With its outreach events, the GIGA both presents its latest research findings and discusses current developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as globally.
Following a long COVID-19 closure, fieldwork in China has resumed, but researchers are wary about its viability. Based on a recent fieldtrip in Beijing, this talk will explore fieldwork dynamics, research sensitivity, foreign researcher impacts, and challenges, offering strategies and guidance for future fieldwork.
The Franco-German Observatory invites key actors from the Indo-Pacific to present their vision of the region, how they conceive of it geo-strategically and the place of China, the US, and Europe within this framework. We will debate questions of economic interdependence and independence, of trade and investment, and the expectations the countries of the Indo-Pacific might have towards the “West”.
This event will bring together researchers from different disciplines, specialised organisations, public officials, and interested individuals from Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean to learn from pandemic experiences and discuss how to develop stronger and more reliable cooperation structures and mechanisms.
This event will delve into the interchange between the Asian giant and the countries of the region, their multifaceted relations and prospects for the future considering the renewed uncertainties in the broader region.
On 29 May 2024, South Africans voted and an embattled African National Congress lost its majority for the first time since it came to power in 1994. At this cooperation event, four speakers from South Africa dissect the implications of the election for the country’s domestic politics, foreign policy, and its relationship to Europe.