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Education

• PhD in International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna (2020)
• LL.M. in Chinese Law, Hong Kong University (2013)
• MA in Chinese Studies, University of Vienna (2012)
• Mag. iur. / LL.B. in Law, University of Vienna (2011)
• BA in Chinese Studies, University of Vienna / Peking University (2008)

Work Experience

• Research Fellow, oiip, since 2022
• Lecturer, University of Vienna, Department of Political Science, since 2024
• Visiting Fellow, CHOICE, Prague (2024)
• Affiliated Researcher, oiip, projects for the European Commission (DG ENER) & the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation (2021)
• Visiting Fellow, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna (2020)
• Guest Scholar, Academia Sinica, Taipei (2020)
• Research Associate, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Berlin (2016-2020)
• Research Associate, University of Vienna, Department of International Law and International Relations (2014-2016)
• Junior Officer, Austrian Foreign Ministry (2014)
• Research Assistant, The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law (2012-2013)

Monographs

• China and International Adjudication. Caution, Identity Shifts, and the Ambition to Lead, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2021.
• China-Russia Relations in Central Asia. Energy Policy, Beijing’s New Assertiveness and 21st Century Geopolitics, Wiesbaden: Springer, 2014.

(Policy) journal articles

• ‘How Vienna and Prague Aim to Better Understand, Inform and Integrate Chinese Diasporas’, CHOICE, 11 June 2024.
• ‘Will China Save Russia’s Military in the Current War? What About Rebuilding It for the Next One?’, CHOICE, 23 April 2024.
• [Republished] ‘Will China Save Russia’s Military in 2023? – Chinese Expert Debates on China-Russia Relations and the Long War in Ukraine’, LSE Blog, 16 June 2023.
• ‘Will China Save Russia’s Military in 2023? – Chinese Expert Debates on China-Russia Relations and the Long War in Ukraine’, CHOICE, 23 February 2023.
• ‘Sovereignty and Non-Intervention: China Deserts its Principles on Ukraine’, Voelkerrechtsblog, 1 April 2022.
• ‘Partner und Konkurrent – China etabliert sich in der internationalen Sicherheitspolitik’, Internationale Politik, Januar/Februar 2019.
• ‘Belt, Road, and Sword’, Berlin Policy Journal, 3 January 2019.
• ‘China leans in on international adjudication – Why Beijing’s answer to defeat will be more forceful engagement’, European Journal of International Law (EJIL) Talk, 2 May 2018. [online publication, peer-reviewed]
• ‘Is China’s challenge to maritime law facilitated by Western neglect?’, Europe’s World, 20 June 2016 (with Hanns Maull).
• ‘Moscow’s Failed Pivot to China. And How it Benefits Europe’, Foreign Affairs, 17 April 2016 (with Mikko Huotari).
• ‘Sino-Russian Relations. The Impact of Central Asian Energy Resources’, 6 Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies 2014, 35-73. [academic, peer-reviewed]

Conference papers

• 'China-Russia-North Korea Cooperation and Nuclear Proliferation in the West', International Studies Association – Annual Conference, Chicago, 03/2025.
• ‘China and international criminal tribunals’ prosecution of political leaders’, International Studies Association – Annual Conference, San Francisco, 04/2024.
• ‘China & Courts of International Criminal Law’, European China Law Studies Association – Annual Conference, Helsinki, 10/2023.
• ‘Sino-Russian Alignment and the Central Asia Factor’, Central Eurasian Studies Society – Annual Conference, Princeton, 11/2016.
• ‘From Isolation to Engagement – (Potential) PRC International Dispute Resolution Practice in Economic and Territorial Disputes’, Asian Society of International Law – Biennial Conference, Bangkok, 11/2015.
• ‘Chinese Academic Discourse on International Dispute Resolution and Sovereignty in Trade and Investment Disputes’, European China Law Studies Association – Annual Conference, Cologne, 10/2015.

