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Forschungsplattformen

Der Austausch und die Kooperation mit Wissenschaftler:innen rund um den Globus hat im GIGA eine jahrzehntelange Tradition. Seit dem Jahr 2015 intensivieren und verstetigen wir die Zusammenarbeit mit Hilfe eines neuen Formats: den GIGA Forschungsplattformen.

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Der Austausch und die Kooperation mit Wissenschaftler:innen rund um den Globus hat im GIGA eine jahrzehntelange Tradition. Seit dem Jahr 2015 intensivieren und verstetigen wir die Zusammenarbeit mit Hilfe der GIGA Forschungsplattformen. Im Rahmen der Plattformen kooperieren wir in Afrika, Asien, Lateinamerika und Nahost mit exzellenten Partnern zu Forschungsthemen von gemeinsamen Interesse und legen den Grundstein für eine internationale evidenzbasierte Politikberatung. Das GIGA arbeitet außerdem eng mit in den Partnerländern ansässigen deutschen Organisationen zusammen, darunter die jeweiligen Botschaften.

Neben gemeinsamer Feldforschung organisieren wir Konferenzen und Workshops und tauschen wissenschaftliches Personal aus; neue Erkenntnisse werden in gemeinsamen Publikationen veröffentlicht.

Die Aktivitäten der Forschungsplattformen zielen nicht nur darauf ab, die Forschungsergebnisse des GIGA in den Forschungsregionen bekannter zu machen und eine Verbindung zu regionalen Debatten herzustellen – sie dienen auch dazu, die Erkenntnisse und Sichtweisen aus lokalen Kontexten in den wissenschaftlichen Mainstream anderer Erdregionen einzubringen.

Die Forschungsplattformen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil unseres Ansatzes einer fundierten, inklusiven und pluralistischen Sichtweise auf Forschung und Politik.


Forschungsplattform Afrika

Die Forschungsplattform Afrika verfolgt das Ziel, die Zusammenarbeit mit renommierten Partner:innen in Subsahara-Afrika zu intensivieren und bei Forschungsthemen von gemeinsamem Interesse zu fördern. 

MIASA mit Sitz an der University ofLegon, Ghana, ist eines von fünf Maria-Sibylla-Merian-Zentren für Höhere Studien, die vom deutschen Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) gefördert werden. Übergeordnetes Ziel ist es, auf einen Abbau der globalen Asymmetrien in der Wissensproduktion hinzuwirken und die kulturelle Kluft zwischen dem anglophonen und dem frankophonen Afrika zu überbrücken. Der thematische Schwerpunkt von MIASA liegt auf nachhaltiger Governance. Das GIGA trägt zu dieser Forschung bei, ist mit einem Mitglied im Vorstand von MIASA vertreten und organisiert – gemeinsam mit Partner:innen aus Ghana – die „MIASA Policy Conferences“.

Die Editor:innen von AfricaSpectrum, einer renommierten Zeitschrift für Afrikastudien, die vom GIGA herausgegeben wird, haben einen Publikationsworkshop für Wissenschaftler:innen aus afrikanischen Ländern mitorganisiert. Die Forschenden beschäftigen sich mit Fragen zu Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft in Afrika und zur nachhaltigen Governance.

Im Jahr 2022 hat das GIGA Institut für Afrika-Studien die „GIGA Speaker Series on African Affairs“ ins Leben gerufen. Referent:innenaus führenden afrikanischen Forschungsinstituten und Universitäten werden eingeladen, öffentliche Vorträge zu halten sowie an internen Sitzungen teilzunehmen, um Grundlagen für weitere gemeinsame Projekte zu schaffen. 

Kontakt

Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Afrika-Studien / Editor GIGA Focus Africa

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Globalisation and Development"



Forschungsplattform Asien

Seit 2015 betreibt das GIGA eine Forschungsplattform in Asien mit dem Ziel, die Zusammenarbeit und den Austausch zwischen Wissenschaft, Think Tanks, dem Auswärtigen Amt, politischen Stiftungen und anderen Partner:innen zu intensivieren.

Zu den Aktivitäten gehören gemeinsame wissenschaftliche Konferenzen, Workshops und praxisorientierte Veranstaltungen sowie der Austausch von Mitarbeitenden. Die Plattform ermöglicht es uns, innovative Kooperationen zu erkunden und neue Partnerschaften mit Institutionen im weiteren indo-pazifischen Raum und in Europa aufzubauen. In den letzten Jahren haben wir mehrere wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen in Peking, Dunedin (Neuseeland), Kuala Lumpur, Neu-Delhi, Phitsanulok (Thailand), Tokio, Ulaanbaatar und Yangon mitorganisiert. Gemeinsame Aktivitäten mit Wissenschaftler:innen und Journalist:innen aus der Region fanden auch in Hamburg und Berlin statt. Aus diesen Veranstaltungen gingen eine beachtliche Anzahl von Sammelbänden, Sonderausgaben von Fachzeitschriften und anderen Publikationen hervor. 

Was die institutionelle Zusammenarbeit betrifft, so profitiert die GIGA-Forschungsplattform Asien von Kooperationsvereinbarungen mit der China Foreign Affairs University in Peking, dem Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in Neu Delhi, der University of Otago in Dunedin, Neuseeland, und der University of Virginia in Charlottesville. In Tokio ist das GIGA durch seine Senior Research Fellow Dr. Iris Wieczorek vertreten.  

Seit 2017 hat das Institut mehrere „GIGA India Fellowships“ an Indien-Expert:innen vergeben, die als Visiting Fellows am GIGA Institut für Asien-Studien tätig waren. Einige Ehemalige sind heute mit dem Institut assoziiert. Gemeinsam mit seinem französischen Partner, dem Center for International Studies (CERI) an der SciencesPo Paris, hat das GIGA im Jahr 2021 das „Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific“ ins Leben gerufen, das eine Online-Veranstaltungsreihe, gemeinsame Konferenzen und andere Austauschaktivitäten organisiert. 

Kontakt

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President



Forschungsplattform Lateinamerika

Die Konsolidierung und Ausweitung der Zusammenarbeit mit führenden Universitäten und Forschungsinstituten in Brasilien und darüber hinaus ist das vorrangige Ziel der GIGA-Forschungsplattform in Lateinamerika.  

Neben unserem Hauptkooperationspartner, der Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), arbeiten wir eng mit neun weiteren Institutionen zusammen, um gemeinsame internationale Workshops und Konferenzen zu organisieren, gegenseitige Forschungsbesuche zu arrangieren und Themen von gemeinsamem Interesse mit verschiedenen Zielgruppen in der Region zu diskutieren.  

Die Aktivitäten der Plattform sind mit Forschungsprojekten des GIGA verzahnt und ebnen so den Weg für Synergien und institutionelle Bindungen für eine langfristige Zusammenarbeit.

Kontakt

Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Präsidentin (interim)

Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos

Lead Research Fellow / Editor Journal of Politics in Latin America



Forschungsplattform Nahost

Das GIGA betreibt derzeit eine Forschungsplattform in Nordafrika (Tunis) und eine im Nahen Osten (Beirut). Sie bringt Akademiker:innen und Praktiker:innen aus der arabischen Welt und darüber hinaus zusammen und ermöglicht es dem GIGA und seinen Partner:innen, sich gemeinsam mit Themen zu befassen, die für die beteiligten Institutionen und Forschenden von besonderer Bedeutung sind.  

