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

GIGA Global Transitions Conference

The GIGA Global Transitions Conference brings together leading scholars, practitioners, and an interested audience to engage on some of the most pressing challenges of our times, and to propose innovative and feasible solutions.

Once a year, leading thinkers from around the globe are invited to join GIGA scholars for this dynamic interaction. We are delighted to have shared reflections with so many esteemed guests and look forward to future occasions.

The conference has worked on big thematic issues – previous years have focused on Weaponized Interdependence & Economic Statecraft; Forced Migration; Envisioning Peace & Transforming Conflict; and others. In 2020, the GTC has taken stock on the Global Order in disarray and saw the need for reform in many areas, possibilities for consolidation and cooperation, as well as new opportunities for a fundamental re-think on some of our priors on power, order, and governance.

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 07/12/2020

Global Order is Dead, Long Live Global Order? Taking Stock in 2020

The GIGA Global Transitions Conference 2020 on the global order – under the lead of Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar and Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner – will seek reflection on the current state of the world and an exchange of ideas for ways forward.

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 09/12/2019

Economic Statecraft: Competition and Cooperation

The aim of the annual GIGA Global Transitions Conference is to bring together scholars and practitioners to address key issues of our times. In 2019, we want to explore the topic of economic statecraft.

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 06/12/2018 - 07/12/2018

Forced Migration in a Global Perspective

The fourth annual GIGA Global Transitions Conference aims to present a globally more adequate, pluralistic picture of major trends, causes, dynamics, and policy implications of forced migration flows around the globe today.

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 07/12/2017 - 08/12/2017

Envisioning Peace | Transforming Conflict

Scholars and practitioners will address questions such as: What is our understanding of peace and conflict transformation? What are the advantages and disadvantages of narrow and broad concepts? Is peace a utopia, a continuum, or an incremental process? Is there an overlap between peace and other concepts such as harmony, justice, equality, development?

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 01/12/2016 - 02/12/2016

External Intervention in the Age of Global Transitions

On 1-2 December 2016, leading international scholars and practitioners joined GIGA researchers in Hamburg, Germany, in addressing these issues. At the External Intervention in the Age of Global Transitions Conference, they discussed how interventions are conceptualised and assessed in different disciplines, and also diverse experiences in implementing interventions across the globe.