Professors · Professuren
Professors at IN-EAST
Professuren am IN-EAST
Politics and Society – China 
Politik und Gesellschaft Chinas
Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer
► IN-EAST website
► Senior Professor Politics and Society in China
Modern East Asian Studies – Japanese Politics 
Sozialwissenschaftliche Ostasienstudien – Politik Japans
Prof. Dr. Axel Klein
► IN-EAST website
► Lehrstuhl Politik Japans – Sozialwissenschaftl. Ostasienstudien
► Podcast: Japan und dann das
► Team:
Michelle Lorenz (IN-EAST Welcome Office)
Yasmin Taleghani (IN-EAST Welcome Office)
Maren Mertens (Office)
Yuka Ando (Language Instructor, Japanese)
Yuko Sugita (Language Instructor, Japanese)
Duanzhuang Zheng (Language Instructor, Chinese)
East Asian Economic Studies
Ostasienwirtschaft
N.N.
Comparative Sociology and Society of China
Vergleichende Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Gesellschaft Chinas
N.N.
► Team:
Monika Arnoštová (Akademische Rätin)
Social Sciences of East Asia – Korea
Sozialwissenschaftliche Ostasienstudien – Korea
Prof. Dr. Hannes Mosler
► IN-EAST website
► Institue of Political Science
► KSPS Advanced Seed Program
► Team:
Hee Kyoung Chang (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Vicent Plana Aranda (Research Associate)
Benedikt Staar (Research Associate)
Wencke Rottländer (Office)
Stefan Knoob (Language Instructor, Korean)
Chinese Politics 
Politik Chinas
Prof. Dr. Dr. Nele Noesselt
► IN-EAST website
► Institue of Political Science
► worldorderfluctuations
► Team:
Ruixing Cao (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Ardita Osmani (Research Associate)
Elizaveta Priupolina (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Maren Mertens (Office)
East Asian Economic Studies – Japan and Korea
Ostasienwirtschaft – Japan und Korea
N.N.
► Team:
Georg Blind (Research Associate)
Francis Yoon (Research Associate)
Comparative Sociology and Japanese Society 
Gesellschaftsvergleich und Gesellschaft Japans
Prof. Karen Shire, Ph.D.
► IN-EAST website
► Institute of Sociology
► ipelm conference 2024
► Team:
Monika Arnoštová (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Clara Baumann (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Ammar Kakish (Research Associate)
Polina Manolova (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Dirk Bremann (Office)
East Asian Economic Studies – China 
Ostasienwirtschaft – China
Prof. Dr. Markus Taube
► IN-EAST website
► Mercator School of Management
► Team:
Ludovica Fonsato (Research Associate)
Karolin Hofmann (Research Associate)
Shixu Zeng (Research Associate)
Andrea Werry (Office)
New Economic Geography – East Asia
Neue Wirtschaftsgeographie – Ostasien
Prof. Dr. Jens Wrona
► IN-EAST website
► Mercator School of Management
► Jens Wrona’s Research Page
► Team:
Jakob Gutschlhofer (Research Associate)
Lennart Palm (Research Associate)
Maximilian Perl (Research Associate)
Ugur Yesilbayraktar (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Anna Bäumken (Office)
Former Professors at IN-EAST
Ehemalige Professuren am IN-EAST
2011–2020
Social Sciences of East Asia –
Political Sociology of China
Sozialwissenschaftliche Ostasienstudien –
Politische Soziologie Chinas
Prof. em. Flemming Christiansen, Ph.D.
1999–2004 and 2014–2024
Japanese Society and Sociolinguistics
Gesellschaft Japans und Soziolinguistik
Prof. Dr. Florian Coulmas
2014–2020
Institutional Economics – Chinese Economic Studies
Institutionelle Wirtschaftswissenschaft – Chinesische Wirtschaft
Jun. Prof. Dr. Shuanping Dai
1994–2008
Human Geography – East Asia
Kulturgeographie Ostasiens
Prof. em. Dr. Winfried Flüchter
1992–1996
East Asian Economic Studies – China
Ostasienwirtschaft – China
Prof. Dr. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath
2014–2020
East Asian Economic Studies
Ostasienwirtschaft
Yuan Li, Ph.D., Acting Professor
2016–2022
Comparative Sociology and Society of China
Vergleichende Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Gesellschaft Chinas
Prof. Dr. Tao Liu
1991–1996
Language, History and Culture of Japan
Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur Japans
Prof. Dr. Regine Mathias
1992–2020
East Asian Economic Studies – Japan and Korea
Ostasienwirtschaft – Japan und Korea
Prof. em. Dr. Werner Pascha
2011–2013
Comparative Sociology
Gesellschaftsvergleich
Jun. Prof. Kristin Surak, Ph.D.
