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Current Research
Countries and Regions
Democracy and Democratisation in Africa
(In-)Formal Political Institutions in Emerging Democracies
Political Representation
Parliaments in Africa
Personalization of Executive Power in Africa
Intra/inter-party competition
Sub-Sahara Africa
Ghana
South Africa
Doctoral Researcher / Representative of Doctoral Researchers
houssein.almalla@giga-hamburg.deCivil-Military Relations in the Middle East and North Africa
Military Coups and Civilian Control of Armies
Authoritarian Regimes, Authoritarian Institutions
Regime Stability and Destabilization
Party Systems and Cleavages in the Middle East and North Africa
German Military Deployments in the MENA-Region and Sahel
Middle East
North Africa
Sudan
Afghanistan
Armed forces' reform in post-conflict societies
Iraq
Lebanon
International sanctions
International organisations (U.N Studies)
Authoritarian regimes
Quantitative methods
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Regional Explanations for Authoritarianism
Statethood and Political Domination in the Middle East (with a focus on Jordan and Syria)
The War in Syria
Regional Politics and the Relationship between Arabism and Islamism
Jordan
Syria
Palestine/Israel
Turkey (Near East Politics)
Director of the GIGA Institute for African Affairs / Editor GIGA Focus Africa
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-517matthias.basedau@giga-hamburg.deResources conflicts
Religion and violent conflict
Civil–military relations
Political institutions
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mali
Niger
Chad
Botswana
International Political Economy
Energy Economics
Iran
GCC
Director of the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-560merike.blofield@giga-hamburg.deGender and Policy
Latin American Politics
Comparative Politics
Families and socio-economic inequalities
Politics and policy
Latin America
Regionalism in Latin America and Southeast Asia
Discourse Analysis and International Relations
Foreign Policy of Colombia
Latin America
Colombia
Legitimacy in global governance
Science, experts, and politics
Nationalism and ethnicity in China
Global IR
China
East Asia
Cambodia
Kenya
World Order Narratives of the Maghreb’s Leftist Movements
States and Authoritarianism
North African Politics
Sino-Russian relations
International human rights
United Nations
Foreign policy of authoritarian states
China
Russia
East Asia
Central Asia
Civil War Research
Repression
Quantitative Methods
Latin America
Religion and The Cyberspace (Religion Online)
Religious Authority and Knowledge Production
Moroccan Diaspora in Europe
Middle East and North Africa
Social Protection Systems and Labour Markets
Latin America
Mexico
Brazil
Geoeconomics (infrastructure-security nexus)
Middle East-China Relations
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (aka “The New Silk Road”)
Cybersecurity (“Digital Silk Road”, China 2025, etc.)
The Middle East (Iran and GCC)
East Asia (China)
Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-582christiane.froehlich@giga-hamburg.deEnergy Policy
Climate Policy
Infrastructure Studies
Natural Resources & Resource Conflicts
(Neo)Gramscian Approaches and Hegemony Analysis
Critical Political Economy
Indonesia / Southeast Asia
Brazil / South America
Doctoral Researcher / Representative of Doctoral Researchers
T. +49 (40) 42825-796ardahan.gedikli@giga-hamburg.deThe Political Economy of AKP's Foreign Aid: A Regional Assessment of Middle East and North Africa
Middle East
North Africa
Large-scale land investments
Rural development
Socioeconomic inequalities and institutions
Africa
Asia
Senior Research Fellow
T. Tel.: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-44karsten.giese@giga-hamburg.deThe Security Paradox
The Security Arena
Local Security Studies
Restoration of State Authority
Central African Republic
Lebanon
Somalia/Somaliland
Conflict actors and dynamics
Social and political mobilization
Post-conflict societies
State repression
Latin America
Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-566julia.grauvogel@giga-hamburg.deInternational sanctions
Persistence and change of authoritarian regimes
Legitimation of authoritarian regimes
Simbabwe
Burundi
International productivity differences
Socio-economic transitions
Asia
Family economics, social norms and marriage
Fertility and religion
Political representation, public policies and gender
Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi
Indonesia
Saudi Foreign Policy towards Sub-Saharan Africa
Political Opposition in Authoritarian Regimes
Political Islam
International Relations of the Persian Gulf
