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Dr. Christian Wirth

Research Fellow

Kurzer Lebenslauf

  • Seit 2018: Research Fellow am GIGA Institut für Asien-Studien, Hamburg

  • 2017: University Lecturer (Assistenz Professor), Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Leiden University, Leiden/Den Haag

  • 2016: Gastprofessor, Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Tohoku University, Sendai

  • 2013: Gastwissenschaftler, Asiatic Research Institute (ARI), Korea University, Seoul

  • 2012 - 2015: Research Fellow, Asia Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane

  • 2011/2012: Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Sophia University, Tokyo

  • 2012: Research Associate, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo

  • 2008 - 2011: Research Assistant, Global Institute of Asian Regional Integration (GIARI), Waseda University, Tokyo

  • 2002 - 2006: Schweizerische Bundesverwaltung

  • Studium: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in International Studies, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo; Master of International Affairs, Department of International Relations, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra; lic. iur., Universität St. Gallen (HSG); Generalstabsoffizier der Schweizer Armee; Chinesisch Sprachkurse an der National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei und an der Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Aktuelle Forschung

  • Traditionelle and nicht-traditionelle (kritische) Sicherheitspolitik in Ostasien und dem Pazifik

  • Maritime Sicherheit und Gouvernanz im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum

  • Sozialer und politischer Wandel / Identitäts- und Legitimationspolitik Nordostasiens

  • Politische Geografie, Historische Soziologie

Länder und Regionen

  • China

  • Japan

  • Korea

  • Ostasien

  • Australien

Forschungsschwerpunkt

Projekte

01.01.2021 - 31.12.2023

Transforming Orders: How ‘Indo-Pacific’ Geopolitics Reconstruct Maritime Space and Alter the Law of the Sea’s Territorial Sovereignty and Freedom of the Seas Norms

Maritime territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas and confrontations between China and the United States over the freedom of navigation have put questions of maritime governance high on the political agenda. This research project places Indo-Pacific maritime politics in a broader context and analyses how discourses and practices in China, India, the US, Japan and Australia alter (perceptions of) international order(s) and of the international law of the sea. DFG, 2021-2023
01.01.2017 - 01.12.2019

Crisis Narratives, Institutional Change and State Transformation: Japan in the Global Context

While East Asia’s and especially China’s economic growth has become a major driving force of global change, developed countries struggle to readjust their social, economic and political institutions to the challenges of financial crises, shrinking populations, and the rising demand for and costs of social welfare. As an economically and technologically highly advanced society, Japan finds itself at the intersection and forefront of these regional and global changes. GIGA, Tohoku University Forum for Creativity, 2017-2019