Main areas of research: Regional Integration, Interregionalism, Development Policy

Regional competence: Southern Africa, SADC

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Date of Birth: 16th August 1974

Present Position: Senior Researcher, Executive Manager

Main areas of research: Statistics - analysing of survey data, democratisation, ethnic and religious conflicts, conflict prevention

Regional competence: Africa, Asia, Middle East

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Present Position: Senior Researcher and Librarian

Main areas of research: ethnic and religious conflicts, transition to democracy

Regional competence: Subsaharian Africa

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Present Position: Senior Researcher

Main areas of research: international migration, migration and development, national integration policies, Islam in Europe

(PhD working title "Convergene of national integration policies in Europe? An analysis of French and German approaches")

Regional competence: Europe (Germany, France, the Netherlands, European Union)

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Date of birth: 19 June 1978

Present Position: Research Fellow

Research Professor Emeritus of Sociology, German Institute for International Educational Research

Honorary Professor of Political Science, Freiburg University

Main areas of research: education and development, ethnic conflict and conflict regulation, religion and democracy

Regional  foci: Subsaharian Africa, South-East Asia, Middle East

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Date of Birth: 20th March 1936

Main areas of research: Development Policy and Theory; Election Observation; Election Studies; International Political Economy; Political, Social and Economic Development of Modern South Asia, mainly since 1947; Hindu Nationalism; Ethnic Conflicts; Indian Party System; Parliamentarianism in India

Regional competence: South Asia (especially India)

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Date of Birth: 16th December 1952

Position: Senior Researcher , Managing Editor of International Quarterly for Asian Studies

Main areas of research: Migration, Religion, Democratization, Sustainable Development, Gender

Regional competence: Southeast Asia (Thailand/ Philippinen)

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Date of Birth: 29th December 1967

Present Position: Senior Researcher

Main areas of research: Sociology of Development, Theory of Development, Political Sociology, Sociology & Politics of Work, Ethnicity, Public Memory, Theory of Society

Regional competence: Southern Africa

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Date of Birth: 14th April 1949

Present Position: Senior Researcher

Main areas of research: Germany and the Middle East, Pan-Movements in the Middle East, Political Islam, Islam and Nationalism, Historical Aspects of the Cyprus Conflict

Regional competence: Middle East, Cyprus

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Date of birth: August 12, 1970

Present position: Senior Researcher

Main areas of research: Political Sociology; International Economic Migration; Political Mobilization and Social Movements; Transnational Advocacy Networks; Multi-level and networked Governance; Migrant Rights; Gender and Migration; Social and Political Development;

Regional Competence: Southeast and East Asia, Latin America, Europe
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Present position: Senior Researcher

Main areas of research: Migration, Theory of International Relations, Regional Cooperation (ASEAN), Global Governance

Regional competence: Southeast Asia

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Date of Birth: 1st August 1972

Present Position: Research Fellow

Main areas of research: Democratisation, Decentralisation

Regional competence: Africa (especially Sambia, Ghana)

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Date of Birth: 25th April 1971

Present Position: Research Fellow

Main areas of research: Authoritarianism, Democratisation, Role and Influence of Civil Societies, Developmenatal Policies and Practices, Coming to Terms with the Past

Regionale Schwerpunkte: Südliches Afrika (DR Kongo, Horn von Afrika), Südeuropa

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Date of Birth: 12th April 1970

Present Position: Senior Researcher

Main areas of research: Welfare Regimes and Social Policy in Latin America, Democracy, the "New" Left and Inequality in Latin America, Comparative Analysis of Transitional Justice, Development Policy (especially decent work) and Development Theory

Regional competence: Latin America, especially Cono Sur

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Present Position: Senior Researcher

Main areas of research: Democratic Transition, Good Governance, Conflict Resolution, Decentralisation, Education, Development Policy

Regional competence: Africa, Asia, EU

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Date of Birth: 9th July 1942

Present Position: Director; Associate Professor at the University of Freiburg