Management and Boards

The Executive Board consists of the President, the Vice President, the Directors of the regional institutes, and the Managing Director.

This body strategically guides the entire Institute, coordinates its work, and advises on the allocation of financial resources. The Executive Board is also responsible for all matters concerning human resources development and is assisted therein by the Equal Opportunity Commissioners.

The Research Council advises on the Institute’s research direction and acts as the hub of subject-matter development, as well as being responsible for the Institute’s research plan. The Research Council assists the Executive Board in research and personnel strategies.

The Research Council is composed of the President, the Vice President, the Directors of the regional institutes, the Heads of the research programmes, the Research Manager, the Academic Director of the GIGA Doctoral Programme, and the Head of Policy Exchange.

The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) is a foundation under civil law. It is accountable to and supported and advised by a Board of Trustees, an Academic Advisory Board, and a Council for Financial Affairs.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees monitors the legality and efficiency of the Institute’s work, including financial planning and financial reporting. It also appoints the President of the GIGA and the other members of the Executive Board.

• Dr. Eva Gümbel (Chair), State Councillor, Ministry of Science, Research, and Equalities, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

• Dr. Christian Becker (Deputy Chair), German Federal Foreign Office

• Orlando Baquero, Latin American Business Association, Hamburg

• Andreas Cichowicz, former NDR Editor-in-Chief of Television, Hamburg

• Prof. Dr. Louise Fawcett, University of Oxford, Great Britain

• Uwe Gehlen (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bonn)

• Christoph Kannengießer, German–African Business Association, Berlin

• Philip Koch, Director International, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce

• Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lentz, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Vice President of the Leibniz Association, Leipzig

• Dr. Anna Lührmann, MdB, member of the Bundestag, German Federal Parliament

• Corinna Nienstedt, Head of the State Office, Hamburg Senate Chancellery

• Helene Rang, German Near and Middle East Association, Berlin

• Almut Rößner, German Asia-Pacific Business Association, Hamburg

• Dr. Norbert Röttgen, MdB, member of the Bundestag, German Federal Parliament

Academic Advisory Board

The Academic Advisory Board advises the Board of Trustees and the Executive Board on research planning, research collaboration, and the presentation of research findings.

• Prof. Dr. Louise Fawcett (Chair), University of Oxford, Great Britain

• Prof. Dr. Mark Hallerberg (Deputy Chair), Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany

• Prof. Dr. Amitabh Mattoo (Deputy Chair), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), New Delhi, India

• Prof. Dr. Steven Bernstein, University of Toronto, Canada

• Prof. Dr. Aurel Croissant, University of Heidelberg, Germany

• Prof. Dr. Ulrike Grote, Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Germany

• Prof. Dr. Robert Howse, New York University School of Law, USA

• Prof. Dr. Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)

• Prof. Dr. Valérie Rosoux, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium

• Prof. Dr. Alexandra Scacco, University of Hamburg and Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), Germany

• Prof. Dr. Rudra Sil, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Council for Financial Affairs

The Council for Financial Affairs supports the Board of Trustees in financial, organisational, and personnel matters.

• Katja Linke (Chair), Ministry of Science, Research, and Equalities, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

• Dr. Christian Becker (Deputy Chair), German Federal Foreign Office

• Dr. Thomas Held, German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF)

• Dr. Katharina Peters, The German Primate Centre - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ)