Doktoranden am Lehrstuhl GCS / PhD Candidates at GCS
Brinkmann, Joachim, M.A.
For his Ph.D., he examines the political economy of Chinese stock markets, using a political steering theory approach adapted to Xi Jinping’s governing philosophy of “Top-level Design” that incorporates concepts and insights from a range of academic disciplines, notably finance, political science, sociology, history, and Chinese studies. His research focuses on identifying and analyzing the government’s key modes of political steering by which it governs, regulates, and intervenes in the stock market. In addition, the research places a strong emphasis on the role of market participants, including actors such as institutional and retail investors, and how the government seeks to influence their behavior.
Lukas is currently researching on the video game and streaming scene in the PRC as part of his PhD. Special attention is paid to the influence of video games and streaming on the lives of Chinese citizens/users. This includes which identities and forms of nationalism are prevalent in the sector, how these are constructed by the different levels involved, and finally which goals (e.g. authoritarian resilience, increase of happiness, escapism) this identity construction pursues.
Guo, Qingye, M.A.
Qingye Guo is working on her project "Migration Politics and Migration Management in Contemporary China", which focuses on international labour migration to China and the ongoing reform of China's immigration regimes. It aims to examine what factors have driven the reforms and how immigration regimes are shaped by citizenship, identity and international norms.
Heffer, Abbey, M.A.
Abbey’s research focuses on how diverse social actors express their interests and get what they want under Chinese authoritarianism. Her research centres on local policy experimentation and the new context of ‘experimentation under pressure’ which has emerged under Xi Jinping. Preliminary case studies have thus far focused on foreign investment policy and her planned PhD project investigates the protection of labour rights, social policy, and how experimentation intersects with other feedback channels between the regime and society—specifically popular protest.
Lee, Judy, M.A.
Political persecution in the wake of the 2019 Hong Kong protests has spawned a new Hong Kong exile community in the nearby island nation of Taiwan. Judy Lee’s project explores how this group of highly politicized people extends their political concern into a broader struggle for identity through everyday practices, particularly the use of the Cantonese language.
Markert, Vivien, M.A.
Her research project analyzes the Sinicization of Islam in China.
Meng, Ye, M.A.
Her research focuses on the intersection of law and politics, Chinese judicial politics, and the CCP's regime legitimacy and ruling capacity. Her PhD project examines the local implementation of China's current judicial reform measures and its effects on the authoritarian resilience of the party-state.
Song, Xiance, M.A.
His research tries to make sense of China’s policy process in the Xi Jinping era. By introducing the case of Business Environment Evaluation and comparing its execution in two provinces, he examines how central policy guidelines have been implemented and adapted to local conditions. Inspired by the contribution of political steering theory, this research further focuses on discerning underlying steering modes and assessing policy effectiveness. Through this analysis, his research investigates the shift from “crossing the river by feeling the stones” to “top-level design”, asking to what degree has China’s policy process changed at the local level? In the recentralization context, could curtailed local autonomy still mean local policy effectiveness and ensure the resilience of the system? On the one hand, the center still leaves much space for local implementation by intention, as a result implementation outcomes vary across localities; on the other, under the shadow of the top-level design, local agents have to find a way to balance between upper demands and actual conditions.
Yu, Kouyu, M.A.
Generally speaking, her research interest is in Mainland China’s political system and its rural policies. For her doctoral thesis, she is mainly focusing on the latest transformation of the village-level administrative institutions, concentrating on the relations between party, governmental, and social actors which are involved in this process.
Ehemalige Doktoranden
Ahlers, Anna (Februar 2013)
Beckershoff, André (April 2021)
Chen, Liyi (Juni 2021)
Hsieh, Ek-hung
Lindemann, Björn (Februar 2013)
Meyer-Clement, Elena (Februar 2013)
Plümmer, Franziska (November 2019)
Sheu, Jyh-Shyang (2018)
Wang, Hung-Jen (Juli 2012)
Zhivkov, Sascha (2023)
Zhou, Shunzi (2024)