Karsten Giese

Dr. Karsten Giese is a Senior Research Fellow and Editor of GIGA Focus Asien at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). His research focuses on Chinese-African relations, globalization impacts, and transnational social dynamics. He holds affiliations with the Association for Social Science Research on China (since 2001) and the German Association for Asian Studies (since 2000). His work examines Chinese traders' roles in West Africa, social innovation, and ethnic integration processes. Recent engagements include panel discussions on pandemic governance in China, migrant transnationalism research, and post-pandemic Asian economic recovery strategies. He taught at the University of Nottingham in 2014 on topics of Chinese diasporic communities.

• Affiliations: GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
• Key Research: Sino-African economic ties, transnational migration, and grassroots social change
• Media Contributions: Deutsche Welle interviews on Chinese traders in Africa

His publications analyze socio-economic impacts of interpersonal encounters between Chinese and African entrepreneurs, focusing on themes like ethnic boundary formation and urban spatial politics. He actively participates in interdisciplinary dialogues on migration studies and global development challenges.