Dr. Sinan Chu

Research Fellow

Dr. Sinan Chu

  • Short CV

    • 10/2022 - present: Co-Editor of Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
    • 05/2022 - 07/2022: Visiting Fellow at Joint Center for Advanced Studies “Worldmaking from a Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China,” Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • 12/2018 - present: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies, team member of the projects "Legitimate Multipolarity" and “Drifting Apart: International Institutions in Crisis and the Management of Dissociation Processes”
    • 05/2019: PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York, USA; Subfield: Comparative Politics, International Relations
    • 08/2016 - 11/2018: Visiting Fellow at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies; Funding: Konrad Adenauer Foundation
    • 12/2010: M.A. in Political Science & International Relations (dual-degree), Department of Political Science & Department of International Relations, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York, USA
    • 06/2007: B.A. in International Politics, Department of Politics and Public Administration, College of Public Management, Nanjing University, Jiangsu Province, PRC 

    Current Research

    • Legitimacy in global governance

    • Science, experts, and politics

    • Nationalism and ethnicity in China

    • Global IR

    Countries and Regions

    • China

    • East Asia


    Third World Quarterly | 2021

    The Paradox of Competing Connectivity Strategies in Asia

    Competing connectivity strategies are a core component of geopolitics in the twenty-first century. The authors demonstrate the multifaceted consequences of the new multiplicity of connectivity strategies by proposing a conceptual distinction between two forms of competition among connectivity projects.

    Research Project | 01/04/2019 - 31/12/2021

    Drifting Apart: International Institutions in Crisis and the Management of Dissociation Processes (DRIFTS)

    Brexit, US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement under President Trump and the demise of security cooperation between Russia and the West are reminders that international cooperation is fragile. States dissociate themselves from international institutions – either by formally withdrawing their membership, by ignoring their commitments or by creating alternative institutions. The DRIFTS project, coordinated by HSFK, explores the tensions between states that result from these dissociation processes.
    Leibniz Association, 2019-2021

    Research Project | 01/12/2018 - 31/03/2022

    Legitimate Multipolarity

    Global governance institutions work differently under conditions of multipolarity. In a first step, in this project we investigate the legitimacy deficits of global governance institutions under conditions of multipolarity. In a second step, we analyse possible solutions to such problems put forward in rising powers’ foreign policy discourses. Legitimate Multipolarity adopts an empirical approach to the study of legitimacy and contributes to a global understanding of multilateralism’s merits, pitfalls – and prospects for reform.
    DFG, 2018-2022

    Conference | 05/09/2023 - 09/09/2023

    The 16th European International Studies Association (EISA) Pan-European Conference on International Relations

    The 16th European International Studies Association (EISA) Pan-European Conference on International Relations, University of Potsdam, Potsdam Organisers: European International Studies Association Dr. Sinan Chu (Panelist)

    Roundtable: Global China as Method in International Studies

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies | 05/07/2023

    Emerging China Scholars Lecture Series

    Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Dr. Esther Song (Organiser), Dr. Sinan Chu (Organiser), Ass. Prof. Dr. Dongshu 冬舒 Liu 劉 (Speaker)

    This lecture series aims to facilitate knowledge exchange with the wider China research community in Europe, bring awareness to new research trends, and cultivate potential collaboration opportunities.

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