Since 04/2022
Postdoctoral researcher: ChiTa – China and the Transformation of Political order in Africa (funded by the German Research Foundation DFG)

10/2019- 04/2022
Postdoc researcher Institute for Political Science, International Relations and African Politics, Coordinator MA Development and Governance

08/2019
Doctorate in Social Sciences (PhD) University of Duisburg‐Essen  Topic: Capacity-building functions of asymmetric Interregionalism – The regional dimension of the Sino-African dialogue (in German).

05/2015 - 08/2019
Research Associate, Institute for Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen

02/2014 – 05/2014
Visiting scholar (DAAD Research Scholarship), Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

01/2012 - 05/2015
Managing director, Graduate School for Social Science and Humanities (3GO), Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg.

05/2011 - 11/2011
Research visit IWAAS, Beijing, China

01/2010 - 04/2011
Research Associate Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (KWI), Coordinator of the interdisciplinary fellowship program “Global Young Faculty” Essen, Germany

10/2008 - 07/2009
Project coordinator Institute for East Asian Studies (In-East) Duisburg, Germany

10/2001 - 09/2008
Diploma in East Asian Studies

• Lammich, G. (forthcoming). Understanding foreign policy through political settlements: Insights from Tanzania. The Journal of Modern African Studies. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X25101110

• Lammich, G. (2025). China’s evolving security engagement in Africa: Policies, strategies, and implications. European Journal of International Security, 10(1), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2025.3

• Lammich, G. (2024). Lost in transfer – tracing policy diffusion and norm-shaping in Tanzania-China relations. Global Policy, 15(5), 886–900. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13416

• Lammich, G. (2024). The African Union’s international actorness: Determinants of autonomous performance in extra-regional dialogues. In J. Muntschick & F. Plank (Eds.), The Performance of Regionalism in the Global South: A Multi-level Analysis (pp. 107–127). Abingdon: Routledge.

• Lammich, G. (2023). Development first! China’s policy transfer to Africa. The African Review, 51(3), 232-259. https://doi.org/10.1163/1821889x-bja10089

• Lammich, G. (2023). Capacity-building interregionalism: An actorness-based approach. Journal of Inter-Regional Studies: Regional and Global Perspectives, 6, 16-32.

• Lammich, G. (2022). China’s policy export to Africa: From the development-security nexus to knowledge transfer. In O. Porto de Oliveira & G.C. Romano (Eds.), Brazil and China in Knowledge and Policy Transfer (pp. 185-216). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09116-2_6

• Lammich, G. (2022). The regional dimension of Sino-African development cooperation. In P. Ziltener & C. Suter (Eds.), Past, Present and Future of African-Asian Relations - Realities of Africa-Asia Relations in the 21st Century (pp. 89-111). Zurich: LIT Verlag.

• Lammich, G. (2021). China und die afrikanische Sicherheitsarchitektur. Konferenzband - Afrika im Aufbruch. German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS)

• Lammich, G. (2020). Competing agendas or complementary strategies? China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Africa’s developmental approaches. Chinese History and Society, 52(2), 117-132.

• Lammich, G. (2020). Funktionen von Interregionalismus – Eine globale Perspektive [Functions of interregionalism - A global perspective]. ZPol-Journal of Political Science, 30(1), 123-140.

• Lammich, G. (2019). China and regional security in Africa. In C. Hartmann & N. Noesselt (Eds.), China’s New Role in African Politics: From Non-Intervention towards Stabilization? (pp. 70-92). New York: Routledge.

• Lammich, G. (2019). Stability through multilateral cooperation: China and AU security cooperation. African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, 9(1), 100-123.

• Lammich, G. (2019). Kapazitätsbildende Funktionen von asymmetrischem Interregionalismus - Die regionale Dimension der sino-afrikanischen Kooperation [Capacity-building functions of asymmetric interregionalism - The regional dimension of Sino-African cooperation]. Dissertation, Universität Duisburg-Essen. https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/6QF44JOZ6N2PWSZXIRCFHQFZZWULDY44

• Lammich, G. (2015). China’s impact on capacity building in the African Union. SSDC Working Paper, Heidelberg.