Think tank studies and working papers

• 'Brave New World – The Future of China-US Relations', oiip Policy Analysis, May 2025.
• 'Neue Geopolitik am Balkan – Wie Drittstatten wie China und Russland zur Autokratisierung und neuen Unsicherheiten beitragen und die fragile Sicherheitsordnung bedrohen?', oiip Working Paper, April 2025 (with Vedran Dzihic and Veronika Nechaeva).
• 'Chinese Foreign Policy in 2025: Absorbing Blows & Profiting from Others’ Mistakes', oiip Trend Report, January 2025.
• ‘Die Geopolitischen Prioritäten der USA im Kontext der Präsidentschaftswahl’, oiip Working Paper, April 2024 (with Johannes Spaeth).
• ‘Die Rolle Chinas auf multilateraler Ebene – was verändert sich durch Chinas neue Strategiepapiere? Was sind die Auswirkungen auf Europa und Österreich?’, oiip Working Paper, January 2024.
• ‘Chinese foreign policy in 2024: crisis management and global governance’, oiiip Trend Report, January 2024.
• ‘Russland und China – wie beeinflusst der Krieg in der Ukraine die Beziehungen? Was sind die Auswirkungen auf Europa und Österreich?’, oiip Policy Analysis, October 2023.
• ‘Chinese foreign policy in 2023: Stepping back from the brink’, oiip Trend Report, January 2023.
• ‘China auf dem Westbalkan – Ein neuer geopolitischer Akteur und sein Einfluss auf die Demokratisierungsprozesse’, oiip Working Paper, April 2022.
• ‘Der Umgang Chinas mit der COVID-Krise und Auswirkungen auf die Stabilität des Regimes’, oiip Policy Analyse, March 2022.
• ‘Chinas außenpolitische Prioritäten post-COVID und sicherheitspolitische Auswirkungen auf Europa’, oiip Policy Analyse, August 2021.
• ‘Networking the “Belt and Road” – The future is digital’, MERICS Belt and Road Tracker, August 2019 (with Jacob Mardell and Rebecca Arcesati).
• ‘Powering the Belt and Road – China supports its energy companies’ global expansion and prepares the ground for potential new supply chains’, MERICS Belt and Road Tracker, June 2019 (with Jacob Mardell).
• ‘Chinas Marsch nach Westen – Aufstieg in Zentralasien und Afghanistan’, Arbeitspapier Sicherheitspolitik, No. 13/2018, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik.
• ‘The BRI in Pakistan: China’s flagship economic corridor’, MERICS BRI Tracker, 18 September 2018.
• ‘Mapping the Belt and Road Initiative’, MERICS BRI Tracker, 7 June 2018.
• ‘Chinese Approaches to the Eastern Neighborhood’, in Popescu/Secrieru (eds.), Third Powers in Europe’s East, EUISS Chaillot Paper, No. 144, March 2018, pp. 13-20.
• ‘China’s emergence as a global security actor – strategies for Europe’, MERICS Paper on China, June 2017 (with Mikko Huotari et al).
• ‘China’s global law enforcement drive – the need for a European response’, MERICS Monitor, January 2017 (with Bertram Lang and Moritz Rudolf).
• ‘Can Turkey play the Shanghai card? China’s take on Ankara’s Eurasian security endeavors and what it means for Europe’s security architecture’, Arbeitspapier Sicherheitspolitik No. 6/2017, Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik.

Commissioned studies

• ‘EU-China energy investment opportunities and conditions – The state of play on investment, access, and reciprocity’, July 2021 [for DG ENER, European Commission].
• ‘Greening the Belt and Road: Action points for Western-based foundations’, December 2019 [for the MacArthur Foundation].
• ‘Making sense of China’s growing economic and political footprint in Noord-Brabant’, October 2019 [for the Province of Noord-Brabant, Netherlands].

Further short publications

• ‘China’s distinct path to engaging international courts. Not your ordinary BRIC’, IWM Post Summer 2021.
• ‘The BRI in Pakistan: Too big to fail’, MERICS Blog, 20 September 2018.
• ‘China’s New Foreign Policy Setup – How has Xi Jinping remade China’s foreign policy apparatus?’, The Diplomat, 1 August 2018.
• ‘Belt and Road reality check: How to assess China’s investment in Eastern Europe’, MERICS Blog, 10 July 2018.
• ‘Will China Replace Europe as Russia’s Main Gas Customer’, 116 IWM Post Fall/Winter 2015, 10.

Podcasts

• 'China im Warenkorb?', MONTALK – Der Podcast der AK Niederösterreich zum Mitreden, 2 December 2024
• 'China & India: Global South Partners or Himalayan Rivals?', oiip, 23 September 2024
• ‘Debunking Myths Around Sino-Russian Relations with Thomas Eder’, CHOICE, 1 May 2024.