Team

Björn Alpermann,

PhD, professor of contemporary Chinese studies at the University of Würzburg. 

He is the coordinator of the “Governance in China” research network (2010–2016), which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and head of the “Social Stratification and Political Culture in Contemporary Urban China” project. He studied modern Chinese studies, political science and economics at the University of Cologne and Nankai University, Tianjin (PRC), graduating in 1999 with an MA in Chinese area studies. From 1999 until 2008 he worked as a research assistant in modern Chinese history/politics, economy and society at the East Asian Institute of the University of Cologne. 2008-2013 assistant professor of contemporary Chinese studies at the University of Würzburg. He has undertaken regular research trips to China. 

 

 

Katja Yang, MA,

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.