Organisation and Staff Members

Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Detlef Nolte (Acting President, Director of ILAS) Prof. Dr. Henner Fürtig (Acting Vice President, Director of IMES) Dr. Bert Hoffmann (Acting Director of ILAS) Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Director of IAS) PD Dr. Andreas Mehler (Director of IAA) Dr. Peter Peetz (Head of Finances and Administration)
Research Council	Organisational Chart
The President and the institute directors The research programme heads PD Dr. Gero Erdmann (RP 1) Dr. Matthias Basedau (RP 2) Jun. Prof. Dr. Jann Lay (RP 3) Prof. Dr. Anja Jetschke (RP 4) The Academic Director of the GIGA Doctoral Programme: Dr. Miriam Prys The research management staff: Sonja Bartsch

Central Staff Members

• Project Management (Julia Kramer)
• Research Management (Sonja Bartsch)
• Communication Management (Frauke Ladleif)

Contact Person for

• Comparative Area Studies: PD Dr. Andreas Mehler
• Fundraising: Dr. Hanspeter Mattes
• Political consultancy: Prof. Dr. Henner Fürtig
• Cooperation with the University of Hamburg: PD Dr. Andreas Mehler

Service Departments

• Information Centre (Head: Jan Lüth)
• Publication and Public Relations (Acting Head: Dr. Peter Peetz)
• Administration (Head: Dr. Peter Peetz)

Staff Members

• Academic staff
  • Complete list (alphabetic order)
  • IAA
  • IAS
  • ILAS
  • IMES

• Staff of service departments:
  • Complete list (alphabetic order)
  • Department for Administration and IT
  • Department for Publication
  • Department for Public Relations
  • Information Centre (Documentation, Libraries and Archives)

Research Council

The GIGA's research council coordinates the institute's research activities. The members of the council include the president, the institute directors, the research programme heads, the research management staff and the academic director of the doctoral student programme
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Detlef Nolte

Academic Advisory Board

An Academic Advisory Board supports and guides the GIGA's work
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rüland (University of Freiburg)

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees advises the GIGA's Board of Directors and oversees and approves both the content of the board's work and its financial management
Chairman: State Councillor Dr. Horst-Michael Pelikahn (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Science and Research)

The Council for Financial Affairs
Chairman: Jürgen Springer (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)

Equal Opportunity Commissioner

• Julia Kramer
• Janina Pawelz (Deputy)

GIGA Statute (1.1.2007)