Job title

Director of the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies

Institution

GIGA – German Institute for Global and Area Studies

Education

PhD in Economics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Languages

German, English, Arabic, Spanish, French

Main areas of expertise

• Economy, Trade, Energy and Climate
• Security Policies
• Other:
• Development
• Food security

Main countries of expertise

• Gulf countries
• Iraq
• Syria
• Egypt