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Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig

Senior Research Fellow

Editor GIGA Focus Asia

Short CV

  • Since 01/2014: Senior Research Fellow (50 %) at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies

  • Since 10/2013: Part-time chair (50%) for East Asian politics (with a particular focus on China) at the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt

  • Since 01/2011: Chair for East Asian politics (with a particular focus on China) at the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt

  • 1999 - 2009: Editor of Journal of Current Chinese Affairs published by GIGA Institute of Asian Studies

  • Since 2003: Part-time Work during Parental Leave

  • Since 1999: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies, working in the field of China's domestic politics; Editor (with Karsten Giese) of the journal China aktuell – Journal of Current Chinese Affairs published by GIGA Institute of Asian Studies

  • 1997/98: Associate Professor (deputy) in Modern Chinese Studies at Heidelberg University

  • Education: 1986-97: Studies and Doctoral Studies in Chinese Studies and Economics in Erlangen (1986-89), Beijing (1989-91) and Heidelberg (1991-97); 1997 PhD in Chinese Studies at Heidelberg University; 1998/99: Postgraduate Course in European Studies in Berlin, degree "Master of European Studies"

Current Research

  • The politics of the People‘s Republic of China

  • Ideology and political legitimation

  • State-society relations in the Chinese reform period

  • Protection of weak groups and interests in China and Japan

  • Comparative research into authoritarianism

  • Asia-related area studies

Countries and Regions

  • VR China

  • SVR Hongkong

Research Programme

  • Accountability and Participation

Projects

01/04/2019 - 31/12/2021

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

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
01/12/2018 - 01/11/2021

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, 2018-2021

01/01/2010 - 01/12/2016

Ideological Change and Regime Legitimacy in China

In the eyes of most contemporary witnesses, the collapse of the Soviet Union signaled the end of ideology. At least in the case of China, this was a hasty assumption. Over the past two decades, we have observed a reemphasis on party ideology in the People’s Republic. Ideology has again become a key resource for the legitimation of party-state power. The objective of the research project has been to analyze changes in party ideology and assess the implications for the...

Lectures

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