Gemeinsam mit dem L'Observatoire Tunisien de la Transition Démocratique (OTTD) in Tunesien und der Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut organisiert das GIGA Aktivitäten zur Förderung einer gemeinsamen Wirkung auf die wissenschaftlichen und politischen Arenen an den einzelnen Standorten – dazu gehören internationale Konferenzen und Workshops, Forschungskooperationen und gegenseitige Forschungsbesuche. 

Kontakt

Dr. André Bank

Senior Research Fellow

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Peace and Security"

Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Nahost-Studien / Editor GIGA Focus Middle East


Aktivitäten

GIGA Speaker Series on African Affairs

GIGA Event | 30.04.2023

GIGA Speaker Series on African Affairs

Democratic achievements in Africa are at risk. Military coups and ongoing resource-plundering by external parties have raised fears of further backsliding to authoritarian rule. Dr. Joseph Asunka, CEO of the survey research network Afrobarometer, will describe how Africans perceive the current state of affairs.

MIASA Publishing Workshop 2021

Online-Workshop | 21.10.2021 - 22.10.2021

MIASA Publishing Workshop 2021

Mit dem MIASA Publishing Workshop wird die Forschung afrikanischer Wissenschaftler:innen gefördert, um ihre Veröffentlichung in renommierten Fachzeitschriften zu erleichtern. Damit sollen Asymmetrien in der Wissensproduktion beseitigt werden – das Ziel des Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa.

Ländlicher Wandel in Subsahara-Afrika: Ein Forschungscomic von Mitgliedern des Merian Instituts für fortgeschrittene Studien in Afrika

Forschungscomic | 2021

Ländlicher Wandel in Subsahara-Afrika: Ein Forschungscomic von Mitgliedern des Merian Instituts für fortgeschrittene Studien in Afrika

In diesem Comic werden ländliche Transformationen in Afrika thematisiert. Zwischen Februar und Mai 2020 arbeiteten Forscher aus verschiedenen Ländern virtuell und am Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa zusammen. Dieser Comic gibt Ihnen einen Einblick.

Dr. Lisa Hoffmann

Associate

Forschungsprojekt | 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2026

Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)

MIASA, based at the University of Legon, Ghana, is one of five Maria Sibylla Merian Centres for Advanced Studies, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research. Its overall aim is to work towards a reduction of global asymmetries in knowledge production and bridging the cultural divide between anglophone and francophone Africa. MIASA's thematical focus is on sustainable governance. The GIGA contributes to the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on ‘Sustainable Rural Transformation’ and its outreach activities.
BMFTR, 2020-2026

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Globalisation and Development"

Dr. Julia Grauvogel

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Delegationsreise nach Ghana stärkt wissenschaftliche Kooperationen

Kurz notiert | 14.10.2024

Delegationsreise nach Ghana stärkt wissenschaftliche Kooperationen

Senior Research Fellow Dr. Julia Grauvogel nahm vom 2. bis 8. Oktober 2024 an einer Delegationsreise nach Ghana teil. Die Reise wurde von der Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung, Gleichstellung und Bezirke (BWFGB) Hamburg unter Leitung der Zweiten Bürgermeisterin und Wissenschaftssenatorin Katharina Fegebank organisiert. Die intensiven Gespräche der Delegation führten zu vielversprechenden Forschungskooperationen.

GIGA Speaker Series on African Affairs

GIGA Event | 30.04.2023

GIGA Speaker Series on African Affairs

Democratic achievements in Africa are at risk. Military coups and ongoing resource-plundering by external parties have raised fears of further backsliding to authoritarian rule. Dr. Joseph Asunka, CEO of the survey research network Afrobarometer, will describe how Africans perceive the current state of affairs.

MIASA Publishing Workshop 2021

Online-Workshop | 21.10.2021 - 22.10.2021

MIASA Publishing Workshop 2021

Mit dem MIASA Publishing Workshop wird die Forschung afrikanischer Wissenschaftler:innen gefördert, um ihre Veröffentlichung in renommierten Fachzeitschriften zu erleichtern. Damit sollen Asymmetrien in der Wissensproduktion beseitigt werden – das Ziel des Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa.

Ländlicher Wandel in Subsahara-Afrika: Ein Forschungscomic von Mitgliedern des Merian Instituts für fortgeschrittene Studien in Afrika

Forschungscomic | 2021

Ländlicher Wandel in Subsahara-Afrika: Ein Forschungscomic von Mitgliedern des Merian Instituts für fortgeschrittene Studien in Afrika

In diesem Comic werden ländliche Transformationen in Afrika thematisiert. Zwischen Februar und Mai 2020 arbeiteten Forscher aus verschiedenen Ländern virtuell und am Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa zusammen. Dieser Comic gibt Ihnen einen Einblick.

Dr. Lisa Hoffmann

Associate

Forschungsprojekt | 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2026

Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)

MIASA, based at the University of Legon, Ghana, is one of five Maria Sibylla Merian Centres for Advanced Studies, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research. Its overall aim is to work towards a reduction of global asymmetries in knowledge production and bridging the cultural divide between anglophone and francophone Africa. MIASA's thematical focus is on sustainable governance. The GIGA contributes to the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on ‘Sustainable Rural Transformation’ and its outreach activities.
BMFTR, 2020-2026

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Globalisation and Development"

Dr. Julia Grauvogel

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Delegationsreise nach Ghana stärkt wissenschaftliche Kooperationen

Kurz notiert | 14.10.2024

Delegationsreise nach Ghana stärkt wissenschaftliche Kooperationen

Senior Research Fellow Dr. Julia Grauvogel nahm vom 2. bis 8. Oktober 2024 an einer Delegationsreise nach Ghana teil. Die Reise wurde von der Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung, Gleichstellung und Bezirke (BWFGB) Hamburg unter Leitung der Zweiten Bürgermeisterin und Wissenschaftssenatorin Katharina Fegebank organisiert. Die intensiven Gespräche der Delegation führten zu vielversprechenden Forschungskooperationen.

GIGA Speaker Series on African Affairs

GIGA Event | 30.04.2023

GIGA Speaker Series on African Affairs

Democratic achievements in Africa are at risk. Military coups and ongoing resource-plundering by external parties have raised fears of further backsliding to authoritarian rule. Dr. Joseph Asunka, CEO of the survey research network Afrobarometer, will describe how Africans perceive the current state of affairs.

MIASA Publishing Workshop 2021

Online-Workshop | 21.10.2021 - 22.10.2021

MIASA Publishing Workshop 2021

Mit dem MIASA Publishing Workshop wird die Forschung afrikanischer Wissenschaftler:innen gefördert, um ihre Veröffentlichung in renommierten Fachzeitschriften zu erleichtern. Damit sollen Asymmetrien in der Wissensproduktion beseitigt werden – das Ziel des Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa.

Ländlicher Wandel in Subsahara-Afrika: Ein Forschungscomic von Mitgliedern des Merian Instituts für fortgeschrittene Studien in Afrika

Forschungscomic | 2021

Ländlicher Wandel in Subsahara-Afrika: Ein Forschungscomic von Mitgliedern des Merian Instituts für fortgeschrittene Studien in Afrika

In diesem Comic werden ländliche Transformationen in Afrika thematisiert. Zwischen Februar und Mai 2020 arbeiteten Forscher aus verschiedenen Ländern virtuell und am Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa zusammen. Dieser Comic gibt Ihnen einen Einblick.

