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Nele Noesselt


 

Nele Noesselt is professor of Political Science and Politics of East Asia/China at the Institute of Political Science and the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Her research agenda ranges from general issues of comparative politics and domestic governance to world politics and theories of international relations. 


11/2015
Professor (Chair) of Political Science and Politics of East Asia/China at the Institute of Political Science and the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

 

2015
Habilitation in Political Science

2012
PhD in Political Science

2009
PhD in Modern Chinese Studies

2011-2015
Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies; Spokesperson GIGA Research Team Comparative Regionalism Research; Editorial Team: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

2009-2011
Assistant professor ("Akademische Raetin") with a focus on Chinese Politics at the University of Goettingen, Germany


Studies and doctoral studies in Chinese Studies and Political Science in Heidelberg, Beijing, Vienna




Publications (selection)

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Monographs

Noesselt, Nele (2012), Governance-Formen in China: Theorie und Praxis des chinesischen Modells (Governance in China: Theory and Practice of the Chinese Model). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Noesselt, Nele (2010), Alternative Weltordnungsmodelle? IB-Diskurse in China (Alternative Models of World Order? International Relations Discourses in China). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.

Noesselt, Nele (2008), Die Beziehungen der EU zu China und Taiwan – Hintergründe und Perzeptionen (The EU's Relations with China and Taiwan: Background Constellations and Perceptions). Hamburg: Kovacs.


Textbooks

Noesselt, Nele (2021), Chinese Politics: National and Global Dimensions. Baden-Baden: Nomos. (3rd, updated and revised English version of my 2016 textbook).

Noesselt, Nele (2018), Chinesische Politik: Nationale und globale Dimensionen (Chinese Politics: National and Global Dimensions). Baden-Baden: Nomos (2nd (updated and revised) edition).

Noesselt, Nele (2016), Chinesische Politik: Nationale und globale Dimensionen (Chinese Politics: National and Global Dimensions). Baden-Baden: Nomos /Rote Reihe UTB.

Edited Volumes

Noesselt, Nele (ed.) (2020), China's Interactions with Latin America and the Caribbean: Conquering the US's Strategic Backyard? Baden-Baden: Tectum/Nomos.

Noesselt, Nele/Hartmann, Christof (eds.) (2019/2020), China's New Role in African Politics: From Non-Intervention towards Stabilization? London/New York: Routledge.

Noesselt, Nele (ed.) (2019), Reassessing Chinese Politics: National System Dynamics and Global Implications. Baden-Baden: Tectum/Nomos.

Noesselt, Nele (ed.) (2018), Governance Innovation and Policy Change: Re-Calibrations of Chinese Politics under Xi Jinping. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Essays (selection)

Noesselt, Nele (2021), China's New Regional Responsiveness: Passive Agency and Counter-agency in Processes of Democratic Transitions in Asia, Democratization, 28:1, 219-236.

Noesselt, Nele (2020), A Presidential Signature Initiative: Xiong'an and Governance Modernization under Xi Jinping, Journal of Contemporary China, DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2020.1744378. 

Noesselt, Nele/Taube, Markus (2020), Chinas Neue Seidenstraße: Ein Marshall-Plan für die Welt?, ChinaContact, 3, 12-15.

Noesselt, Nele (2020), Microblogs and the Transformation of Political Debate. In: Latham, Kevin (ed.), Routledge Handbook on Chinese Culture and Society. London; New York: Routledge, 343-360.

Noesselt, Nele (2020), Ein Land, zwei Systeme: Genese und Auslegung eines Schlüsselkonzepts (One Country, Two Systems: Genesis and Transformation of a Chinese Key Concept), Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (Februar 2020). http://www.bpb.de/apuz/305183/ein-land-zwei-systeme-genese-und-auslegungeinesschluesselkonzepts.

Noesselt, Nele (2020), City Brains and Smart Urbanization: Regulating ‘Sharing Economy’ Innovation in China, Journal of Chinese Governance, DOI: 10.1080/23812346.2020.1762466.

Teets, Jessica/Noesselt, Nele (2020), The State of the Field for Governance and Policy Innovation in China, Journal of Chinese Governance, https://doi.org/10.1080/23812346.2020.1799641.

