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The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

The GIGA conducts social-science research with real-world relevance on Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and on global developments. The institute is committed to a global approach to scholarship, which works with perspectives, concepts, and experiences from different world regions.

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Call 10/06/2021

Call for Applications: MIASA Publishing Workshop

The MIASA Publishing Workshop on 21 and 22 October 2021 is designed to provide African scholars with in-depth feedback on advanced research papers with the aim of facilitating their submission to journal that centres on the study of Africa. Applications for the workshop can be submitted until 15 July 2021.

Contribution 2021

Rural Transformations in sub-Saharan Africa: A Research Comic by Fellows from the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)

This comic addresses rural transformations in Africa. Between February and May 2020, researchers from different countries worked together virtually and at the Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA). This comic gives you an insight into our research.

Dr. Lisa Hoffmann Research Fellow

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Cooperation Event 15/06/2021

Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific

The Franco-German Observatory invites key actors from the Indo-Pacific to discuss questions of economic interdependence and independence, of trade and investment, and the expectations the countries of the Indo-Pacific might have towards the "West". Video of the latest session online!

Cooperation Event 17/06/2021

10 Years After the Arab Spring

In this seminar series we will look back on the events of the Arab Spring in its broader regional and international context. This event series begins on 15 April and will end on 1 July 2021, taking place every week on Thursdays at 6:15pm.

Cooperation Event 17/06/2021

German Development Economics Conference 2021

The annual “International Conference of the Research Group on Development Economics of the German Economic Association“ brings together international scholars and researchers of development economics and neighboring fields.

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Kurz notiert 15/06/2021

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs Selected for Inclusion in Web of Science

The Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs has been selected for inclusion in the renowned interdisciplinary citation database "Web of Science". The listing in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) is a mark of quality for the GIGA journal and allows for greater visibility of articles.

Kurz notiert 12/05/2021

GIGA Information Centre’s collection now in online catalogue of Hamburg’s libraries

The search engine of the Hamburg State and University Library, “beluga”, has added the holdings of the GIGA Information Centre to its catalogue. The website provides an overview of e-books, articles, journals, and other media that the GIGA makes available.

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Cooperation Event 15/06/2021

US Africa Policy: New Priorities under President Biden?

The new U.S. President Joe Biden is implementing a fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy. The event will highlight the initial changes in U.S. Africa policy, the expectations of African countries from the new U.S. administration, and the potential for cooperation between Africa, the U.S., and Europe.

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Cooperation Event 07/12/2021

Sustainability in Global Value Chains

Call for papers extended: Abstract submission deadline is 30 June 2021.

This event offers the opportunity to rethink established practices, embrace resilience and sustainability as a core value creator, and link long-term recovery strategies to the guiding principles and objectives of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

GIGA Focus Asien 05/2021

Digital Surveillance and the Threat to Civil Liberties in India

Through digitalisation and artificial intelligence, the Indian government is expanding surveillance of its citizens, increasingly threatening their privacy. Visiting Fellow Dr Sangeeta Mahapatra analyses India's digital surveillance strategy in GIGA Focus Asia 05/2021.

Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra Visiting Fellow

Kurz notiert 01/04/2021

GIGA Expert Mariana Llanos Bestowed Professorship at the University of Erfurt

Starting in the 2021 summer semester, Prof. Dr. Mariana Llanos will take on an extraordinary professorship for “Democratic Institutions in the Global South” within the University of Erfurt’s Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences.

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Cooperation Event 20/05/2021

Making it Matter: Towards Meaningful Multilateralism

As part of the Munich Security Conference framework programme, the GIGA and Körber Stiftung launch the report of their joint Körber Multilateralism Lab. With a renowned international panel, we will discuss meaningful reform of the multilateral order while embracing the momentum of reinvigorated transatlantic relations.

Policy paper 04/2021

Proposals to Make the T20 a More Impactful, Effective, and Continuous Think Tank Process

With other T20 participants, GIGA President Prof. Narlikar and Apl. Prof. Lay, Head of GIGA’s Research Programme “Globalisation and Development”, co-authored recommendations to improve the G20 outreach process, published by German Development Institute (DIE).

Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar President

Apl. Prof. Dr. Jann Lay Lead Research Fellow

Pressemitteilung 30/04/2021

Collaborative Research to Fight the Pandemic: The GIGA Engages in New German–Latin American Health Centre

The GIGA is part of the new, multidisciplinary German–Latin American Centre of Infection & Epidemiology Research and Training – GLACIER. The centre brings together leading German and Latin American research institutions on COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.