Askan Weidemann

Since 10/2021: Doctoral Researcher at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies Doctoral thesis topic: The digitalization of the Chinese petitioning (xinfang) system under the conditions of the political system of the People’s Republic of China.

01/2019 - 07/2019: Internship in the department Building, Energy & Environment at the German Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, PR China

09/2018 - 12/2018: Internship/research and course assistant at the Faculty of International Studies at VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Hanoi, Vietnam

Education: M.Sc. in Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Oxford, DAAD scholarship recipient; B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences at University College Maastricht (Maastricht University), Netherlands and UC Berkeley, USA, with a concentration in Politics and International Relations; Chinese language studies at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, PR China; Exchange year with AFS at No. 3. Senior Highschool in Anshan, PR China