Since June 2021 | Goethe University Frankfurt/Main: Academic Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies (IZO) |
09/2017 – 05/2021 | Goethe University Frankfurt/Main: Lecturer & Doctoral Student in Political Science PhD topic: Chinese philanthropy internationalisation |
12/2015 – 08/2017 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / Research Associate in der European China Policy Unit, Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics), Berlin |
07/2015 – 11/2015 | Hospitant im Zentralbereich (Projektmanagement), Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stuttgart |
2010 – 2014 | Praktika im Europäischen Parlament (Brüssel/Straßburg), bei der Delegation der Europäischen Union in China (Beijing), bei der NGO Wanra Do (Banikoara, Benin) und bei Transparency International (Lissabon) |
09/2014 – 06/2015 | College of Europe: Postgraduate Porgramme in „EU International Relations and Diplomacy“, M.A., (first honours) |
09/2011 – 08/2014 | Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau and Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence (France): French-German Master's Programme „Applied Political Science“ (M.A.) |
09/2013 – 06/2014 | Université d'Aix-Marseille (France): „Licence 3“ (~ B.A.) in Sinology („Langue, littérature et civilisation chinoises“) |
09/2012 – 02/2013 | Nanjing University (China): Advanced Chinese Studies |
09/2008 – 08/2011 | Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau and Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence (France): French-German Bachelor's Programme „Applied Political Science“ (B.A.) |
Since 2021 | Member of Transparency International's Anti-Corruption Knowledge Hub Expert Network |
2015 | College of Europe International Relations Department Laureate 2015 |
2008 – 2015 | German Academic Scholarship Foundation: Scholarship for academic excellence |
2014 – 2015 | College of Europe Scholarship of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
2012 – 2013 | Alfried Krupp Stiftung: “China Scholarship Programme" for a one-year stay in China |
2008 – 2014 | French-German University scholarship (DFH) |
Global China, philanthropy and civil society, EU-China relations, anti-corruption und governance
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
2021 | (with H. Holbig) "China's Overseas NGO Law and the Future of International Civil Society: A Scenario Analysis of Rules-in-Form versus Rules-in-Use Dynamics", in: Journal of Contemporary Asia, https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2021.1955292. |
2021 | "Framing and Localizing Anti-Corruption Norms in Transnational Civil Society Organisations: Transparency International in Portugal", in: Journal of Civil Society, 17:2, 155-178, https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2021.1925405. |
2019 | "Anpassung, Einhegung, Aneignung: Chinesische Strategien
im Umgang mit internationalen Normen und Akteuren
der Zivilgesellschaft" [Adaptation, Domestication, Appropriation: Chinese Strategies Towards International Civil Society Norms and Actors], in: ASIEN, 152/153 (July/October 2019), 24-48. |
2018 | "Authoritarian Learning in China's Civil Society Regulations: Towards a Multi-Level Framework", in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 47:3, 147–186. |
2018 | "China's anti-graft campaign and international anti-corruption norms: Towards a 'new international anti-corruption order'?", in: Crime, Law and Social Change, 70:3, 331–347. |
Book Chapters
2022 | "China's 'Anti-Corruption' Campaign Under Xi Jinping: Framing Catastrophe and Catharsis in a Never-Ending Crisis", in: Jörg Baberowski & Martin Wagner (eds.): Crises in authoritarian regimes, Campus: Frankfurt/New York. [Research material available on OSF] |
2022 | "La participation à la chinoise: Néo-maoïsme, « société civile » et politique étrangère" [Participation with Chinese Characteristics: Neo-Maoism, 'Civil Society' and Foreign Policy], in: Philippe Aldrin & Nathalie Ferré (eds.): La société civile au travail. Le professionnalisme irrésolu de l'action transnationale, Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille, 47-74. |
