brazil), Civil Society and Social Movements, Social Network Analysis
Plagemann, Johannes Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-772 Email:		Cosmopolitanism, Global Governance transfer of norms in International Relations, Democratization, Decentralization
Prys, Miriam, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-757 Email:	Southern Africa, South Asia	Regional and emerging powers, Global and regional environmental politics
Scholvin, Sören Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-753 Email:		Regional powers, security policy and “new wars”, geopolitics,geographical development studies
Shim, David, Dr. phil. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-29 Email:	North East Asia	Research project "Imaging Distress – The Significance of Visual Images in the Representation of North Korea"
von Soest, Christian, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-563 Email:	Southern Africa, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana	State and administration in Africa, neopatrimonialism, Research Project “Persistence and Change of Neopatrimonialism in various Non-OECD Regions”
Soliz Landivar, Ana Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-753 Email:	Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela	Strategic relationships of South American countries with China, Regional powers and secondary regional powers, Regional integration in South America
Stolte, Christina Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-765 Email:	Latin America
Strüver, Georg Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-764 Email:	China, Latin America	Chinese foreign and security policy, China's relations with Latin America and Africa, Natural resources and violent conflict, Religion and violent conflict
Wehner, Leslie, Dr. Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-575 Email:	Argentina, Chile, Venezuela	UNASUR, regional integration, roles of Regional and Secondary Regional Powers in South America, Role Theory and Status, relationships of the US and Regional Powers
Wodrig, Stefanie Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-772 Email:	Africa	Conflict management, Internal conflicts in Africa
Wojczewski, Thorsten Phone: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-793 Email:	India	Indian foreign and security policies, World order, Global power shifts, Non-Western IR theory, Peace and conflict studies