Contesting Roles in World Politics

Contesting Roles in World Politics: Great Power Identity and the Making of Global Order
International Authors’ Workshop
May 12–13, 2026, Duisburg Campus
PROGRAM
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
10.00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Nele Noesselt & Elizaveta Priupolina (IN-EAST)
10.30 Panel 1: Theorizing Role Contestation and Its Limits
12.00 Panel 2: Order, Status, and Global Positioning
Lunch
14.00 Panel 3: Geo-Economics and Economic Role Negotiation
15.30 Panel 4: China in Asia: Regional Orders and Hierarchies
17.00 Panel 5: Europe and Comparative Role Contestation
Workshop Dinner
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
9.15 Wrap-up of Day 1
9.30 Panel 6: Great Power Relations and Strategic Alignments
11.00 Panel 7: Identity, Discourse, and Status Politics
Lunch
14.00 Wrap-up, Discussion of Publication Plans
Organized by the Chair of Chinese Politics (Prof. Nele Noesselt and Elizaveta Priupolina)
Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

