Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz
Director of the GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies
Short CV
Since 10/2019: Director of GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies, Hamburg
Since 10/2019: Professor for contemporary history and politics of the Middle East at the University of Hamburg
2012 - 2019: Senior Research Fellow, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
Since 2013: Adjunct Lecturer, Barcelona Institute of International Studies (IBEI)
2016 - 2018: Scientific Advisor to the Kuwait Chair at Sciences Po, Paris
Spring 2014: KSP Visiting Professor, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), Sciences Po
2009 - 2012: Visiting Research Fellow, Princeton University
2006 - 2010: Director of Economic Studies, Gulf Research Center (GRC), Dubai
2000 - 2006: Work for banks in Frankfurt, Mainz and Dubai in equity and fixed income trading
Education: PhD in Economics (Political Science and Islamic Studies as minors) Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (1999); Free University of Berlin (1995-1996); M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies (Political Science, Economics, Islamic Studies), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (1995); Institut Français d'Études Arabes de Damas and University of Damascus (1993-1994)
