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Dr. Christian von Soest

Lead Research Fellow

Head of RP 2

Short CV

  • Since 05/2015: Head of GIGA Research Programme 2 "Peace and Security"

  • 08/2014 - 04/2015: Acting Head of the GIGA Berlin Office

  • 09/2013 - 08/2014: Transatlantic Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

  • 2009 - 2015: Spokesperson, Research Team 4 "Causes and Effects of Sanctions", GIGA Research Programme 2

  • Since 2009: Member of GIGA Berlin Office

  • 05/2007 - 12/2007: Visiting researcher, Policy Planning Staff of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin

  • Since 2005: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute of African Affairs, responsible for Southern Africa and East Africa, particularly South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe; Kenya

  • Doctoral thesis "The African State and the Capability to Raise Revenue", University of Leipzig. PhD (summa cum laude); PhD Price from Research Academy Leipzig and Junior Scientists Award from the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD)

  • Education: Study of Journalism (Communication Science, Political Science, Public Law), University of Munich, University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg), and University of Cape Town, South Africa. Training at the German School of Journalism (DJS)

Current Research

  • International sanctions and interventions

  • Authoritarian regimes

  • Foreign policy and development policy

  • Informal institutions / corruption and their effects on political regimes

  • Statehood

Countries and Regions

  • Southern Africa and East Africa

  • South Africa

  • Botswana

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe

  • Kenya

Research Programme

  • Accountability and Participation

  • Peace and Security

Publications

European Economic Review | 08/2020

The Termination of International Sanctions: Explaining Target Compliance and Sender Capitulation

Research on sanctions has mostly focused on their implementation and effectiveness, with little attention towards their removal. Based on a novel dataset, this article examines the causes of sanctions termination, disaggregating by target compliance and sender capitulation.
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Hana Attia, Doctoral Researcher
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Dr. Julia Grauvogel, Senior Research Fellow
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Dr. Christian von Soest Lead Research Fellow
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Projects

01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025

Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), Cluster of Excellence / Universität Hamburg

The Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS), based at Universität Hamburg, is guided by the overarching question: "Which climate futures are possible and which are plausible?" The GIGA contributes to the cluster in the central synthesis project and with its research on climate governance, the social construction of climate futures, and the interactions between climate change and conflict. DFG, Excellence Strategy, 2019-2025
01/03/2012 - 28/02/2017

Anti-Corruption Policies Revisited. Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption

Which factors promote or hinder the development of effective anti-corruption policies? This was the guiding question of the ANTICORRP consortium, led by the University of Gothenburg. In this framework, the GIGA comparatively analysed country cases in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East and studied patterns and trends of corruption within each of the four regions. EC, FP7, 2012-2017
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