Noesselt, Nele with Gansen, Ulrike/Miller, Martin/Seyferth, Jonas (2020), Konstitutionalisierungspro-zesse in der chinesischen Staatstheorie: Top-Down-Orchestrierung institutioneller Reformen (Processes of constitutionalization and Chinese Theory of the State: Top-Down Orchestration of Institutional Reforms), ASIEN, 152, 49-71.

Noesselt, Nele (2020), Introduction: China's New Silk Road Dreams, Berliner China-Hefte, 52, 3-6.

Noesselt, Nele/Hartmann, Christof (2020), China's New Silk Road and (Changing) State Trajectories in Africa, Berliner China-Hefte, 52, 133-143.


Noesselt, Nele (2019/2020), China's African Dream: Assessing China's New Strategy. In: Noesselt, Nele/Hartmann, Christof (eds.) (2019/2020), China's New Role in African Politics: From Non-Intervention towards Stabilization? London/New York: Routledge, 17-31.

Noesselt, Nele (2019), Diplomatischer Tanz auf dem Eis: China, Russland und die "Arktis-Seidenstraße" (Diplomatic Dancing on Ice: China, Russia, and the Artic Strategy), Rußland-Analysen, 374, 5-8. https://www.laender-analysen.de/russlandanalysen/374/RusslandAnalysen374.pdf.

Noesselt, Nele (2019), Über Pekings Afrika-Dilemma: Rollenkonflikte und geostrategische Machtkonkurrenz (Beijing's Africa Dilemma: Role Conflicts and Geo-Strategic Power Competition), Neue Gesellschaft/Frankfurter Hefte. https://www.frankfurter-hefte.de/artikel/rollenkonflikte-und-geostrategischemachtkonkurrenz-2837/.

Noesselt, Nele (2019), China als Rüstungsakteur. Von Maos Papiertigern zu robusten Regenbögen (China as a Rising Arms Developer and Military Power: From Mao's Paper Tigers to Robust Rainbows), Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. http://www.bpb.de/apuz/289935/neues-wettruesten.

Noesselt, Nele (2019), Sino–EU Cooperation 2.0: Toward a Global “Green” Strategy?, East Asian Community Review, 2:1&2, 39-55.

Noesselt, Nele (2019), New Political Cartography of Eurasia: China’s Belt and Road-Initiative—The Eurasian Economic Union—India’s New Silk Road. In: Li, Yuan/Taube,Markus (eds.) (2019), How China’s Silk Road Initiative is Changing the Global Economic Landscape. London; New York: Routledge.

Noesselt, Nele (2018), Strategische G(e)o-Politik der fünften chinesischen Führungsgeneration (Strategic G(e)o-Politics of the Fifth Generation of Chinese Political Leaders), Zeitschrift für Politik, 65:4, 438-454.

Noesselt, Nele (2018), Reinventing the Chinese “Leviathan”: Constitutionalizing Politics under Xi Jinping. In: Noesselt, Nele (ed.) (2018), Governance Innovation and Policy Change: Re-Calibrations of Chinese Politics under Xi Jinping. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 171-191.

Noesselt, Nele with Gansen, Ulrike /Miller, Martin/Seyferth, Jonas (2018), 人民的名义(Im Namen des Volkes) versus House of Cards: Polit-Serien als Legitimierungsinstrument aktueller chinesischer Reformpolitik (In the Name of the People versus House of Cards: Political Drama Series as an Instrument for Legitimizing Chinese Reform Politics), in: Switek, Niko (ed.) (2018), Politische

Erzählungen in Fernsehserien. Bielefeld: transcript, 327-343.

Noesselt, Nele (2018), Die "Neue Seidenstraße" – Zwischen Mythos und Geopolitik (The "New Silk Road" between Myth and Geo-Politics), Gesellschaft. Wirtschaft. Politik (GWP), 67:2, 189-199.

Noesselt, Nele (2018), Cuba: The Cornerstone for China's Latin America Strategy?, China Policy Institute Analysis. https://cpianalysis.org/2018/02/28/buena-vistaglobal-socialist-club/.