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Political integration of social groups
Electoral behavior
Democratic values
Social conflicts
Latin America
Caribbean
Bolivia
Guyana
Suriname
Transnational Migration Politics and Diaspora Policies
Executive Board member of the research network desiguALdades.net
Cuba's Transformation: Crisis, Continuity and Change in Socialist Cuba
Latin America
Cuba
Senior Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Asia
T. +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-27heike.holbig@giga-hamburg.deThe politics of the People‘s Republic of China
Ideology and political legitimation
State-society relations in the Chinese reform period
Protection of weak groups and interests in China and Japan
Comparative research into authoritarianism
Asia-related area studies
VR China
SVR Hongkong
Kurdish Studies
Democratization & Decentralization
Security policy in & around Kurdistan
Survey data harmonization
Kurdistan
Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-714maria.josua@giga-hamburg.deAuthoritarian Rule in the Middle East and North Africa
Authoritarian learning
Legitimation of authoritarian regimes
Repression of protest movements
Algeria
Jordan
Impacts on inter-gender relations in Libya
Libya
MENA regions
Cyber-Mediation / Digital Mediation / E-Mediation in international conflicts
International conflict resolution
Mediation in inter-state and intra-state conflicts
Regional patterns and variations of mediation
Regional security architecture of the Middle East
Peace and conflict research
Middle East
Emerging Powers
International Climate Policy
Brazil
India
China
Religion
Social Identities and Social Psychology
Moral Foundations Theory
Reconciliation
Post-Conflict Societies
Africa
Director of the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies / Vice President
T. +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-17patrick.koellner@giga-hamburg.deThe Indo-Pacific as a New Strategic Space
Comparative Area Studies: Analytical and Organisational Issues
Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Island Countries
Japan
Korean peninsula
Indo-Pacific
Terrorism as tactical consideration of social movement organisations and collective actors in contentious politics
Religious Minorities: Discrimination, Grievances and Conflict
African Union (AU)
AU Peace and Security Council (PSC)
Multilateral Diplomacy
Regional Security in Africa
Legitimation of Regional Organisations
Africa
Doctoral Researcher / Representative of Doctoral Researchers
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-501indi-carolina.kryg@giga-hamburg.deMigration and Refugee Studies
Critical Citizenship Studies
Border Regimes
Political Agency
Civil Society Organisations
Latin America
Central America
Mexico
Economic and social impacts of land-use change and global land acquisitions
Smallholder farming systems in developing countries
Development and Agricultural Economics
Civil-military relations
Democratization
Authoritarianism
Research methods
Taiwan
South Korea
Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-570sabine.kurtenbach@giga-hamburg.dePostwar Societies
Violence and Social change
Youth
Central America
Colombia
Responses to the Belt and Road Initiative
Digital networks
Weaponized interdependence
EU trade policy
Gender and Entrepreneurship
Innovation, Technology Use and Adaptation in Micro and Small Enterprises
Africa
Uganda
Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Globalisation and Development"
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-763jann.lay@giga-hamburg.deInformal entrepreneurship in developing countries
Structural change and its poverty and distributional implications
Natural resources, economic development and conflict
Africa
Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-515malte.lierl@giga-hamburg.deExperimental 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
Political institutions in Latin America
Presidentialism
Latin American congresses
Latin American courts
President-Congress relations; president-court relations
Latin America
Argentina
Brazil
Political parties and party systems
Elections
Local politics
Voting behaviour
Electoral geography
Political trust and democracy
Latin America, particularly Brazil and Argentina
Justice, security and community-building
Indian foreign policy
Role of identities in international relations
Media and politics
India
South Asia
Health and health systems
Antimicrobial resistance
Religion and National Identity
Marginalization and Social Inequality
Borderlands
Transitional Justice
Kinship and Ambiguous Loss
Middle East
Tunisia
