German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

GIGA Global Transitions Conference

The GIGA Global Transitions Conference brings together leading scholars, practitioners, and an interested audience to engage on some of the most pressing challenges of our times, and to propose innovative and feasible solutions.

Once a year, leading thinkers from around the globe are invited to join GIGA scholars for this dynamic interaction. We are delighted to have shared reflections with so many esteemed guests and look forward to future occasions.

The conference has worked on big thematic issues – previous years have focused on Weaponized Interdependence & Economic Statecraft; Forced Migration; Envisioning Peace & Transforming Conflict; and others. In 2020, the GTC has taken stock on the Global Order in disarray and saw the need for reform in many areas, possibilities for consolidation and cooperation, as well as new opportunities for a fundamental re-think on some of our priors on power, order, and governance.

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 07.12.2020

Global Order is Dead, Long Live Global Order? Taking Stock in 2020

Die GIGA Global Transitions Conference 2020 zur globalen Ordnung - unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar und Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner - sucht die Reflexion über den aktuellen Zustand der Welt und den Austausch von Ideen für Wege in die Zukunft.

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 09.12.2019

Economic Statecraft: Competition and Cooperation

Ziel der jährlich stattfindenden GIGA Global Transitions Conference ist es, Wissenschaftler:innen und Praktiker:innen zusammenzubringen, um zentrale Fragen unserer Zeit zu diskutieren. Im Jahr 2019 wollen wir uns mit dem Thema der wirtschaftlichen Staatsführung beschäftigen.

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 06.12.2018 - 07.12.2018

Zwangsmigration global betrachtet

Die 4. GIGA Global Transitions Conference hat zum Ziel, ein angemesseneres, pluralistisches Bild der großen Trends, Ursachen und politischen Implikationen von Migrationsbewegungen weltweit zu zeichnen.

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 07.12.2017 - 08.12.2017

Envisioning Peace | Transforming Conflict

Scholars and practitioners will address questions such as: What is our understanding of peace and conflict transformation? What are the advantages and disadvantages of narrow and broad concepts? Is peace a utopia, a continuum, or an incremental process? Is there an overlap between peace and other concepts such as harmony, justice, equality, development?

GIGA Global Transitions Conference | 01.12.2016 - 02.12.2016

External Intervention in the Age of Global Transitions

On 1-2 December 2016, leading international scholars and practitioners joined GIGA researchers in Hamburg, Germany, in addressing these issues. At the External Intervention in the Age of Global Transitions Conference, they discussed how interventions are conceptualised and assessed in different disciplines, and also diverse experiences in implementing interventions across the globe.