German Institute of Global and Area Studies
| Founded | 1964 (as German Overseas Institute) |
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| Type | Foundation under civil law |
| Focus | Politics, economics and society in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East; global connections |
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Area served
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International |
| Method | Area and comparative area studies |
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Key people
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Amrita Narlikar (President since 2014) |
| Website | www.giga-hamburg.de/en |
The GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies is a German research institute. It analyses political, economic and social developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East and combines this analysis with innovative comparative research on international relations, development and globalisation, violence and security, and political systems. The GIGA advises the Federal Foreign Office and other branches of the federal government. Since 2009 it has had an office in Berlin.
The GIGA is a member of the Leibniz Association.
The GIGA a leading international research institute for area studies and comparative area studies. It employs approximately 160 people, 90 of whom are political scientists, economists, social scientists, peace and conflict researchers, or historians. The GIGA’s research is organised according to a matrix structure. The academics study the four global regions of
and simultaneously work within the four research programmes on the following issues:
The GIGA was founded in 1964 as the German Overseas Institute (Deutsches Übersee-Institut) by the City of Hamburg and the Hamburg business community. It was initially the umbrella organisation for the Institute of Asian Affairs, the German Orient Institute, the Institute of Latin American Affairs and the Institute of African Affairs.
In the first decade of this century the German Overseas Institute underwent a transformation that saw the previously relatively autonomous regional institutes united as the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies/Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien in 2007. Only the German Orient Institute did not take part in the fusion. However, the GIGA had already hired many of its employees.
The GIGA collaborates with numerous renowned universities, research institutes and expert associations around the world. It is represented on the boards of various academic networks, particularly those related to Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
The GIGA is a foundation under civil law and is based in Hamburg. It is jointly funded by the Federal Foreign Office, the Hamburg Ministry of Science and Research and the other federal states. The GIGA also receives external funding, which accounts for around 25 per cent of the total budget.
Since 2014, Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar is the president of the GIGA. Before her, Latin America researcher Prof. Dr. Detlef Nolte has been the acting president (2011-2014). From 2004 to 2011, the Africa expert Prof. Dr. Robert Kappel led the institute as its president.
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