last updated Jan 2017
Goethe-University
Faculty 03 Social Sciences
Institute for Political Science
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Employment history
Feb 2013 – Jan 2017 |
Research Fellow, interdisciplinary research program Africa's Asian Options (AFRASO) at Goethe University Frankfurt, supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. |
März 2011 – Jan 2017 | Research Fellow at the the Professorship for Political Science with the Focus on Area Studies China/East Asia, Faculty for Social Sciences (Institute for Political Sciences), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main |
Nov 2010 – Jan 2011 |
Lecturer at the Institute for Sinology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg |
Apr 2009 – Apr 2010 |
Student Research Assistant at the Research Team A5: „Nationising the Dynasty“ at the Excellence cluster „Asia and Europe in a Global Context“, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg |
Jul 2008 – Okt 2008 |
Internship at the Research Team Asia, Foundation for Science and Politics (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) |
Apr 2008 – Jul 2008 |
Tutor at the Centre for East Asian Studies, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg |
Jun/Jul 2006 | Internship at the Siemens AG in Beijing in the Sales Department |
Academic background
2006 – 2010 | Study of Modern Sinology, Political Science and Law at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg Degree: Magister Artium |
2005 – 2006 | Study of the Chinese language at the Tsinghua-University Beijing |
2002 – 2005 | Study of Modern Sinology, Political Science and Law at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg |
1988 – 2001 | School education in Markgröningen, Baden-Württemberg |
Research Focus:
Chinese Foreign Policy (especially ideological aspects and Sino-African relations); Democratization and autocratic persistence in East Asia; China-related policy analysis (especially in the area of IPR)
Dissertation project:
“Ideology and Power in International Relations: China's Influence in Ethiopia and South Africa"
WS 15/16
Introduction to the Politics of East Asia (Master MEAS / Political Science)
OLAT Course: https://olat.server.uni-frankfurt.de/olat/url/RepositoryEntry/3284926473
SS 15
Democratization and the Persistence of Autocracy in East Asia (Master MEAS / Political Science)
WS 14/15:
Introduction to Politics (MEAS)
WS 13/14
Introduction to Politics
SS 13
Democratization in East Asia
WS 12/13
Introduction to Politics
SS 12
Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China
WS 11/12
Introduction to Politics
SS 11
Democracy in China, Taiwan and East Asia
WS 10/11
Democracy in China, Taiwan und Ostasien (at the Institute for Sinology, University Heidelberg)
PUBLICATIONS AND TALKS
2015: “Ruling Parties as Communities of Practice and Collective Identity in China-Ethiopia Relations", AFRASO Working Paper; http://www.afraso.org/en/content/ruling-parties-communities-practice-and-collective-identity-china-ethiopia-relations
2014: “Weak Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in China: Integrating Political, Cultural and Structural Explanations", in: Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 23, No 88 (July 2014); http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2013.861156
2012: "Gemeinsame internationale Konferenz des Arbeitskreises Sozialwissenschaftliche Chinaforschung (ASC) in der DGA und des Kompetenznetzes "Regieren in China", Hamburg, 09. - 11.Dezember 2011", in: ASIEN The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, Nr 123 (April 2012), 126 - 129.
2015/03: „That's what friends are for: Identity in the making of China-South Africa relations“, 2nd AFRASO International Conference, Cape Town.
2014/08: „Collective Identity in China-Ethiopia Relations: A Community of Practice Perspective“, WISC Fourth Global International Studies Conference, 6.-9. August 2014, Frankfurt/Main
2012/10: „Ideology in Sino-African Relations“, Talk in the context of the symposium „Sinology and Chinese Studies“, University Frankfurt, Frankfurt.
2012/03: „China und der Schutz geistigen Eigentums: Regieren in einem fragmentierten autoritären Staat“, Talk in the context of „Sinology goes public“, Confucius Institute at the University Heidelberg, Heidelberg.
last updated Jan 2017