Other Publications
2022 | (with Marina Rudyak) "Cooperation with Chinese actors on anti-corruption: Environmental governance as a pilot area". Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2022:2), available online. |
2021 | "Addressing the Civil Society Blind Spot in European China Policy. From the Overseas NGO Law to the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment", Study for The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, Brussels, 08/12/2021, available online. |
2021 | “Middle-Power Multilateralism Needed", in: Internationale Politik Quarterly, Fall 2021 Issue: Europe Eyes the Indo-Pacific, Issue #4/2021. |
2021 | “What Europe Thinks About Dealing with China", in: Internationale Politik Quarterly, Spring 2021 Issue: The EU-US-China Triangle. |
2021 | (with Marina Rudyak) "Globale öffentliche Güter erfordern Prinzipientreue und Kooperationsbereitschaft in der europäischen Chinapolitik" [Global Public Goods Require Both Principles and Readiness to Cooperation in European China Policy], Bertelsmann Stiftung, publication series Deutschland und Asien, 29/03/2021. |
2021 | "Shielding Corporate Interests, Europe Leaves NGOs Working in China by the Wayside", ChinaFile, The China NGO Project, 30/03/2021. |
2021 | "On the Way to the (East) Asian Century", Internationale Politik Quarterly, IP Special, 02-2021, 25-31. |
2020 | “A Better China Strategy for International Civil Society", China File, 29/01/2020. |
2019 | “Strengthening the adaptive and collaborative capacity of internationally-operating civil society organisations (ICSOs) related to the rise of China", Civil Society Sector Guide #1, ed. by International Civil Society Centre, Berlin, November 2019. |
2019 | "China and global integrity-building: Challenges and prospects for engagement", U4 Issue 2019/7, ed. by David Jackson, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen (Norway); https://www.u4.no/publications/china-and-global-integrity-building-challenges-and-prospects-for-engagement. |
2018 | “Risk Report. Political Risk Scenarios for China", ed. by CONIAS Risk Intelligence and Funk Stiftung, Serie Risk Reports 2018, July 2018, https://conias.com/en/risk-report/. |
2018 |
(with Heike Holbig) “Civil Society Work in China: Trade-Offs and Opportunities for European NGOs", GIGA Focus Asia, 6/2018, https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publication/civil-society-work-in-china-trade-offs-and-opportunities-for-european-ngos. |
2018 | (with Mareike Ohlberg, Shazeda Ahmed) “Central Planning, Local Experiments. The Complex Implementation of China's Social Credit System", MERICS China Monitor 43, Mercator Institute for China Studies. |
2018 | “Analysis: Why Has the Chinese Foreign NGO Law Become a Non-Issue in Europe?", The China NGO Project, ChinaFile, 03/01/2018 |
2017 | “What Macron could mean for European China policy", MERICS Blog, 15/06/2017 |
2017 | (with Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Mareike Ohlberg, Simon Lang) “Ideas and Ideologies Competing for China's Political Future. How online pluralism challenges official orthodoxy", MERICS Paper on China N° 5, Mercator Institute for China Studies, October 2017, Berlin. |
2017 | “Engaging China in the fight against transnational bribery: 'Operation Skynet' as a new opportunity for OECD countries", OECD ResearchEdge Series, March 2017, Paris. |
2017 | “After Trump, French presidential candidates vow to protect workers from global trade - and China", MERICS Blog, 16/02/2017. |
2017 | (with Thomas Eder, Moritz Rudolf) “China's Global Law Enforcement Drive: The Need for a European Response", MERICS China Monitor 36, January 2017. |
2016 | (with Jan Gaspers) “Germany and the 'Belt and Road' Initiative", in: Frans-Paul v.d. Putten et al. (eds.): Europe and China's New Silk Roads. A Report by the European Think-tank Network on China, December 2016, 24-29. |
2016 | “EU struggles to build up ASEAN as a counterweight to China", MERICS Blog, 28/10/2016. |
2016 | (with Jasmin Gong, Kristin Shi-Kupfer) “Questioning not the EU, but the 'Western system': European crises through the lens of Chinese media", MERICS China Monitor 33, July 2016. |
