Research team

Maria Bondes, M.A.,

has been a member of the “Governance in China” research network’s research staff at the Institute of Asian Studies of the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies in Hamburg since April 2010.

She studied Chinese studies, political science and economics at the University of Hamburg and Lanzhou University (PRC), graduating in 2010 with an MA.

 

 

Sabrina Habich, PhD / National Chengchi University

Sabrina Habich is lecturer at the Asia-Orient Institute (Chair of Greater China Studies) at the University of Tübingen. She earned her Master’s degree (German ‚Magister‘) in Sinology, Business Administration, and Political Science in 2008 at the University of Würzburg. In October 2013, she completed her PhD at National Chengchi University in Taipei. In her dissertation she researched dam-induced resettlement along the Lancang River in Yunnan Province. Her current project focuses on the role of local cadres in the implementation of China’s water resources strategy.

 

 

 

Dr. Elena Meyer-Clement

Elena Meyer-Clement is a research assistant at the Asia-Orient Institute (Chair of Greater China Studies) at the University of Tübingen. She studied Sinology, Political Science and Philosophy at the Universities of Hamburg and Nanjing. Her Ph.D. thesis focuses on institutional developments in party-state control over the private film and music industries in China. The current research project deals with the strategies of county and township cadres regarding in situ urbanization in the PRC. 

 

 

 

Jennifer Knippers, M.A.

Jennifer Knippers is a research associate affiliated to the “Governance in China” network’s subproject at the University of Duisburg-Essen since January 2015. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in economics and politics of China from the Ruhr University Bochum, she relocated to the University of Duisburg-Essen to obtain a consecutive Master degree in East Asian Studies (China).

 

 

 

Katja Yang, M.A.

has been a member of the “Governance in China” research network’s research staff in the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Würzburg since April 2010.

She studied Chinese studies, philosophy and economics at the University of Würzburg, Peking University and the Beijing Language and Culture University (PRC), graduating in 2010 with an MA.