Dr. Lisa Hoffmann

Associate

Forschungsprojekt | 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2026

Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)

MIASA, based at the University of Legon, Ghana, is one of five Maria Sibylla Merian Centres for Advanced Studies, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research. Its overall aim is to work towards a reduction of global asymmetries in knowledge production and bridging the cultural divide between anglophone and francophone Africa. MIASA's thematical focus is on sustainable governance. The GIGA contributes to the Interdisciplinary Fellow Group on ‘Sustainable Rural Transformation’ and its outreach activities.
BMFTR, 2020-2026

Prof. Dr. Jann Lay

Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Globalisation and Development"

Dr. Julia Grauvogel

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Aktivitäten

Engaging in the Indo-Pacific

Kooperationsveranstaltung | 06.07.2022

Engaging in the Indo-Pacific

The East Asia Institute (EAI), Seoul, and the GIGA co-hosted a seminar titled “Engaging in the Indo-Pacific: German and South Korean Views” on 6 July 2022 at the East Asia Institute conference hall. The panelists held an in-depth discussion on the vision for the Indo-Pacific region, measures for German-South Korean cooperation, and both countries’ strategies for engagement.

Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022

Engaging the Indo-Pacific: German and Korean Perspectives on Regional Cooperation

A policy-oriented research project bringing together the GIGA and the East Asia Institute in Seoul. The project aims at analysing German/EU and Korean strategies for Indo-Pacific engagement and identifying areas for in-depth consultation, coordination and cooperation.
Korea Foundation, 2022

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Dr. Christian Wirth

Prof. Dr. Sook-Jong Lee

Prof. Dr. Yul Sohn

Prof. Dr. Chaesung Chun

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Diplomacy in a Contested Region

Global Political Transitions | Palgrave Macmillan | 11.2021

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Diplomacy in a Contested Region

Dieser Band, mitherausgegeben von Patrick Köllner, wurde Ende 2021 von Palgrave Macmillan veröffentlicht. Es bringt ein einzigartiges Team von Forschenden und Praktiker:innen zusammen, um Interessen, Institutionen und Themen zu analysieren, die den Übergang vom asiatisch-pazifischen zum indo-pazifischen Raum beeinflussen.

Prof. Dr. Robert G. Patman

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Balazs Kiglics

Franco-German Observatory on the Indo-Pacific Conference 2021

Konferenz | 09.12.2021 - 10.12.2021

Franco-German Observatory on the Indo-Pacific Conference 2021

Im Mittelpunkt dieser Konferenz stehen die geopolitischen Entwicklungen im Indo-Pazifik. Ziel ist es, die Bedeutung und Auswirkungen der Entwicklungen auf unser Verständnis der internationalen Politik in Asien zu analysieren. Dabei werden nationale und EU-Strategien gegenüber der Region diskutiert.

GIGA China Series

Lecture Series | 14.04.2026

GIGA China Series

You want to learn more about Chinese foreign policy and the role experts can exert on it? In this GIGA China talk, we will discuss with Sabine Mokry how the role of Chinese experts has changed under Xi Jinping and how, despite centralisation of political power, scholars and think tankers can still exert influence on foreign policy.

Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy | Palgrave Macmillan | 08.2025

Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

This book offers perspectives on Indo-Pacific dynamics by a set of experts who have collaborated in the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. The volume speaks to and enriches scholarly discussions on the nexus of order(ing) and agency in that strategic space.

Prof. Dr. Delphine Allès

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Otago Foreign Policy School 2025

Konferenz | 27.06.2025 - 29.06.2025

Otago Foreign Policy School 2025

Otago Foreign Policy School 2025, University of Otago, Dunedin Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Vortragende:r, Chair), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Vortragende:r, Chair), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Vortragende:r, Chair)

Patrick Köllner served as co-director of the 2025 Otago Foreign Policy School at the University of Otago, the GIGA's institutional cooperation partner in New Zealand. The conference focussed on small state agency in the Indo-Pacific, presenting new analytical perspectives and case studies from various world regions.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President

UK-Europe Track 1.5 Indo-Pacific Dialogue 2025

King’s College London | 05.06.2025

UK-Europe Track 1.5 Indo-Pacific Dialogue 2025

Organisation: King’s College London Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Organisator:in)

Patrick Köllner and Johannes Plagemann participated in the UK-Europe Track 1.5 Dialogue 2025, organised in cooperation with the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. They addressed in their presentations the modalities of and the challenges facing European approaches to the Indo-Pacific.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Special Issue: Foreign Policy Signaling in the Indo-Pacific: Responses to the US-China Rivalry in a Multipolar World

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations | Sage | 02.2025

Special Issue: Foreign Policy Signaling in the Indo-Pacific: Responses to the US-China Rivalry in a Multipolar World

Das geopolitische Kräftemessen zwischen den USA und China findet zuallererst im Indo-Pazifik statt. Wie reagieren die Staaten der Region darauf? Die Sonderausgabe untersucht die Ambivalenzen in den Außenpolitiken kleiner und mittelgroßer Staaten sowie der EU.

Ass. Prof. Dr. Raphaëlle Khan

Department of Political Science, The City College of New York

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Senior Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Global

Book Workshop on Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

Workshop | 25.06.2024

Book Workshop on Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

Book Workshop on Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific, GIGA, Hamburg Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Chair, Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Chair, Diskutant:in), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. David Camroux (Diskutant:in), Ass. Prof. Dr. Nicolas Blarel (Diskutant:in), Dr. Mohammadbagher Forough (Diskutant:in), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Chair, Diskutant:in)

This book workshop discusses chapter drafts for an edited volume put together by the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. Fourteen scholars based in France, Germany, and the Netherlands examine examine dynamics of order-building and the agency of small and middle powers in the Indo-Pacific.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Prof. Dr. David Camroux

Ass. Prof. Dr. Nicolas Blarel

Dr. Mohammadbagher Forough

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023

Workshop | 09.06.2023

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023, Online Event Organisation: Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, SciencesPo, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Organisator:in)

Patrick Köllner co-organised the 2023 Track 1.5 workshop of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific, bringing together high-level representatives of the French and German foreign and defence ministries, the Dutch foreign ministry, and the European External Action Service plus selected scholars.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, SciencesPo

Localizing the Indo-Pacific

Workshop | 08.06.2023

Localizing the Indo-Pacific

Localizing the Indo-Pacific, SciencesPo, Paris Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Chair, Organisator:in, Vortragende:r), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Chair, Organisator:in, Vortragende:r), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Chair, Organisator:in, Vortragende:r), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Organisator:in)

This workshop of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific brought together scholars from both countries to prepare an edited volume on localizing the Indo-Pacific in terms of national strategies and their outcomes at the regional level.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, SciencesPo

Der Weg zur engeren Zusammenarbeit mit Südkorea im indopazifischen Raum

GIGA Talk | 01.12.2022

Der Weg zur engeren Zusammenarbeit mit Südkorea im indopazifischen Raum

Der Weg zur engeren Zusammenarbeit mit Südkorea im indopazifischen Raum, Online event Organisation: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Vortragende:r), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Vortragende:r), Dr. Christian Wirth (Vortragende:r), Prof. Dr. Yul Sohn (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Sook-Jong Lee (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Chaesung Chun (Diskutant:in), Dr. Martin Thümmel (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig (Moderator:in)

Die Europäische Union und Deutschland entwickeln Strategien für die Zusammenarbeit im indopazifischen Raum. Wie passt Südkorea in dieses Bild? In diesem GIGA Talk werden die Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts vorgestellt und diskutiert, das die Potenziale für eine engere Zusammenarbeit untersucht.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Dr. Christian Wirth