2016 | “Western NGOs in China: not trusted, but still needed", MERICS Blog, 06/05/2016. |
2016 | (with Jan Gaspers) “China and EU Strategic Thinking on Asia: Towards a Strategic Slim Down", in: Olivia Gippner (ed.): Changing waters. Towards a new EU Asia Strategy, LSE Special Report 21, April 2016, 38-48. |
2016 | “China's new Charity Law, a 'Made in China 2025' strategy for philanthropy", MERICS Blog, 18/03/2016. |
2015 | “Taiwanese Lobbying in the European Union: 'Workable Diplomacy' and its Limitations", in: EU Diplomacy Papers, 8/2015. |
2015 | “The Prospective EU-China Bilateral Investment Treaty: Wider Regional Implications in East and Southeast Asia", in: EU-China Observer, 3/2015, 11-15. |
2015 | (with Chen Yunnan) “East meets West: Why a coordinated EU policy for the 'One Belt One Road' initiative is much needed", in: MERICS Insights – Young European Perspectives on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin, 35-37. |
2014 | “La genèse d'un « militantisme académique » contre la corruption. Conditions de possibilité et stratégies de l'implantation locale de Transparency International au Portugal", Master's Thesis, Institut d'Études Politiques d'Aix-en-Provence, September 2014. |
2012 | Chinas interne und externe Entwicklungspolitik: Auf der Suche nach einem ‚chinesischen Entwicklungsparadigma' [China's Internal and External Development Policy: In Search of a 'Chinese Development Paradigm'], Munich: GRIN Verlag. |
Academic Conferences and Workshops
Mar 2021 | “Asienwissenschaften in der Relevanzfalle? Wege zu größerer gesellschaftlicher Wirksamkeit", Panel at the 2021 DGA Conference, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, co-hosted with Marina Rudyak, 12/03/2021. |
Jan 2021 | “Text-Mining Xi's 'Anti-Corruption' Campaign", Presentation at Princeton-Humboldt University Workshop on Crises in Authoritarian Regimes (Jörg Baberowski & Martin Wagner), 28/01/2021. |
Dec 2018 | “Restraining, Replacing, Reorienting? The Contested Role of International Non-Profit Organisations in China" (约束,取代,还是重新定位?国际公益组织在中国的具有争议性的角色), Sino-German Conference Good Life, State and Society, Freie Universität Berlin, 08/12/2018 (withHeike Holbig). |
Dec 2018 | “The party leads, the people follow? Understanding the internationalisation of China's non-profit sector", International Workshop “Voices of East Asia 2.0", Ruhr-Universität Bochum,06/12/2018 |
Sep 2018 | “China's Foreign Policy and Civil Society Spaces Abroad", Congress of the German Political Science Association (GPSA) 2018, Frankfurt, 27/09/2018. |
Aug 2018 | “China's new civil society regulations: gauging the role of authoritarian diffusion and international versus domestic learning", European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, Hamburg, 24/08/2018. |
Jun 2017 | “China's anti-graft campaign and international norms: Towards a ‚new international anti-corruption order'?", International Corruption Research Forum, Paris, 15/06/2017. |
Feb 2017 | “The ideological battle for China's future. The role of 'the West' in official and unofficial political debates", Merics International Academic Workshop on Chinese Ideology, Berlin, 23/02/2017 (with Kristin Shi-Kupfer, Mareike Ohlberg, Simon Lang). |
Jun 2016 | „Offene Konflikte als ‚neue Normalität' in den EU-China-Beziehungen?“, Tübingen University, 30/06/2016. |
Jun 2016 | “Le militantisme académique contre la corruption. Nouvelles dynamiques de l'engagement", Congrès annuel de l'Association française de Science Politique, Aix-en-Provence, 06/2015. |
Aug 2015 | “Lobbying regulation: beyond trading in influence and conflict of interest", Annual Conference on Corruption and Political Misconduct, University of Sussex, Brighton, 08/2015 (with Luís de Sousa und Susana Coroado). |
Sep 2014 | “The social psychology of corruption and its implications for law-making", Workshop The Economics of Corruption 2014: Seeking the Nudges for Reform an der Universität Passau, 09/2014. |
Public Outreach
Dec 2021 | Webinar on Civil Society in EU China Policy in the Context of the EU China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, with Reinhard Bütikofer, MEP, and Christina Sadeler, Brussels, 08/12/2021, available online. |
