Professors / Chairs
Professors / Chairs at the IN-EAST
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)
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)
Yeonjin Kim (Research Fellow)
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:
Xiaoli Guo (Postdoc Researcher)
Ardita Osmani (Research Associate)
Elizaveta Priupolina (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Maren Mertens (Office)
East Asian Economic Studies – Japan and Korea
Comparative Sociology and Japanese Society
Gesellschaftsvergleich und Gesellschaft Japans
Prof. Karen Shire, Ph.D.
► IN-EAST website
► Institute of Sociology
► Team:
Monika Arnoštová (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Stefan Heeb (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Ammar Kakish (Research Associate)
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 (Postdoctoral Researcher)
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:
Lennart Palm (Research Associate)
Maximilian Perl (Research Associate)
Ugur Yesilbayraktar (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Anna Bäumken (Office)
Former Professors at the IN-EAST
Ehemalige Professuren am IN-EAST
2011–2020Social Sciences of East Asia – Political Sociology of China
Sozialwissenschaftliche Ostasienstudien –
Politische Soziologie Chinas
Prof. em. Flemming Christiansen, Ph.D.
► IN-EAST website
1999–2004 and 2014–2024 (since 2015 Senior Professor)Japanese Society and Sociolinguistics
2014–2020Institutional Economics – Chinese Economic Studies
Institutionelle Wirtschaftswissenschaft – Chinesische Wirtschaft
Jun. Prof. Dr. Shuanping Dai
1994–2008Human Geography – East Asia
Kulturgeographie Ostasiens
Prof. em. Dr. Winfried Flüchter
1998–2025 (since 2013 Senior Professor)Politics and Society – China
Politik und Gesellschaft Chinas
Prof. em. Dr. Thomas Heberer
1992–1996East Asian Economic Studies – China
Ostasienwirtschaft – China
Prof. Dr. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath
2014–2020East Asian Economic Studies
Ostasienwirtschaft
Yuan Li, Ph.D., Acting Professor
2016–2022Comparative Sociology and Society of China
Vergleichende Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Gesellschaft Chinas
Prof. Dr. Tao Liu
1991–1996Language, History and Culture of Japan
Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur Japans
Prof. em. Dr. Regine Mathias
1992–2020East Asian Economic Studies – Japan and Korea
2011–2013Comparative Sociology
Gesellschaftsvergleich
Jun. Prof. Kristin Surak, Ph.D.