Contact	Competence	Länder und Regionen
Prof. Dr. Merike Blofield Director of the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies +49 (0)40 - 428 25-560 merike.blofield@giga-hamburg.de	Comparative politics Latin American politics Gender and politics Social and labor policies	Latin America
Regina Dworschak Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-520 regina.dworschak@giga-hamburg.de	Foreign direct investments Training and job creation	Africa
Dr. Insa Flachsbarth Research Fellow +49 (0)40 - 428 25-532 insa.flachsbarth@giga-hamburg.de	Effects of global land acquisitions on economic development and the environment Globalising agricultural markets and private governance structures Globalisation and natural resources
Daniel Geissel Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-736 daniel.geissel@giga-hamburg.de	Large-scale land investments Rural development Socioeconomic inequalities and institutions Crime and Education	Africa Asia
Dr. Karsten Giese Senior Research Fellow Tel.: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-44 karsten.giese@giga-hamburg.de	Migration socio-cultural Change Internet	PR China Taiwan
Hannes Greve Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-550 hannes.greve@giga-hamburg.de	Energy, environmental and development economics Effects of energy price increases on welfare and the performance of micro- and small enterprises in Mexico	Ghana
Prof. Dr. Renate Hartwig Research Fellow +49 (0)40 - 428 25-599 renate.hartwig@giga-hamburg.de	Health and gender Political representation, public policies and gender Family economics and intra-family solidarity Insurance
Lisa Hoffmann Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-760 lisa.hoffmann@giga-hamburg.de	Experimental Economics Behavioral Economics Corruption Social Norms Religion	Ghana Tanzania Vietnam
Prof. Dr. Esther Ishengoma Visiting Fellow i_esther@yahoo.com	Energy choices for transport and cooking Entrepreneurship, formalization and enterprise development Financial linkages, MFIs sustainability and poverty reduction Gender and agribusiness	Africa
Dr. Kamala Kaghoma Visiting Fellow	Education Intergenerational Mobility Poverty dynamics	Tanzania
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
Apl. Prof. Dr. Jann Lay Head of RP 3 +49 (0)40 - 428 25-763 jann.lay@giga-hamburg.de	Economy development	Africa
Tharcisio Leone Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-796 tharcisio.leone@giga-hamburg.de	Intergeneration Social Mobility Equality of Opportunity Education economics Inequality Public Economics	Latin America
Dr. Malte Lierl Research Fellow +49 (0)40 - 428 25-515 malte.lierl@giga-hamburg.de	Experimental political economics: social preferences, norm-oriented behaviour, and social incentives of political decision makers Political accountability Corruption and abuse of power Civic engagement and voter behaviour Policy innovation and experimentation	Africa
Rebecca Lohmann Research Fellow +49 (0)40 - 428 25-736 rebecca.lohmann@giga-hamburg.de	Land investments Rural development Elite Capture Social Security	Africa
Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar, D.Phil. (Oxon), Ph.D. (Cantab) President +49 (0)40 - 428 25-501 amrita.narlikar@giga-hamburg.de	International Trade International Negotiation World Trade Organization Geoeconomics Rising Powers BRICS, especially India	India Brazil China
Dr. Jan Priebe Research Fellow +49 (0)40 - 428 25-531 jan.priebe@giga-hamburg.de	Accountability and performance-based teacher pay in education (Indonesia) Labour market discrimination along dimensions of migration, race, gender and religion (Indonesia) The economic and social impacts of disability (Indonesia) Discrimination in school enrolment along caste and gender (India) Reliability and effectiveness of sms surveys (Indonesia)	Indonesia India
Dr. Sebastian Renner Research Fellow Speaker Research Team +49 (0)40 - 428 25-531 sebastian.renner@giga-hamburg.de	Environmental and development economics Poverty reduction and low carbon economic development	Indonesia India Mexico
Jorge A. Rincón Barajas Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 42825-736 jorge.rincon@giga-hamburg.de	Large-scale land acquisitions Rural Development Land conflicts Land policy in Colombia	Colombia
Dr. Saskia P. Ruth-Lovell Research Fellow +49 (0)40 - 428 25-525 saskia.ruth@giga-hamburg.de	Clientelism and Social Policy in Mexico Causes and Consequences of Populism in Comparative Perspective Quality of Representative Democracy and the Measurement of Democracy	Latin America
Tevin Tafese Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-550 tevin.tafese@giga-hamburg.de	Structural Change Growth and Development	Africa Uganda
Sarah Wiegel (née Linde) Research Fellow / Doctoral Student +49 (0)40 - 428 25-732 sarah.wiegel@giga-hamburg.de	Relationship between employment and well-being Empowerment and Sen's capability approach Informal employment	Sri Lanka Uganda
Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz Director of the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies +49 (0)40 - 428 25-504 eckart.woertz@giga-hamburg.de	Contemporary history of Iraq (1979-2003) Geo-economics of the Middle East Energy and food security	Gulf region Iraq Egypt Syria