German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Training at the GIGA

Expanding and renewing knowledge is a constant part of scholarly and administrative work. Our internal GIGA Training Programme – with courses and workshops on a variety of topics, including soft skills – enables our employees to continuously develop their personal and professional capacities. The offer is generally aimed at all employee groups, although the target groups of specific training courses may vary. In addition, the GIGA offers regular in-house English and German language courses.

In addition to this internal offer, our staff also have the possibility to attend external training formats and specialised courses, for which they can apply for financial support from the GIGA. The Academic Development Manager can provide assistance in finding suitable opportunities here.

GIGA Training Programme

GIGA Training | 10/11/2025 - 11/11/2025

Data Visualization

This advanced, two-day course will provide hands-on training in R for creating descriptive, model-based, and dynamic data visualizations, equipping researchers with the skills to produce publication-ready figures for their applied research projects.

Target Group: GIGA Researchers, open for external participants.

Online

GIGA Training | 23/10/2025

How to deal with attacks and inappropriate conflicts in science communication

This workshop will provide hands-on strategies for dealing with attacks and opposition in science communication and introduce the Scicomm Support approach to strengthen researchers’ resilience.

Target group: GIGA staff

GIGA, in person

GIGA Training | 26/06/2025

NLP in Practice

This workshop will provide hands-on insights into how to apply Natural Language Processing for analysing a data set.

Target Group: GIGA Researchers

GIGA, In Person

GIGA Training | 17/06/2025 - 18/06/2025

Academic Writing

This two-day workshop will help you refine your academic writing, focusing on writing precise papers and abstracts while mastering the balance between clarity, readability, and scientific accuracy.

Target group: GIGA Researchers

Online

GIGA Training | 11/06/2025 - 12/06/2025

Qualitative Interviews

This two-day course provides an in-depth exploration of qualitative interviews as a research method, focusing on their theoretical foundations and offering practical training in interview design, data collection, and analysis.

Target group: GIGA Researchers, open for external participants

Online

GIGA Doctoral Programme

The GIGA has a long tradition of integrating young scholars into its research matrix. This culminated in the establishment of the GIGA Doctoral Programme, which seeks to provide a platform for both German and international early-career academics. Herewith they can pursue continued professional development and their own research, particularly in the field of Comparative Area Studies.

Doctoral Programme

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