Contact	Competence	Länder und Regionen
Ann-Kathrin Benner Coordinator GIGA Berlin Office & GIGA Talks Berlin +49 (0)30 - 250 40 985 ann-kathrin.benner@giga-hamburg.de	Coordinator GIGA Berlin Office and GIGA Talks
So Young Chang Research Fellow / Doctoral Student soyoung.chang@giga-hamburg.de	Citizenship policy Migration and development Gender and labour migration	Asia
Dr. Hannes Ebert Research Fellow +49 (0)30 - 531 67 574 hannes.ebert@giga-hamburg.de	Foreign Policy Analysis BRICS and International Order State fragility and transformation Cyber foreign policy	Pakistan India Afghanistan
Aline-Sophia Hirseland Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-755 +49 (0)30 - 531 67 574 aline.hirseland@giga-hamburg.de	Political integration of social groups Electoral behavior Indigenous rights Social conflicts	Latin America, especially Bolivia
Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann Head GIGA Berlin Office Senior 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. 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
Pau Palop García Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)30 - 250 40 985 pau.palop@giga-hamburg.de	Political Sytems	Latin America
Dr. Luicy Pedroza Research Fellow Speaker Research Team +49 (0)30 - 526 68 541 luicy.pedroza@giga-hamburg.de	Comparative migration and citizenship policies in Latin America, Asia and Europe Representation and participation of migrants across democracies in the world Diaspora politics and policies Political transnationalism North-South relations with regard to migration policies Mexican politics	Latin America Mexico
Dr. Christian von Soest Lead Research Fellow Head of RP 2 +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