Noesselt, Nele (2017), Ende der Neutralität: Pekings Doktrin der Nichteinmischung gilt für Afrika nicht mehr, Internationale Politik, 3, 107-113 (mit Christof Hartmann).

Noesselt, Nele (2017), Chinesische Perspektive auf die Flüchtlingskrise: “Chaos” in Europa? (Chinese Views on the Refugee Crisis: “Chaos” in Europe?). In: Bieber, Christoph/Blätte, Andreas/Korte, Karl-Rudolf/ Switek, Niko (eds.) (2017), Regieren in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft: Impulse zur Integrationsdebatte aus Sicht der Regierungsforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 145-152.

Noesselt, Nele (2017), Governance Change and Patterns of Continuity: Assessing China’s "New Normal", Journal of Chinese Political Science, 22:3, 341-355.

Noesselt, Nele (2016), Mapping the World from a Chinese Perspective?, in: Zhang, Yongjin/Chang, Teng-chi (eds.) (2016), Constructing a Chinese School of International Relations: Ongoing Debates and Sociological Realities. London; NewYork: Routledge, 98-112.

Noesselt, Nele (2016), Wie wird in China regiert? Von der KP eingesetzte Führungsgruppen koordinieren den Reformprozess, Internationale Politik, 4, 114-119.

Noesselt, Nele (2016), Chinesische Demokratiediskurse: Imaginationen von Governance im nationalen und internationalen Kontext (Chinese Debates on Democracy: Imaginations and Visions of Governance in the National and in the International Context), Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 51, 536-550.

Noesselt, Nele (2016), Contested Global Order(s): Rising Powers and the Re-Legitimation of Global Constitutionalization, International Journal on Constitutional Law, 14:3, 639-656.

Noesselt, Nele/Senghaas, Dieter (2016), "Neue Normalität" (xin changtai) und Re-Konfuzianisierung des chinesischen Marxismus: Die VR China auf der Suche nach einem neuen Konzept politischer Herrschaft (New Normal and the Re-Confucianization of Chinese Marxism), Leviathan, 44:4, 558-577.

Noesselt, Nele (2016), The European Union and China's Multidimensional Diplomacy: Strategic Triangulation?, European Foreign Affairs Review, 21 (October 2016), 11-27.

Noesselt, Nele (2015), China's Foreign Strategy After the 18th Party Congress: Business as Usual?, Journal of Chinese Political Science, 20:1, 17-33.

Noesselt, Nele (2015), Relegitimizing the Chinese Party-State: "Old" Sources of Modern Chinese Party Power, Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques, 69:1, 213-233.

Noesselt, Nele (2015), Revisiting the Debate on Constructing a Theory of International Relations with Chinese Characteristics, The China Quarterly, 222, 430-448.

Noesselt, Nele (2015), MarXismus auf chinesisch (MarXism in Chinese), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 9, 2015.

Noesselt, Nele (2014), Microblogs and the Adaptation of the Chinese Party-State's Governance Strategy, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, 27:3, 449-468.

Noesselt, Nele (2014), Alexis de Tocqueville in China: Spiegeldebatten über Reformbedarf und Revolutionsgefahr (Alexis de Tocqueville in China: Mirror Debates on Reform Needs and the Risk of Revolution), Leviathan, 42:3, 346-362.

Noesselt, Nele (2014), Die Grenzen "nicht-westlicher" Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen (The Limits of "Non-Western" Theories of International Relations), Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 21:1, 79-107.

Noesselt, Nele (2014), Internationale Dimensionen des "chinesischen" Internets (International Dimensions of the "Chinese" Internet), Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 21:1, 161-177.

Noesselt, Nele (2014), China's Contradictory Role(s) in World Politics: Decrypting China's North Korea Strategy, Third World Quarterly, 35:7, 1307-1325.

Research Interests

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  • World Order Fluctuations and Power Shifts
  • Post-structuralist, Post-positivist Reflections on IR Theory
  • National Role Theory & Global Role Contestations 
  • South-South Cooperation: Africa & China
  • Visualized Narratives of (World) Politics
  • H(uman)-AI Society
  • Governance Innovation and Policy Learning

Teaching

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For an overview of my most recent lectures/seminars (MA/PhD level): https://www.uni-due.de/politik/noesselt_teaching.php