GIGA Doctoral Programme

Riccarda Flemmer, Alumna of the GIGA Doctoral Programme, is currently a Junior-Professor in “Political Struggles in the Global South” at the University of Tübingen. In this interview, she gives insights into her current job and time as a Doctoral Researcher at the GIGA.

For her exceptional dissertation on governance and violence in Colombia and El Salvador, Dr. Viviana García Pinzón has won first place in the prestigious ADLAF Prize. Her research, now published as by Bristol University Press, offers insights into the dynamics of local order and violence in Latin America's peripheral cities.

Svenja Schöneich, Alumna of the GIGA Doctoral Programme, is a Policy Advisor for Resource Policies, Mineral Supply Chains and Corporate Accountability at Germanwatch. In this interview, she gives insights into her current job and time as a Doctoral Researcher at the GIGA.

Political scientist Dr. Hana Attia receives this year’s Leibniz “Humanities and Social Sciences” PhD prize for her research on international sanctions. The award ceremony took place on 27 November 2024 during the annual meeting of the Leibniz Association in Berlin. The GIGA congratulates Hana on this award. 

Mona Saleh successfully completed her PhD! She defended her dissertation on “Surviving Complexity: How International Organisations Claim Legitimacy Under Conditions of Institutional Overlap. The Case of the African Union” at the Leuphana University Lüneburg on 27 September 2024.

Our doctoral researchers organised a conference bringing together GIGA doctoral researchers and invited early career researchers to critically explore and reflect on the ethical and practical dimensions of conducting research with the “Global South.” Let us learn more about it from the organising team Mira, Indi, and Alina in this interview.

Dr. Anna Fünfgeld receives the Arnold Bergstraesser Prize 2024 for her outstanding dissertation “No Power to Change? Energy Hegemony and Trasformismo in Indonesia.“

This conference brings together GIGA doctoral researchers and invited early career researchers to critically explore and reflect on the ethical and practical aspects of conducting (doctoral) research with the so-called “Global South”.

Several of our researchers presented their latest research findings at the ECPR General Conference. Learn more about the experience from our Doctoral Researcher Jayane Maia and Research Fellow Martin Acheampong in this interview.

Riccarda Flemmer, Alumna of the GIGA Doctoral Programme, is currently a Junior-Professor in “Political Struggles in the Global South” at the University of Tübingen. In this interview, she gives insights into her current job and time as a Doctoral Researcher at the GIGA.

For her exceptional dissertation on governance and violence in Colombia and El Salvador, Dr. Viviana García Pinzón has won first place in the prestigious ADLAF Prize. Her research, now published as by Bristol University Press, offers insights into the dynamics of local order and violence in Latin America's peripheral cities.

Svenja Schöneich, Alumna of the GIGA Doctoral Programme, is a Policy Advisor for Resource Policies, Mineral Supply Chains and Corporate Accountability at Germanwatch. In this interview, she gives insights into her current job and time as a Doctoral Researcher at the GIGA.