Mar 2021 | “Konflikt und Kooperation: Zur Zukunft zivilgesellschaftlicher Arbeit in und mit China", Online Talk, University Trier / Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, 11/03/2021. |
Dec 2020 | “Exploring cooperation with Chinese actors on transparency and accountability in the pilot area of environmental governance", U4 Workshop for Chinese/European development professionals, co-hosted with Marina Rudyak, 09/12/2020. |
Jan 2020 | “China's global impact on civil society", Bosch Alumni Centre, Berlin, 16/01/2020. |
Oct 2019 | “Strengthening civil society cooperation between China and Europe", EU-China NGO Twinning Programme, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Berlin, 18/10/2019. |
Sep 2019 | “社会影响"需求对NGO的挑战与机遇 —— 来自欧洲的经验" (Social Impact Requirements as Challenge and Opportunity for NGOs - Lessons from Europe), China Global Philanthropy Institute, Shenzhen, 24/09/2019. |
Jun 2019 | “Mapping the entry-points for engaging China in developing countries", U4 Development Partner Forum, Bergen, 17/06/2019. |
Jun 2019 | Lead researcher, NGO Conference “International civil society and global China", International Civil Society Centre, Hong Kong, 11-13/06/2019. |
Dec 2018 | “The international implications of China's social credit ratings", European Parliament, S&D Digital Europe Working Group Conference on Digital Human Rights in China, Brussels, 05/12/2018. |
Oct 2018 | “China and Global Integrity-building: Prospects for Engagement?", International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC), Copenhagen, 23/10/2018. |
Oct 2018 | “Shrinking Civic Space: How It Plays Out in Asia and How We Should Deal with It", GIGA Berlin Talk with Patrick Köllner, Berlin, 04/10/2018. |
Sep 2018 | “欧洲公益慈善文化差异对社会合作的影响" [Different philanthropic cultures in Europe and their implications for civil society cooperation within the EU], China Global Philanthropy Institute, Beijing, 12/09/2018. |
Sep 2017 | “计划、测定、改善社会影响 – 社会公益团体所面临的要求和挑战" [Planning, Measuring, Improving Social Impact], Jingshi Philanthropy Lecture, China Philanthropy Research Institute, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 15/09/2017. |
Sep 2017 | “Assessing Philanthropy's Impact? Some reflections on the necessity and limitations of evaluating charitable activities and advocacy work", Vortrag beim Philanthropic Leadership Platform – China-Europe, China Global Philanthropy Institute, Stiftung Mercator & European Foundation Centre, Beijing, 13/09/2017. |
Apr 2017 | “Europe-China Civil Society Cooperation. In Search of Ways Forward", host of a panel discussion with Isabel Hilton (CEO, ChinaDialogue) and Andreas Fulda (University of Nottingham), Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Berlin, 27/04/2017. |
Mar 2017 | “China's 'Operation Skynet' and the need for a European response", 2017 OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum, Paris, 31/03/2017. |
Jul 2016 | “European Crises through the Lens of Chinese Media". Vortrag am EastWest Institute, Brussels, 12/07/2016, with Jo Leinen (MEP), Amb. Fleischer, Kristin Shi-Kupfer and Jasmin Gong. |
Jan 2020 | “Bertram Lang on International Civil Society Organizations and China", interview with Kerstin Lohse-Friedrich, Merics Experts Podcast, Berlin, 16/01/2020. |
Aug 2017 | „ASEAN wird 50. EU bleibt Vorbild“, Radiointerview, SWR 2 Journal. |
Mar 2017 | „China zähmt die NGOs: Gefahr für die Einparteienherrschaft“, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 07/03/2017, p.10. |
Mar 2017 | “Overseas NGOs in China: Left in Legal Limbo", The Diplomat, 04/03/2017 (with Kristin Shi-Kupfer) |
Jan 2017 | “The Pitfalls of Law Enforcement Cooperation With China", The Diplomat (with Thomas Eder), 21.01.2017. |
Jan 2017 | “专访:北京要让本土非政府组织取代国外NGO", TV interview, DW News, 02/01/2017. |
Sep 2016 | “How to Counter China's Global Propaganda Offensive", New York Times, 21/09/2016 (with Mareike Ohlberg). |
May 2016 | „Fremde Federn: Bertram Lang. Kulturelle Soft Power aus China?“, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 07.05.2016, p.8. |