Contact	Competence	Länder und Regionen
So Young Chang Research Fellow / Doctoral Student soyoung.chang@giga-hamburg.de	Citizenship policy Migration and development Gender and labour migration	Asia
Natalia Chudoba Coordinator GIGA Berlin Office & GIGA Talks Berlin +49 (0)30 - 250 40 985 natalia.chudoba@giga-hamburg.de	Coordinator GIGA Berlin Office and GIGA Talks
Dr. Tim Glawion Research Fellow +49 (0)30 - 250 40 985 tim.glawion@giga-hamburg.de	The Security Paradox The Security Arena Local Security Studies Restoration of State Authority	Central African Republic Lebanon Somalia/Somaliland
Aline-Sophia Hirseland Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-755 +49 (0)30 - 531 67 574 hirseland@dezim-institut.de.	Political integration of social groups Electoral behavior Democratic values Social conflicts	Latin America Caribbean Bolivia Guyana Suriname
Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann Head GIGA Berlin Office Lead Research Fellow +49 (0)30 - 250 40 987 bert.hoffmann@giga-hamburg.de	Head of the GIGA Berlin Office Transnational migration and diaspora policies EU-Latin America Relations Cuba's Transformation: Crisis, Continuity and Change in Socialist Cuba	Latin America Cuba
Dr. Christoph Kubitza Research Fellow +49 (0)30 - 250 40 985 christoph.kubitza@giga-hamburg.de	Economic and social impacts of land-use change and global land acquisitions Smallholder farming systems in developing countries Development and Agricultural Economics	Indonesia
Tabea Lakemann Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)30 - 531 67 574 tabea.lakemann@giga-hamburg.de	Gender and Entrepreneurship Innovation, Technology Use and Adaptation in Micro and Small Enterprises	Africa Uganda
Dr. Jasmin Lorch Research Fellow +49 (0)30 - 531 67 573 jasmin.lorch@giga-hamburg.de	Salafism in the Maghreb (Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco) Civil Society in Autocracies Authoritarianism and Civil Society Development in Algeria State Failure and Ethnic Conflicts in Southeast Asia (esp. Burma/Myanmar and the Philippines) Political Change in Burma/Myanmar Islam und Islamism in Bangladesh und Southeast Asia	Burma/Myanmar Bangladesch Philippinen Maghreb
Max Montgomery Research Fellow / Doctoral Student max.montgomery@giga-hamburg.de	State-building and Statehood Long-term Consequences of Colonialism Gender Inequality and Development Policy Anti-Corruption Policy	Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Tanzania, Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone
Dr. Christian von Soest Head of RP 2 Lead Research Fellow +49 (0)40 - 428 25-590 +49 (0)30 - 250 40 986 christian.vonsoest@giga-hamburg.de	Comparative research on international sanctions Authoritarian regimes Democratization Foreign policy and development policy Neopatrimonialism / corruption and their effects on political regimes State and public administration	Southern Africa and East Africa South Africa Botswana Zambia Zimbabwe Kenya