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
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
PD Dr. Gero Erdmann †	Democracy and democratization political parties civil Society co-operative societies traditional rule human rights	Ghana Kenya Malawi Namibia South Africa Tanzania Zambia (foreign policy)
Aline-Sophia Hirseland Research Fellow +49 (0)40 - 428 25-755 +49 (0)30 - 531 67 574 aline.hirseland@giga-hamburg.de	ethnicization of politics in Latin America ethnic mobilization of social movements indigenous rights social conflicts Bolivian constitution making process	Latin America, especially Bolivia
Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann Head GIGA Berlin Office Senior Research Fellow +49 (0)30 - 2 50 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
Pau Palop García Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (30) 25040-985 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	Immigration policy and integration of migrants into the polity across Latin America	Latin America
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