Persian Gulf politics
Geopolitics
Security in the Persian Gulf
Foreign policy strategies
Persian Gulf
Iran and Saudi Arabia
The Politics of COVID-19 Vaccination in Central America
Latin America
International Trade
International Negotiation
Multilateralism
World Trade Organisation
Geoeconomics
Economic Statecraft
International Negotiation
Indian Foreign Policy
Rising Powers
BRICS, especially India
India
Brazil
China
Social protection mechanisms in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East during the COVID-19 pandemic
Policies on violence against women in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic
Policy efforts to eliminate child labor in Latin America
Latin America
Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson
T. +49 (0)40 42 88 74-23johannes.plagemann@giga-hamburg.deMultipolarity, rising powers, and International Politics
Legitimacy and International Institutions
Populism and Foreign Policy
India
South Asia
Mozambique
Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"
T. +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-30miriam.prys@giga-hamburg.deRegional and emerging powers
Global and regional environmental politics
Global climate regime
India
BRICS
Security Sector Reforms
State Repression
Violent Democracies
Social Protest
Discursive Politics
Central America
Latin America
Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Accountability and Participation"
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-528thomas.richter@giga-hamburg.deLarge-scale land acquisitions
Rural Development
Land conflicts
Land policy in Colombia
Colombia
Inclusion of smallholder farmers in more modern and high-value markets, and the resulting effects on e.g. household welfare and productivity
Socioeconomic- and ecological trade-offs of small- and large-scale producers in Indonesia
Regional Organisations
League of Arab States & African Union
Legitimacy and Legitimation Strategies
Critical Security Studies
WMD Disarmament and non-proliferation.
Middle East
North Africa
Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-767henning.schmidtke@giga-hamburg.deLegitimacy and legitimation of international organizations
Politicization of international institutions
Change and Empowerment of International Organiztions
Foreign direct investments
Training and job creation
Africa
Comparing innovation systems and policies in China, India and Southeast Asia
Research Cooperation between Europe and Southeast Asia
Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investments
High-Skilled Labour Migration: Brain Ciruculation between Asia and Europe
China’s Economic Transition
PR China
SAR Hong Kong
International Security
Securitization Theory
Discourse Analysis and Speech Act Theory
Collective action and Contentious Politics
Political Psychology and Identity
Anti-Chinese sentiment in South Korea
Authoritarianism
China
East Asia
War-to-peace transitions
Ceasefires
Political order
Local rebel governance
Legal systems
Syria
Structural Change
Globalisation and Development
Africa
Uganda
Political psychology in peace processes
Political leadership and decision-making
Emotions in Peace and Conflict Studies
Africa (mainly South Africa)
Latin America (mainly Colombia)
Democratization
Civil-Military Relations
Political Islam
Identity Politics in the Middle East
Power and Resistance
Turkey
Egypt
The role of courts in the political system
Judicial legitimacy
Courts and the public
Judicial independence in new democracies, especially Latin America
Development of democracy in Paraguay
Latin America
Paraguay
Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson
T. +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-32andreas.ufen@giga-hamburg.deDemocratization in Indonesia and Malaysia
Political parties in Southeast Asia
Populism in Southeast Asia
Civil society in Indonesia and Malaysia
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
Doctoral Researcher / Research Data Management
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-526siri.voelker@giga-hamburg.dePolitical Institutions in Latin America
Social Movements
Latin America
Brazil
Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Peace and Security"
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-590christian.vonsoest@giga-hamburg.deInternational sanctions and interventions
Authoritarian regimes
Foreign policy and development policy
Southern Africa and East Africa
South Africa
Botswana
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Narratives and local order in counterinsurgency/ceasefires
Armed Order-Making in Northeast India
Comparing Order and Knowledge across Counterinsurgencies
