
Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau
Director of the GIGA Institute for African Affairs
Editor GIGA Focus AfricaShort CV
Since 10/2018: Director of the GIGA Institute of African Affairs
10/2016 - 12/2016: Visiting Fellow at Oxford Changing Character of War Programme
Since 05/2014: External Associate at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
03/2014 - 05/2014: Visiting Professor at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Since 12/2013: Professor at the University of Hamburg (§ 17 Professur)
6/2005 - 04/2015: Head of GIGA Research Programme 2 "Violence and Security"
Since 2002: Research fellow with GIGA Institute of African Affairs; areas of expertise: Southern Africa, West and Central Africa; elections, political parties, democracy, civil-military relations, violent conflict, resource wars
Education: Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology at Heidelberg University; PhD 2001