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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 (2013)
• Mag. iur. / LL.B. in Law, University of Vienna (2011)
• BA in Chinese Studies, University of Vienna / Peking University (2008)

Work Experience

• Guest Scholar (post doc), University of Vienna, Chinese Studies Department (2021-ongoing)
• Visiting Fellow, Institute of Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna (2020)
• MOFA Taiwan Fellow and Guest Scholar, Academia Sinica, Taipei (2020)
• Research Associate, Mercator Institute for China Studies, Berlin (2016-2020)
• Research Associate, University of Vienna, Department of International Law and International Relations (2014-2016)
• Junior Officer, Austrian Foreign Ministry (2014)

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

• China’s Distinct Path to Engaging International Courts" (S. 21), IWM Post, 2021.
• ‘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]
• ‘Only Rocks and a Hard Place’, Berlin Policy Journal, 14 July 2016 (with Mikko Huotari)
• ‘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]

Think tank studies and working papers

• ‘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

• ‘Greening the Belt and Road: Action points for Western-based foundations’, December 2019, 12 pages [for the MacArthur Foundation].
• ‘Making sense of China’s growing economic and political footprint in Noord-Brabant’, October 2019, 38 pages [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.
• ‘The Pitfalls of Law Enforcement Cooperation With China’, The Diplomat, 21 January 2017 (with Bertram Lang).
• ‘How to Protect Europe’s Interests in the South China Sea’, The Diplomat, 12 July 2016 (with Jan Gaspers).
• ‘Will China Replace Europe as Russia’s Main Gas Customer’, 116 IWM Post Fall/Winter 2015, 10.

Conference papers

• ‘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.

Book chapters

• ‘Part One – The Legal Structures of Ombudsman and Similar Public Institutions in Asia – A Legal Comparative Analysis’, ‘China’ (and other chapters), in Kriebaum/Kucsko-Stadlmayer (eds.), Asian Ombudsman Institutions, Vienna: Verlag Österreich, 2016.
• ‘“Harmonious Arbitration”. ADR with Chinese Characteristics’, in Kaminski (ed.), Neues vom chinesischen Recht, Vienna: ÖGCF, 2014.