Matthias Basedau

Director of the GIGA Institute for African Affairs / Editor GIGA Focus Africa
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Contact

matthias.basedau@giga-hamburg.de

Bio

Since 01/2025: On leave Since 10/2018: Director of the GIGA Institute for African Affairs 10/2016 - 12/2016: Visiting Fellow at Oxford Changing Character of War Programme Since 05/2014: External Associate at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) 03/2014 - 05/2014: Visiting Professor at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Since 12/2013: Professor at the University of Hamburg (§ 17 Professur) 6/2005 - 04/2015: Head of GIGA Research Programme 2 "Violence and Security" Since 2002: Research fellow with GIGA Institute of African Affairs; areas of expertise: Southern Africa, West and Central Africa; elections, political parties, democracy, civil-military relations, violent conflict, resource wars Education: Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology at Heidelberg University; PhD 2001

Keywords

Tanzania, Conflict and Violence, Religion, Methods, Elections, Natural Resources and Environment