Prof. Dr. Yul Sohn

Prof. Dr. Sook-Jong Lee

Prof. Dr. Chaesung Chun

Dr. Martin Thümmel

Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig

Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Seminar | 05.07.2022

Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Seoul Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Christian Wirth (Panelbeitragende:r)

Patrick Köllner and Christian Wirth met with scholars from the Korea National Diplomatic Academy to discuss the rise of the Indo-Pacific as a strategic space and to explore avenues for closer cooperation between the Republic of Korea, Germany and the European Union in that context.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President

Dr. Christian Wirth

Ehemals GIGA-Teammitglied

Maritime Security Strategies in the Era of the Indo-Pacific

Seminar | 30.06.2022

Maritime Security Strategies in the Era of the Indo-Pacific

Maritime Security Strategies in the Era of the Indo-Pacific, Seoul KTX Station AREX-3, Seoul Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Christian Wirth (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Panelbeitragende:r), Ass. Prof. Dr. Min Gyo Koo (Organisator:in)

Patrick Köllner, Johannes Plagemann and Christian Wirth exchanged views with Korean university, think tank and media representatives in a joint maritime policy seminar of the SLOC Study Group-Korea and the GIGA. The event was co-sponsored by the Haesung Institute for Ethics in International Affairs.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Christian Wirth

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Ass. Prof. Dr. Min Gyo Koo

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023

Workshop | 09.06.2023

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023, Online Event Organisation: Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, SciencesPo, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar (Chair)

Amrita Narlikar chairs debate with representatives of French and German Defence and Foreign Ministies on the state and lessons of implementing current diplomatic and military strategies towards the Indo-Pacific, and their reception by actors in the region.

Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar

Ehemals Präsidentin

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific

Vortragsreihe | 05.12.2025

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific

The 31st webinar of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific, hosted by the CERI, features Plamen Tonchev of the Athens-based Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER). He speaks about Mediterranean linkages and non-linkages to the Indo-Pacific

Engaging in the Indo-Pacific

Kooperationsveranstaltung | 06.07.2022

Engaging in the Indo-Pacific

The East Asia Institute (EAI), Seoul, and the GIGA co-hosted a seminar titled “Engaging in the Indo-Pacific: German and South Korean Views” on 6 July 2022 at the East Asia Institute conference hall. The panelists held an in-depth discussion on the vision for the Indo-Pacific region, measures for German-South Korean cooperation, and both countries’ strategies for engagement.

Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022

Engaging the Indo-Pacific: German and Korean Perspectives on Regional Cooperation

A policy-oriented research project bringing together the GIGA and the East Asia Institute in Seoul. The project aims at analysing German/EU and Korean strategies for Indo-Pacific engagement and identifying areas for in-depth consultation, coordination and cooperation.
Korea Foundation, 2022

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Dr. Christian Wirth

Prof. Dr. Sook-Jong Lee

Prof. Dr. Yul Sohn

Prof. Dr. Chaesung Chun

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Diplomacy in a Contested Region

Global Political Transitions | Palgrave Macmillan | 11.2021

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Diplomacy in a Contested Region

Dieser Band, mitherausgegeben von Patrick Köllner, wurde Ende 2021 von Palgrave Macmillan veröffentlicht. Es bringt ein einzigartiges Team von Forschenden und Praktiker:innen zusammen, um Interessen, Institutionen und Themen zu analysieren, die den Übergang vom asiatisch-pazifischen zum indo-pazifischen Raum beeinflussen.

Prof. Dr. Robert G. Patman

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Balazs Kiglics

Franco-German Observatory on the Indo-Pacific Conference 2021

Konferenz | 09.12.2021 - 10.12.2021

Franco-German Observatory on the Indo-Pacific Conference 2021

Im Mittelpunkt dieser Konferenz stehen die geopolitischen Entwicklungen im Indo-Pazifik. Ziel ist es, die Bedeutung und Auswirkungen der Entwicklungen auf unser Verständnis der internationalen Politik in Asien zu analysieren. Dabei werden nationale und EU-Strategien gegenüber der Region diskutiert.

GIGA China Series

Lecture Series | 14.04.2026

GIGA China Series

You want to learn more about Chinese foreign policy and the role experts can exert on it? In this GIGA China talk, we will discuss with Sabine Mokry how the role of Chinese experts has changed under Xi Jinping and how, despite centralisation of political power, scholars and think tankers can still exert influence on foreign policy.

Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy | Palgrave Macmillan | 08.2025

Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

This book offers perspectives on Indo-Pacific dynamics by a set of experts who have collaborated in the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. The volume speaks to and enriches scholarly discussions on the nexus of order(ing) and agency in that strategic space.

Prof. Dr. Delphine Allès

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Otago Foreign Policy School 2025

Konferenz | 27.06.2025 - 29.06.2025

Otago Foreign Policy School 2025

Otago Foreign Policy School 2025, University of Otago, Dunedin Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Vortragende:r, Chair), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Vortragende:r, Chair), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Vortragende:r, Chair)

Patrick Köllner served as co-director of the 2025 Otago Foreign Policy School at the University of Otago, the GIGA's institutional cooperation partner in New Zealand. The conference focussed on small state agency in the Indo-Pacific, presenting new analytical perspectives and case studies from various world regions.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President

UK-Europe Track 1.5 Indo-Pacific Dialogue 2025

King’s College London | 05.06.2025

UK-Europe Track 1.5 Indo-Pacific Dialogue 2025

Organisation: King’s College London Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Organisator:in)

Patrick Köllner and Johannes Plagemann participated in the UK-Europe Track 1.5 Dialogue 2025, organised in cooperation with the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. They addressed in their presentations the modalities of and the challenges facing European approaches to the Indo-Pacific.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Special Issue: Foreign Policy Signaling in the Indo-Pacific: Responses to the US-China Rivalry in a Multipolar World

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations | Sage | 02.2025

Special Issue: Foreign Policy Signaling in the Indo-Pacific: Responses to the US-China Rivalry in a Multipolar World

Das geopolitische Kräftemessen zwischen den USA und China findet zuallererst im Indo-Pazifik statt. Wie reagieren die Staaten der Region darauf? Die Sonderausgabe untersucht die Ambivalenzen in den Außenpolitiken kleiner und mittelgroßer Staaten sowie der EU.