Rebel Ordering and Governance
India
Northeast India
South Asia
The politics of the People‘s Republic of China
E-government & e-participation
Ideology and political legitimation
Central-local relations
PR China
Senior Research Fellow / GIGA Representative in Japan
T. +81 (0)3 - 3470-7257 (Tokyo)iris.wieczorek@giga-hamburg.deInnovation processes and networks in Japanese economy, science and society in international comparison
Japan
Director of the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies / Editor GIGA Focus Middle East
T. +49 (0)40 - 428 25-504eckart.woertz@giga-hamburg.deContemporary history of Iraq (1979-2003)
Political Economy of the Middle East
Energy and food security
Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation
Gulf region
Iraq
Egypt
Syria
Ecuadorian Foreign Policy
Emerging Powers: China and Brazil
International Cooperation
South-South Cooperation, Integration and Regionalism in Latin America
Ecuador
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Current Research
Countries and Regions
Post-conflict transformation and institutional reform
Security sector reform
Peacekeeping
Peacebuilding
Regional dynamics of conflict and violence
Conflict analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa
DR Congo
Togo
Burkina Faso
International and regional Oil Politics
Arab Spring
Regional Politics and Regional Powers in the Middle East
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Middle East (esp. Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria)
Political parties in India
Regional Powers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Social policies of Indian states
South Asia
India
Sri Lanka
Comparative Regional Democratization
Institutional Design in Divided Societies
South Africa
Peacekeeping in Africa
International organizations and regime complexity
Africa
Associate
Comparative research on democracy and political regimes
Authoritarianism and civil society development in Mozambique
Governance, decentralisation, civil society participation, participatory budgeting
Local government development and local economic development in South Africa and Mozambique
Main regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa
Mozambique
South Africa
Politics in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar
Violence
Decentralization
Thailand
Indonesia
Myanmar
Military strategy of revisionist powers (Russia, China)
Insurgency and asymmetric warfare
Diffusion of international organizations
Russia and the post-Soviet space
Central and Eastern Europe
Asia-Pacific
Comparative social policy
Democratic representation
Latin American politics
Latin America
National, regional, and sectoral systems of innovation
Large scientific infrastructures and innovation platforms
Technology transfer
China
Foreign Policy Analysis of Middle Eastern States
The Interplay Identity and Power in Middle East International Relations
Identity politics
Alliances and Threat Perception
Regime-society relations
Authoritarianism in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Syria and the Middle East
State-building in everyday practice
Borders and borderlands
state-society relations in (post-) conflict settings
South Sudan
Central African Republic
Horn of Africa
West Africa
Africa
Corruption and Political Authority
Protest Movements and Historical Action
Anthropology of the State
Politics of Care
Secularism and Religion
Jordan
Syria
Germany
Conflict analyses
Civilian crisis prevention
Development theory / progress research
Comprehensive measures of societal development levels
The “good live” in the “good Society”
Strategies for fostering sustainable and egalitarian societies
Power-sharing, democratic transitions and post-conflict political designs
Migration and refugee governance
The European Union’s external refugee and migration policy
Arab immigrant communities in the West
Migrants and protest movements
Middle East
North Africa
The European Union’s regional engagement
The Euro-Mediterranean Zone
Arab diasporas in the West
Effects of global land acquisitions on economic development and the environment
Globalising agricultural markets and private governance structures
Globalisation and natural resources
Africa
Regional Powers in the Middle East
Political Islam
Egypt
Iraq
Iran
Arabian Peninsula
Urban Violence and Non State Armed Actors in Latin America
Security and Defence in South America
Armed Conflict and Peace Process in Colombia
Illegal Markets and Violence in Latin America
Latin America
Comparative politics
Latin American politics
Gender and politics
First Lady
Presidencialism
Latin America
Chile
