Welcome!
The Global South Studies Center (GSSC) coordinates global, interdisciplinary research at the University of Cologne focusing on currently highly relevant topics such as migration, sustainability and infrastructures in Africa, Asia and Latin America. A particular focus lies on human-environment relations. Besides providing the supportive structure for scientific projects, the GSSC also makes research results accessible not only to an academic audience but also to the broader public.
Overview
![People](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_dunkelblau_GS_transparent_1338988273_408d227d79baca6096b110a1ed4371c2.jpg)
People
![Global Partners](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_dunkelgrau_GS_transparent_f89c88ae12_3bd7bef4a7e5d15ecaa0df26e4bf560a.jpg)
Global Partners
![Global Faculty](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_dunkelgruen_GS_transparent_dd715c30a1_a38ebb9ce9cb258826621fac7c3b2eaa.jpg)
Global Faculty
![Thematic Areas](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_gelb_GS_transparent_4868cd576e_ff3746c44834c8d6ec3b51e99f6bcb23.jpg)
Thematic Areas
![Research](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_hellgruen_GS_transparent_26ee13a172_5af9f8bcc699c1ae33b72c7c5f5b50bb.jpg)
Research
![Research Projects](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_dunkelblau2_GS_transparent_cc20faa44b_58d017943896a09227bb64f73227046b.jpg)
Research Projects
![Cooperative Projects](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_dunkelblau4_GS_transparent_77deadc547_f4408650617bd57c8ca6e212f128b7fd.jpg)
Cooperative Projects
![Associated Research Centers](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_orange_GS_transparent_217c4e9c4b_240d2b9f8c21d9ee476e2b14b1dd454f.jpg)
Associated Research Centers
![On the term Global South](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSC_Farbe_hellgrau_GS_transparent1_e24721a6cd_f00bb71db6272489da76210e6e029c21.jpg)
On the term Global South
Affiliated projects and centers
The following projects and centers are affiliated with the GSSC:
![TRR/ SFB 228: Future Rural Africa](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_TRR_818c4ecab2_d2315ecd57d92a0af3b0a65a0680d44c.jpg)
TRR/ SFB 228: Future Rural Africa
![ERC: Rewilding](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_Rewilding_79640d179f_af5c79d22463be28048859522ea2f13a.jpg)
ERC: Rewilding
![Research Training Group: Connecting – Excluding](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_Anschliessen_c9762069e7_78584b4d96f160de1db10cafe8cd284f.jpg)
Research Training Group: Connecting – Excluding
![Mecila: Maria Sibylla Merian Centre](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_Mecila_4cb4ec8db0_419e4280208ec937647698ab57334796.jpg)
Mecila: Maria Sibylla Merian Centre
![African Climate and Environment Center (AFAS)](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_AFAS_a250ffc6ce_db3a1ee045c2aea702d20b8fddcaaf6e.jpg)
African Climate and Environment Center (AFAS)
![Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_Mesh_84a5e8406a_94de7ed816a2efd98eb2ebbe568f8e22.jpg)
Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities
![Competence Center Fair Trade](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_FairerHandel_faa3b5c118_9f87dfae021f5515cea83345c46bf30c.jpg)
Competence Center Fair Trade
![Delta](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_Delta_53e365fa5c_9029531f3676e480aadc0f01933b04db.jpg)
Delta
![Social Inequalities](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_SocialInequalities_55fd73c540_84189e13127d4e98ae1e4b59d3f39d84.jpg)
Social Inequalities
![Environmental Law Center](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_EnvironmentalLawC_dea1fb114d_5d372e46493e0cc78cb151e12e537b9f.jpg)
Environmental Law Center
![Transborder Mobility and Institutional Dynamics](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_TransMID_412109a414_6457863ad5544a1046e3279b3ab6ae6d.jpg)
Transborder Mobility and Institutional Dynamics
![Plant Biology and Politics of Nutrition](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_BiPoN_edb829078d_21e171431d71118984baf060517df2ce.jpg)
Plant Biology and Politics of Nutrition
![Forum Decolonizing Academia](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_GSSC_DecolonizingAcademia_8c284e5361_9118c6c09f6fbc435becaed95a91c985.jpg)
Forum Decolonizing Academia
![DiaMiGo](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_GSSC_DiaMiGo_2f67623494_0e11ce83cdfb8c94a08acb40c6370573.jpg)
DiaMiGo
![Cultures and Societies in Transition](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Teaserbilder_GSSCWebseite_CAIV_8f40bbdf2f_4792bda19bff223d45accb5b07630186.jpg)
Cultures and Societies in Transition
![S(m)elling the "Wild“: Die politische Ökologie ätherischer Baumöle und die Produktion olfaktorischer Ressourcen (Commodifying the Wild)](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_GSSC_teaser_GEPRIS_DFG_3fcdb8518b_c22169086dc72f34cc33fa2cba5ea873.jpg)