Ass. Prof. Dr. Raphaëlle Khan

Department of Political Science, The City College of New York

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Senior Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Global

Book Workshop on Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

Workshop | 25.06.2024

Book Workshop on Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific

Book Workshop on Order and Agency in the Indo-Pacific, GIGA, Hamburg Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Chair, Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Chair, Diskutant:in), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. David Camroux (Diskutant:in), Ass. Prof. Dr. Nicolas Blarel (Diskutant:in), Dr. Mohammadbagher Forough (Diskutant:in), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Chair, Diskutant:in)

This book workshop discusses chapter drafts for an edited volume put together by the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific. Fourteen scholars based in France, Germany, and the Netherlands examine examine dynamics of order-building and the agency of small and middle powers in the Indo-Pacific.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Prof. Dr. David Camroux

Ass. Prof. Dr. Nicolas Blarel

Dr. Mohammadbagher Forough

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023

Workshop | 09.06.2023

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023, Online Event Organisation: Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, SciencesPo, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Organisator:in)

Patrick Köllner co-organised the 2023 Track 1.5 workshop of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific, bringing together high-level representatives of the French and German foreign and defence ministries, the Dutch foreign ministry, and the European External Action Service plus selected scholars.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, SciencesPo

Localizing the Indo-Pacific

Workshop | 08.06.2023

Localizing the Indo-Pacific

Localizing the Indo-Pacific, SciencesPo, Paris Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Chair, Organisator:in, Vortragende:r), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Chair, Organisator:in, Vortragende:r), Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Chair, Organisator:in, Vortragende:r), Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot (Organisator:in)

This workshop of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific brought together scholars from both countries to prepare an edited volume on localizing the Indo-Pacific in terms of national strategies and their outcomes at the regional level.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President

Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot

Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, SciencesPo

Der Weg zur engeren Zusammenarbeit mit Südkorea im indopazifischen Raum

GIGA Talk | 01.12.2022

Der Weg zur engeren Zusammenarbeit mit Südkorea im indopazifischen Raum

Der Weg zur engeren Zusammenarbeit mit Südkorea im indopazifischen Raum, Online event Organisation: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Vortragende:r), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Vortragende:r), Dr. Christian Wirth (Vortragende:r), Prof. Dr. Yul Sohn (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Sook-Jong Lee (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Chaesung Chun (Diskutant:in), Dr. Martin Thümmel (Diskutant:in), Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig (Moderator:in)

Die Europäische Union und Deutschland entwickeln Strategien für die Zusammenarbeit im indopazifischen Raum. Wie passt Südkorea in dieses Bild? In diesem GIGA Talk werden die Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojekts vorgestellt und diskutiert, das die Potenziale für eine engere Zusammenarbeit untersucht.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Dr. Christian Wirth

Prof. Dr. Yul Sohn

Prof. Dr. Sook-Jong Lee

Prof. Dr. Chaesung Chun

Dr. Martin Thümmel

Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig

Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Seminar | 05.07.2022

Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, Korea National Diplomatic Academy, Seoul Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Christian Wirth (Panelbeitragende:r)

Patrick Köllner and Christian Wirth met with scholars from the Korea National Diplomatic Academy to discuss the rise of the Indo-Pacific as a strategic space and to explore avenues for closer cooperation between the Republic of Korea, Germany and the European Union in that context.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Asien-Studien / Vice President

Dr. Christian Wirth

Ehemals GIGA-Teammitglied

Maritime Security Strategies in the Era of the Indo-Pacific

Seminar | 30.06.2022

Maritime Security Strategies in the Era of the Indo-Pacific

Maritime Security Strategies in the Era of the Indo-Pacific, Seoul KTX Station AREX-3, Seoul Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Christian Wirth (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Panelbeitragende:r), Ass. Prof. Dr. Min Gyo Koo (Organisator:in)

Patrick Köllner, Johannes Plagemann and Christian Wirth exchanged views with Korean university, think tank and media representatives in a joint maritime policy seminar of the SLOC Study Group-Korea and the GIGA. The event was co-sponsored by the Haesung Institute for Ethics in International Affairs.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Christian Wirth

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Ass. Prof. Dr. Min Gyo Koo

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023

Workshop | 09.06.2023

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific Track 1.5 workshop 2023, Online Event Organisation: Centre d’Études et de Recherches Internationales, SciencesPo, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar (Chair)

Amrita Narlikar chairs debate with representatives of French and German Defence and Foreign Ministies on the state and lessons of implementing current diplomatic and military strategies towards the Indo-Pacific, and their reception by actors in the region.

Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar

Ehemals Präsidentin

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific

Vortragsreihe | 05.12.2025

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific

The 31st webinar of the Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific, hosted by the CERI, features Plamen Tonchev of the Athens-based Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER). He speaks about Mediterranean linkages and non-linkages to the Indo-Pacific

Engaging in the Indo-Pacific

Kooperationsveranstaltung | 06.07.2022

Engaging in the Indo-Pacific

The East Asia Institute (EAI), Seoul, and the GIGA co-hosted a seminar titled “Engaging in the Indo-Pacific: German and South Korean Views” on 6 July 2022 at the East Asia Institute conference hall. The panelists held an in-depth discussion on the vision for the Indo-Pacific region, measures for German-South Korean cooperation, and both countries’ strategies for engagement.

Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022

Engaging the Indo-Pacific: German and Korean Perspectives on Regional Cooperation

A policy-oriented research project bringing together the GIGA and the East Asia Institute in Seoul. The project aims at analysing German/EU and Korean strategies for Indo-Pacific engagement and identifying areas for in-depth consultation, coordination and cooperation.
Korea Foundation, 2022

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Johannes Plagemann

Dr. Christian Wirth

Prof. Dr. Sook-Jong Lee

Prof. Dr. Yul Sohn

Prof. Dr. Chaesung Chun

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Diplomacy in a Contested Region

Global Political Transitions | Palgrave Macmillan | 11.2021

From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Diplomacy in a Contested Region

Dieser Band, mitherausgegeben von Patrick Köllner, wurde Ende 2021 von Palgrave Macmillan veröffentlicht. Es bringt ein einzigartiges Team von Forschenden und Praktiker:innen zusammen, um Interessen, Institutionen und Themen zu analysieren, die den Übergang vom asiatisch-pazifischen zum indo-pazifischen Raum beeinflussen.

Prof. Dr. Robert G. Patman

Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

Dr. Balazs Kiglics

Franco-German Observatory on the Indo-Pacific Conference 2021

Konferenz | 09.12.2021 - 10.12.2021

Franco-German Observatory on the Indo-Pacific Conference 2021

Im Mittelpunkt dieser Konferenz stehen die geopolitischen Entwicklungen im Indo-Pazifik. Ziel ist es, die Bedeutung und Auswirkungen der Entwicklungen auf unser Verständnis der internationalen Politik in Asien zu analysieren. Dabei werden nationale und EU-Strategien gegenüber der Region diskutiert.

Aktivitäten

Forschungsprojekt | 01.04.2020 - 31.03.2023

Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM): Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity, Phase I

The "Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb" (MECAM), founded in 2020, is a platform for regional and international scientific exchange in Tunisia based on the central theme "Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity". The centre is located at the renowned Université de Tunis in the Tunisian capital. Its research work focuses on the effects of multidimensional disparity on models, visions and ideas about political, social, economic, and cultural futures.
BMFTR, 2020-2023

Dr. André Bank

Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

Dr. Alyssa Miller

Neues Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in Tunis

Kooperation | 20.04.2020

Neues Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in Tunis

Das GIGA beteiligt sich am Aufbau eines Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) in der Hauptstadt Tunesiens. Das geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungszentrum soll sich der Untersuchung gesellschaftlicher Wandlungsprozesse widmen, die sich infolge der Arabischen Protestbewegungen von 2011 ergeben haben.

L’enseignement et la recherche en temps de pandémie : état des lieux en Tunisie et en Allemagne

Kooperationsveranstaltung | 19.02.2021

L’enseignement et la recherche en temps de pandémie : état des lieux en Tunisie et en Allemagne

Pour inaugurer le cycle « Rencontres Ibn Khaldûn », le MECAM organise un événement auquel prendront part des acteurs et actrices directement concerné/es par l’impact de la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le monde académique. Elles et ils seront invité·es à débattre des problèmes de l’enseignement à distance, de la mobilité et des enjeux de la recherche en temps de crise sanitaire.

