Dr. Christian Wirth

Since 2018: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, Hamburg

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

2016: Visiting Associate Professor, School of Law, Tohoku University, Sendai

2013: Visiting Scholar, Asiatic Research Institute (ARI), Korea University, Seoul

2012 - 2015: Research Fellow, Griffith University Asia Institute, 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 Federal Government of Switzerland

Education: 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. (Master of Law) University of St. Gallen (HSG); General Staff Officer of the Swiss Armed Forces; Chinese language studies at the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei, and at Tsinghua University, Beijing.

Traditional and Non-traditional (Critical) Security in East Asia and the Pacific

Maritime Security Politics and Ocean Governance in East Asia

Social and Political Change / Politics of Identity and Legitimacy in Northeast Asia

Political Geography, Historical Sociology

China

Japan

Korea

East Asia

Australia

Power and Ideas