Global Health Governance; Schwerpunkt: WTO/TRIPS und der Zugang zu Medikamenten
Akteure, Koordination und Contestation in Global Governance
Global Environmental/ Climate Governance
Globale Normbildungsnetzwerke
Latin America
Associate
Democratization
Political Institutions
Constitutional Courts
Elections
Madagaskar
Senegal
Migration Policy of EU
Persistence of Authoritarian Regimes
Militarisation
Diasporas and sanctions
Peace and conflict studies
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
East Africa
Tanzania
Conflict and Security
South Asian Politics
Rohingya Crisis
Ethnic Violence
International Relations Theory
Researching Violence
South & Southeast Asia
International sanctions
Religion and conflict
Africa
International and Regional Organisations
African Union in Global Politics
Sociological Institutionalism
Postcolonial Theory
Africa
Energy choices for transport and cooking
Entrepreneurship, formalization and enterprise development
Financial linkages, MFIs sustainability and poverty reduction
Gender and agribusiness
Africa
Revisiting ‘Regions’ in a Changing World Order: The Case of India and the Indo-Pacific
The future of alliances in a changing world order
The rise and resurgence of regional powers in international relations
Status-seeking in world politics
Indo-Pacific
Global South
India
Transnational student mobility
Migration infrastructures
Social media
Indian middle classes
Social mobility
South Asia
Europe
Shrinking civic spaces and covid-19
Authoritarianism and democratic backsliding
Civil and political rights
Business and human rights
Accountability and transparency
International focus
Latin America
Ecuador
Political Anthropology
Civil Society
Transnationalism
Audiovisual Anthropology
West Africa
Security
Intervention norms
Responsibility to protect
Brazil
Political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa
Power and Norms in Islamist Organizations
Muslim Brotherhood in the MENA-Region and the Gulf
Hezbollah, Hamas
Lebanon
Palestinian Territories
International and regional governmental organizations in comparative perspective
EU in global regionalism
International institutional complexity
Institutional design and evolution
Legitimacy and legitimation
Diffusion theories
Latin America
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 (esp. Philippines)
Burma/Myanmar
Bangladesch
Philippinen
Maghreb
Fiscal/public policy and state budgets
Resilience of authoritarian rule
Political and non-political violence
Economic development , modernization and transformation theory
Middle East
Nepal
Online Surveillance of Marginalized Communities in Digitalizing Democracies
Information Disorder (Disinformation, Misinformation, and Mal-information) and Online Radicalization in Digitalizing Democracies
Use of Digital Platforms for Political Communications and Participation in Digitalizing Democracies
India
United States of America
Israel
Transnational Diffusion of Policing Doctrines (Europe – Maghreb Region)
New Forms of Authoritarian Practices in the MENA region
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Security Studies
Foreign Policy Analysis
Regionalism
South America, especially Venezuela and Colombia
Petrostates
(Im)mobility in the context of conflict and war
Drivers of (forced) migration
Migration governance
Diaspora politics and transnational political participation
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Extent, processes and effects of large-scale land acquisitions
Rural development
Agricultural transformations
Zambia
Kenya
Mali
Regional Powers
Political Institutions in Latin America
"Failed presidencies"
Transitional Justice
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
Paraguay
Critical development studies
Comparative area studies
Gender and queer theory
Qualitative methodologies
Central America
Peru
A Cross National Survey of the Reports of International Election Observation Missions in Africa
Policies Tackling Electoral Violence in Africa
Evolution of Political Institutions in Africa
Africa
Nigeria
The Politics of Middle East
Religion and International Relations
Government and Politics
Introduction to International Relations
Middle East
Migration policies
Diaspora engagement
Political representation
Migration data
Latin America
Violence-prone groups, gangs
Violence and security
Youth
Southeast Asia, Timor-Leste
Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago
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
Associate
Behavioral development economics
Employment and entrepreneurship
Informal sector
Common-pool resource management
Microfinance
Nepotism and leadership
Religion and development
Southern Africa
Uganda