Zukunftsperspektiven im Angesicht von Ungleichheiten erforschen

Pressemitteilung | 30.03.2020

Zukunftsperspektiven im Angesicht von Ungleichheiten erforschen

Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) an der Universität Tunis

Ghannouchi’s Concept of Ḥurriyya and Its Realisation in Transitional Tunisia

MECAM Papers English | 11.2025

Ghannouchi’s Concept of Ḥurriyya and Its Realisation in Transitional Tunisia

The ḥurriyya framework offers Muslim societies a way to overcome ideological divides by linking universal values with Islamic ethics. It provides an alternative to rigid secularism and literalist traditions while respecting modern values developed outside Islam.

Dr. Julius Dihstelhoff

Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien, Philipps-Universität Marburg

Dr. Imad Alsoos

Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung

The Executioner’s Office in Algeria and Tunisia (1842–1962)

MECAM Papers English | 10.2025

The Executioner’s Office in Algeria and Tunisia (1842–1962)

Nowadays, the profession of executioner is still relevant. Concerning Algeria and Tunisia, once they gained independence the new rulers kept their own executioners on duty. They simply replaced French executioners with “local” ones. Today the abolition of the death penalty is not in prospect.

Dr. Hend Guirat

Université de Tunis

Tunisia and Ghana: Parallel Histories, Diverging Democracies

MECAM Papers English | 06.2025

Tunisia and Ghana: Parallel Histories, Diverging Democracies

Ghana and Tunisia have often been framed as beacons of democracy in their respective regions. However, as Ghana’s democracy matured over decades, Tunisia’s experiment ultimately collapsed. This paper examines diverse factors shaping their paths, offering lessons on the risks of democratic backsliding.

Youssef Cherif

Columbia Global Center Tunis

Freedom and Subjection in Islam through the Prism of Salafism in Tunisia

MECAM Papers English | 04.2025

Freedom and Subjection in Islam through the Prism of Salafism in Tunisia

This paper examines the concept of freedom in Islam, focusing on the Islamic doctrine of retreatist Salafism in Tunisia. Within Salafist Islam, freedom means strict adherence to religious purity and devotion. In contrast to Western conceptions, this religious movement frames freedom and subjection as intertwined conditions.

Ph.D. Jaballah Sofiane

Declining Academic Freedom in the Maghreb

MECAM Papers English | 03.2025

Declining Academic Freedom in the Maghreb

Academic freedom in the Maghreb has been deteriorating for the past decade. This paper documents the range of violations of academic freedom in Algeria, Libya, Mali, Morocco, and Tunisia and provides recommendations for universities and governments in their international cooperation.

Dr. Ilyas Saliba

CARPO – Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient e.V.

Reclaiming Walls and Imaginaries. Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Colonial Aesthetic Practices in Tunisia

MECAM Papers English | 02.2025

Reclaiming Walls and Imaginaries. Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Colonial Aesthetic Practices in Tunisia

Recent pro-Palestine mobilisations in Tunisia restate the relevance of symbolic repertoires in the articulation of political discourses and in the reactivation of social movements. Culture and representation are once again sites of contention. Through aesthetic action in the public space, activists and artists are denouncing cultural colonialism and subalternity.

Dr. Alessia Carnevale

Università di Macerata

The Effects of Imitative Capitalism on Integrating Women and Youth in Maghreb Labour Markets

MECAM Papers English | 02.2025

The Effects of Imitative Capitalism on Integrating Women and Youth in Maghreb Labour Markets

Thirty years on from their initiation, neoliberal policies have weakened Maghreb countries’ labour markets, leading to unanticipated forms of employment and deteriorating working conditions. These countries need to re-evaluate and revamp labour market reforms with ones that correspond better with their status quo and encompass an understanding of the local economic, political, and social structures to enable a sustainable, comprehensive, and fair integration of women and youth into the labour markets.

Dina Zabaneh

Philipps-Universität Marburg

LGBT Rights and Freedom of Conscience in Tunisia, between Islamic Norms and Individual Rights

MECAM Papers English | 01.2025

LGBT Rights and Freedom of Conscience in Tunisia, between Islamic Norms and Individual Rights

The current climate of autocratic tendencies and conservative populism raises concerns about the future of human rights in Tunisia. The new Constitution, emphasising the “objectives of Islam,” could further see religion impact the law and jeopardise the rights of vulnerable groups. A secular framework is crucial for guaranteeing freedom of conscience and protecting individuals from discrimination.

Dr. Tommaso Virgili

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

Clientelism and Predation in Algeria: Public versus Private Sector

MECAM Papers English | 12.2024

Clientelism and Predation in Algeria: Public versus Private Sector

Economic theory defines the difference between the private and the public sector in terms of the legal ownership of capital. In other words, the public sector’s means of production are owned by the community through the state while those of the private sector are in the hands of entrepreneurs, who are members of civil society. This distinction between the categories of “public” and “private,” inspired by Western experience, appears insufficient to account for the reality of most countries whose state-building processes have followed paths different from those experienced in the Western world.

Dr. Mourad Ouchichi

Abderrahmane-Mira University of Béjaïa

Market Logics and Moral Economies During Tunisia’s Shortages Crisis

MECAM Papers English | 10.2024

Market Logics and Moral Economies During Tunisia’s Shortages Crisis

Shortages in Tunisia have not resulted in the overt politics of bread riots. Nevertheless, citizens made ethical claims regarding the just distribution of goods. While this does not preclude overt political unrest in the future, it suggests that the bread riot thesis, with its prioritising of claim-making against the state, has overlooked the market as an arena of social intervention.

Dr. Joshua E. Rigg

Georgetown University in Qatar

Reimagining the Maghreb: Navigating an Autonomous Region in Motion

MECAM Papers English | 07.2024

Reimagining the Maghreb: Navigating an Autonomous Region in Motion

Based on its guiding theme “Imagining Futures – Dealing with Disparity,” MECAM, the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb in Tunis, aims to play a notable role in advancing both current and future knowledge production in the Humanities and Social Sciences within, from, and about the Maghreb.

Dr. Julius Dihstelhoff

Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa

Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

State–Society Relations and Sustainable Growth in Tunisia Post-2011

MECAM Papers English | 07.2024

State–Society Relations and Sustainable Growth in Tunisia Post-2011

Social actors’ representative organisations and their effective participation in decision-making should be fostered through more collaborative governance institutions. Building mutual trust between different CSOs would also help here. This would prevent favouritism and provide more beneficial input to the state, both serving to promote more inclusive and sustainable growth for Tunisia.

Dr. Mohamed Ismail Sabry

Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb

Call for Applications: MECAM Individual Fellowship Application 2024–2025

Call | 16.01.2024

Call for Applications: MECAM Individual Fellowship Application 2024–2025

Under the overall theme “Imagining Futures: Dealing with Disparity”, the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) invites applications for nine fellowships for postdoctoral and advanced researchers in the humanities and social sciences for the period from September 2024 to April 2025.

Quietist Salafism Between (Neo)liberal Apprehensions and Convergence

MECAM Papers English | 07.2023

Quietist Salafism Between (Neo)liberal Apprehensions and Convergence

There are some striking similarities between quietist Salafi thinking in Morocco and key political and societal dictates of liberal and neoliberal logics. These traditions all variously vilify the state as a means of effecting individual and, ultimately, societal transformation. They also variously locate matters of responsibility at the level of each individual, rather than at the level of society or the state.

