Prof. Dr. Heike Holbig

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"

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

VR China

SVR Hongkong

Accountability and Participation