Poverty and Inequality
Education and teacher performance pay
Social consequences of disabilities
Discrimination in labor markets
Discrimination in access to schooling
Indonesia
India
Military, arms, security and defence policy in Latin America
Latin America
Political Islam (in particular Salafism)
Social movements
Gramscian theory
Arab Middle East, in particular the Levant
Environmental and development economics
Poverty reduction and low carbon economic development
Sub-Saharan Africa
Business behavior in contexts of armed conflict and peacebuilding
Relationship between legal resources
Armed conflict and crime
Dynamics of transitional justice and reconciliation
State-Building and State Transformation in the Middle East
International Organizations and Public Administration in the Middle East
Economic Development and Political Mobilization in Arab States
Geopolitics, Militarization, and Violent Extremism in the Middle East
Syria and Lebanon
Comparative politics
Migration policies
State-led transnationalism
Human rights and civic space
Central America
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
Environmental politics
Business and human rights
Regulation and governance of global supply chains
Indigenous peoples
Brazil
Andean countries, especially Bolivia
Latin America
Regional Organisation
Legitimacy and Legitimation Strategies
Human Rights
Tunisia
Lebanon
League of Arab States
The link between class and political attitudes
Different approaches to defining the middle class
The labour market as a transmission channel from growth to household welfare outcomes
Ex-ante evaluation of alternative policy and growth scenarios to access their potential for poverty and inequality reduction
Brazil
South Africa
Development of Chinese markets for natural resources, esp. mineral resources
Natural resources production and trade flows in Northeast and Southeast Asia
Electric batteries supply chains in China
China
Fiscal Federalism: Theory and Practice
Distributive Fiscal Politics
Multi-level Politics and Party System Change
Foreign Relations of Subnational Units
Federalism and Disaster Management
India
South Asia
Mass-elite representation gap in old and new democracies, with specific focus on causes, measurement strategies, and normative implications
Comparative welfare states of OECD countries, with special focus on East Asian countries
Gender Politics of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, with special focus on legislative politics
Multi-methods, with special focus on social network analysis and media content analysis
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Activities of UN peace operations
UN peacebuilding at the local level
Restrictions against civil society organizations, shrinking civic space
Quantitative methods and quantitative text analysis
Cote d'Ivoire
Civic activism, social movements, digital activism
Authoritarian civil society and rightwing mobilisation
Civil society space
Digital repression in autocracies
Asia
Legitimacy of state and non-state actors
Politics and religion
(Limited) statehood
Local security perceptions
Terrorism
Sahel region
Nigeria
Liberia
Libya
Post-conflict transitional governments
Institutional reform in post-conflict societies
Security Sector Reform (SSR)
Quantitative and qualitative methods
Nepal
Comparative Study of Democracy / Regime Research
Political role of constitutional courts
Institutions in processes of democratization
Parties, party systems and elections in Africa
Francophone West Africa, particularly Benin, Burkina Faso, Togo and Rwanda
Political attitudes and behaviour in autocracies
Contentious politics in the Middle East and North Africa
Authoritarian regimes and international cooperation
Empirical research methods
Maghreb
Morocco
Egypt
Social and ecological sustainability of cocoa cultivation (Indonesia)
Income Distribution (between Capital and Labor), International Capital Flows and Inequality
Indonesia
Africa
GCC Narratives of World Order
The GCC (Saudi, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates)
Iraq
Jordan
Comparative Democratization: Latin American Politics and Mexican Politics
Researcher in the Europe-Cuba Forum Network
Latin America
Mexico
Civil society action in Southeast Asia
Comparison of authoritarian regimes
Vietnam
Postcolonialism
Peace and Conflict Resolution
Traditional Peacebuilding
Gender-just peacebuilding
Counter-terrorism
South Asia
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Power-sharing
Post-conflict reforms
Civil society
Legitimacy and representation in peace negotiations
Sub-Saharan Africa
Contact
Current Research
Countries and Regions
Visiting Fellow