Dr. Guy Eyre

University of Edinburgh

Hand / Camera / Phone: Mobile Cameras, Migration, and Knowledge Production in Our Hands

MECAM Papers English | 02.2023

Hand / Camera / Phone: Mobile Cameras, Migration, and Knowledge Production in Our Hands

Mobile phones have a close relation to the hand itself, when they are used as handheld cameras, or in the way a touchscreen is operated. When mobile phone cameras are used in documentary filmmaking to tell a migrant’s story on their own terms, they offer a “hands-on” approach to digital knowledge production that incorporates not only the reality of its production but also the potential for a change of perspective.

Angela Jouini

Freie Universität Berlin

Reverberations of Interconnected Crises: Solidarity, Agency and Identity after the Arab Spring

Kooperationsveranstaltung | 21.02.2023

Reverberations of Interconnected Crises: Solidarity, Agency and Identity after the Arab Spring

Conflicts, authoritarian resurgence, mass forced displacement, and economic crisis are impacting countries across the Middle East and North Africa. These have led many to depict this as the onset of an Arab winter. This talk by Maha Yahya will unpack some of the political and socioeconomic challenges.

Forgetting of Morality, Morality of Forgetting: Reconciliation in Algeria and the Official Erasure of the Political Subject

MECAM Papers English | 11.2022

Forgetting of Morality, Morality of Forgetting: Reconciliation in Algeria and the Official Erasure of the Political Subject

The official politics of forgetting involved in Algeria’s post–Civil War reconciliation process poses important moral and political questions about the constitution of the political subject and of citizenship. This MECAM Paper deals with reconciliation in Algeria.

Prof. Dr. Ratiba Hadj-Moussa

Department of Social Science, York University

Environment and Climate Change in Contemporary Arabic Dystopian Fiction

MECAM Papers English | 11.2022

Environment and Climate Change in Contemporary Arabic Dystopian Fiction

Contemporary (predominantly post-2011) Arabic fiction exhibits a dystopian strand that projects a pessimistic view of the future. This literature has become particularly prominent not least because environmental degradation is a major problem in the Arab region.

Ass. Prof. Dr. Teresa Pepe

Senter for islam- og midtøstenstudier, Universiteit i Oslo

Forschungsprojekt | 01.04.2020 - 31.03.2023

Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM): Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity, Phase I

The "Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb" (MECAM), founded in 2020, is a platform for regional and international scientific exchange in Tunisia based on the central theme "Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity". The centre is located at the renowned Université de Tunis in the Tunisian capital. Its research work focuses on the effects of multidimensional disparity on models, visions and ideas about political, social, economic, and cultural futures.
BMFTR, 2020-2023

Dr. André Bank

Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

Dr. Alyssa Miller

Neues Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in Tunis

Kooperation | 20.04.2020

Neues Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in Tunis

Das GIGA beteiligt sich am Aufbau eines Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) in der Hauptstadt Tunesiens. Das geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungszentrum soll sich der Untersuchung gesellschaftlicher Wandlungsprozesse widmen, die sich infolge der Arabischen Protestbewegungen von 2011 ergeben haben.

L’enseignement et la recherche en temps de pandémie : état des lieux en Tunisie et en Allemagne

Kooperationsveranstaltung | 19.02.2021

L’enseignement et la recherche en temps de pandémie : état des lieux en Tunisie et en Allemagne

Pour inaugurer le cycle « Rencontres Ibn Khaldûn », le MECAM organise un événement auquel prendront part des acteurs et actrices directement concerné/es par l’impact de la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le monde académique. Elles et ils seront invité·es à débattre des problèmes de l’enseignement à distance, de la mobilité et des enjeux de la recherche en temps de crise sanitaire.

Zukunftsperspektiven im Angesicht von Ungleichheiten erforschen

Pressemitteilung | 30.03.2020

Zukunftsperspektiven im Angesicht von Ungleichheiten erforschen

Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) an der Universität Tunis

Ghannouchi’s Concept of Ḥurriyya and Its Realisation in Transitional Tunisia

MECAM Papers English | 11.2025

Ghannouchi’s Concept of Ḥurriyya and Its Realisation in Transitional Tunisia

The ḥurriyya framework offers Muslim societies a way to overcome ideological divides by linking universal values with Islamic ethics. It provides an alternative to rigid secularism and literalist traditions while respecting modern values developed outside Islam.

Dr. Julius Dihstelhoff

Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien, Philipps-Universität Marburg

Dr. Imad Alsoos

Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung

The Executioner’s Office in Algeria and Tunisia (1842–1962)

MECAM Papers English | 10.2025

The Executioner’s Office in Algeria and Tunisia (1842–1962)

Nowadays, the profession of executioner is still relevant. Concerning Algeria and Tunisia, once they gained independence the new rulers kept their own executioners on duty. They simply replaced French executioners with “local” ones. Today the abolition of the death penalty is not in prospect.

Dr. Hend Guirat

Université de Tunis

Tunisia and Ghana: Parallel Histories, Diverging Democracies

MECAM Papers English | 06.2025

Tunisia and Ghana: Parallel Histories, Diverging Democracies

Ghana and Tunisia have often been framed as beacons of democracy in their respective regions. However, as Ghana’s democracy matured over decades, Tunisia’s experiment ultimately collapsed. This paper examines diverse factors shaping their paths, offering lessons on the risks of democratic backsliding.

Youssef Cherif

Columbia Global Center Tunis

Freedom and Subjection in Islam through the Prism of Salafism in Tunisia

MECAM Papers English | 04.2025

Freedom and Subjection in Islam through the Prism of Salafism in Tunisia

This paper examines the concept of freedom in Islam, focusing on the Islamic doctrine of retreatist Salafism in Tunisia. Within Salafist Islam, freedom means strict adherence to religious purity and devotion. In contrast to Western conceptions, this religious movement frames freedom and subjection as intertwined conditions.

Ph.D. Jaballah Sofiane

Declining Academic Freedom in the Maghreb

MECAM Papers English | 03.2025

Declining Academic Freedom in the Maghreb

Academic freedom in the Maghreb has been deteriorating for the past decade. This paper documents the range of violations of academic freedom in Algeria, Libya, Mali, Morocco, and Tunisia and provides recommendations for universities and governments in their international cooperation.

Dr. Ilyas Saliba

CARPO – Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient e.V.

Reclaiming Walls and Imaginaries. Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Colonial Aesthetic Practices in Tunisia

MECAM Papers English | 02.2025

Reclaiming Walls and Imaginaries. Palestine Solidarity and Anti-Colonial Aesthetic Practices in Tunisia

Recent pro-Palestine mobilisations in Tunisia restate the relevance of symbolic repertoires in the articulation of political discourses and in the reactivation of social movements. Culture and representation are once again sites of contention. Through aesthetic action in the public space, activists and artists are denouncing cultural colonialism and subalternity.

Dr. Alessia Carnevale

Università di Macerata

The Effects of Imitative Capitalism on Integrating Women and Youth in Maghreb Labour Markets

MECAM Papers English | 02.2025

The Effects of Imitative Capitalism on Integrating Women and Youth in Maghreb Labour Markets

Thirty years on from their initiation, neoliberal policies have weakened Maghreb countries’ labour markets, leading to unanticipated forms of employment and deteriorating working conditions. These countries need to re-evaluate and revamp labour market reforms with ones that correspond better with their status quo and encompass an understanding of the local economic, political, and social structures to enable a sustainable, comprehensive, and fair integration of women and youth into the labour markets.

Dina Zabaneh

Philipps-Universität Marburg

LGBT Rights and Freedom of Conscience in Tunisia, between Islamic Norms and Individual Rights

MECAM Papers English | 01.2025

LGBT Rights and Freedom of Conscience in Tunisia, between Islamic Norms and Individual Rights

The current climate of autocratic tendencies and conservative populism raises concerns about the future of human rights in Tunisia. The new Constitution, emphasising the “objectives of Islam,” could further see religion impact the law and jeopardise the rights of vulnerable groups. A secular framework is crucial for guaranteeing freedom of conscience and protecting individuals from discrimination.

Dr. Tommaso Virgili

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

Clientelism and Predation in Algeria: Public versus Private Sector

MECAM Papers English | 12.2024

Clientelism and Predation in Algeria: Public versus Private Sector

Economic theory defines the difference between the private and the public sector in terms of the legal ownership of capital. In other words, the public sector’s means of production are owned by the community through the state while those of the private sector are in the hands of entrepreneurs, who are members of civil society. This distinction between the categories of “public” and “private,” inspired by Western experience, appears insufficient to account for the reality of most countries whose state-building processes have followed paths different from those experienced in the Western world.

Dr. Mourad Ouchichi

Abderrahmane-Mira University of Béjaïa

Market Logics and Moral Economies During Tunisia’s Shortages Crisis

MECAM Papers English | 10.2024

Market Logics and Moral Economies During Tunisia’s Shortages Crisis

Shortages in Tunisia have not resulted in the overt politics of bread riots. Nevertheless, citizens made ethical claims regarding the just distribution of goods. While this does not preclude overt political unrest in the future, it suggests that the bread riot thesis, with its prioritising of claim-making against the state, has overlooked the market as an arena of social intervention.

Dr. Joshua E. Rigg

Georgetown University in Qatar

Reimagining the Maghreb: Navigating an Autonomous Region in Motion

MECAM Papers English | 07.2024

Reimagining the Maghreb: Navigating an Autonomous Region in Motion

Based on its guiding theme “Imagining Futures – Dealing with Disparity,” MECAM, the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb in Tunis, aims to play a notable role in advancing both current and future knowledge production in the Humanities and Social Sciences within, from, and about the Maghreb.

Dr. Julius Dihstelhoff

Prof. Dr. Rachid Ouaissa

Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

State–Society Relations and Sustainable Growth in Tunisia Post-2011

MECAM Papers English | 07.2024

State–Society Relations and Sustainable Growth in Tunisia Post-2011

Social actors’ representative organisations and their effective participation in decision-making should be fostered through more collaborative governance institutions. Building mutual trust between different CSOs would also help here. This would prevent favouritism and provide more beneficial input to the state, both serving to promote more inclusive and sustainable growth for Tunisia.

Dr. Mohamed Ismail Sabry

Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb

Call for Applications: MECAM Individual Fellowship Application 2024–2025

Call | 16.01.2024

Call for Applications: MECAM Individual Fellowship Application 2024–2025

Under the overall theme “Imagining Futures: Dealing with Disparity”, the Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) invites applications for nine fellowships for postdoctoral and advanced researchers in the humanities and social sciences for the period from September 2024 to April 2025.

Quietist Salafism Between (Neo)liberal Apprehensions and Convergence

MECAM Papers English | 07.2023

Quietist Salafism Between (Neo)liberal Apprehensions and Convergence

There are some striking similarities between quietist Salafi thinking in Morocco and key political and societal dictates of liberal and neoliberal logics. These traditions all variously vilify the state as a means of effecting individual and, ultimately, societal transformation. They also variously locate matters of responsibility at the level of each individual, rather than at the level of society or the state.

Dr. Guy Eyre

University of Edinburgh

Hand / Camera / Phone: Mobile Cameras, Migration, and Knowledge Production in Our Hands

MECAM Papers English | 02.2023

Hand / Camera / Phone: Mobile Cameras, Migration, and Knowledge Production in Our Hands

Mobile phones have a close relation to the hand itself, when they are used as handheld cameras, or in the way a touchscreen is operated. When mobile phone cameras are used in documentary filmmaking to tell a migrant’s story on their own terms, they offer a “hands-on” approach to digital knowledge production that incorporates not only the reality of its production but also the potential for a change of perspective.

Angela Jouini

Freie Universität Berlin

Reverberations of Interconnected Crises: Solidarity, Agency and Identity after the Arab Spring

Kooperationsveranstaltung | 21.02.2023

Reverberations of Interconnected Crises: Solidarity, Agency and Identity after the Arab Spring

Conflicts, authoritarian resurgence, mass forced displacement, and economic crisis are impacting countries across the Middle East and North Africa. These have led many to depict this as the onset of an Arab winter. This talk by Maha Yahya will unpack some of the political and socioeconomic challenges.

Forgetting of Morality, Morality of Forgetting: Reconciliation in Algeria and the Official Erasure of the Political Subject

MECAM Papers English | 11.2022

Forgetting of Morality, Morality of Forgetting: Reconciliation in Algeria and the Official Erasure of the Political Subject

The official politics of forgetting involved in Algeria’s post–Civil War reconciliation process poses important moral and political questions about the constitution of the political subject and of citizenship. This MECAM Paper deals with reconciliation in Algeria.

Prof. Dr. Ratiba Hadj-Moussa

Department of Social Science, York University

Environment and Climate Change in Contemporary Arabic Dystopian Fiction

MECAM Papers English | 11.2022

Environment and Climate Change in Contemporary Arabic Dystopian Fiction

Contemporary (predominantly post-2011) Arabic fiction exhibits a dystopian strand that projects a pessimistic view of the future. This literature has become particularly prominent not least because environmental degradation is a major problem in the Arab region.

Ass. Prof. Dr. Teresa Pepe

Senter for islam- og midtøstenstudier, Universiteit i Oslo

Forschungsprojekt | 01.04.2020 - 31.03.2023

Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM): Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity, Phase I

The "Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb" (MECAM), founded in 2020, is a platform for regional and international scientific exchange in Tunisia based on the central theme "Imagining Futures - Dealing with Disparity". The centre is located at the renowned Université de Tunis in the Tunisian capital. Its research work focuses on the effects of multidimensional disparity on models, visions and ideas about political, social, economic, and cultural futures.
BMFTR, 2020-2023

Dr. André Bank

Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter

Dr. Alyssa Miller

Neues Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in Tunis

Kooperation | 20.04.2020

Neues Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in Tunis

Das GIGA beteiligt sich am Aufbau eines Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) in der Hauptstadt Tunesiens. Das geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungszentrum soll sich der Untersuchung gesellschaftlicher Wandlungsprozesse widmen, die sich infolge der Arabischen Protestbewegungen von 2011 ergeben haben.

L’enseignement et la recherche en temps de pandémie : état des lieux en Tunisie et en Allemagne

Kooperationsveranstaltung | 19.02.2021

L’enseignement et la recherche en temps de pandémie : état des lieux en Tunisie et en Allemagne

Pour inaugurer le cycle « Rencontres Ibn Khaldûn », le MECAM organise un événement auquel prendront part des acteurs et actrices directement concerné/es par l’impact de la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le monde académique. Elles et ils seront invité·es à débattre des problèmes de l’enseignement à distance, de la mobilité et des enjeux de la recherche en temps de crise sanitaire.

Zukunftsperspektiven im Angesicht von Ungleichheiten erforschen

Pressemitteilung | 30.03.2020

Zukunftsperspektiven im Angesicht von Ungleichheiten erforschen

Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) an der Universität Tunis