NEWS

Participation in World Ocean Day and China Ocean Day conferences and related events and high-level meetings, including the Blue Wave Conference, Xiamen, June 6-8, 2026

Agreement with oekom publishers (Munich) on my new book project on "China's green transition", May 7, 2026

Speaker at the Third Global South Think Tank Dialogue, Shanghai International Convention Center, Dec. 3-4, 2025

Keynote Speaker at the 3rd Asia Philanthropy Forum, Bo'ao, Hainan, Nov. 29/30, 2025 

Consulting assignment & publications on COP 30: China, Multilateralism, and COP 30., Oct.-Nov. 2025, see Consulting

Keynote on Governance of World Heritage Sites in Germany, at ZISU conference in Hangzhou, Oct. 23, 2025

Narratives, Networks, and Navigating Difference in Academia, EU Delegation to China event, Shanghai 18 Sept. 2025

Team Leader of the EU-China Cooperation on Environment and Green Economy project, implemented by GIZ, 03/2025 to 08/2025

New publication in the Journal Development in Practice in 12/2024, see Research

9th Global Think Tank Innovation Forum organised by the Center for China and Globalization, Beijing: Participant in the Round Table on "UN SDGs Agenda 2030 and Human Rights Development" and "Middle East Roundtable", Dec. 4-5, 2024

Round Table at the Consulate General of Germany in Shanghai on Perspectives of Academic Cooperation with China, Dec. 2, 2024. 

2nd Asia Philanthropy Forum in Haikou.

Key note speech on "Role of NGOs in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" , Nov. 27-29, 2024. Participation in several forums.

Conference on Ecological Civilization at Peking University, Speaker on Ecological Civilisation and SDGs.

Oct. 18 to 20, 2024

Governance of Cultural Heritage, Key note speaker at international conference on the Grand Canal in HangZhou, organised by ZISU, Sept. 19/20, 2024. 

Megatrends Briefing 2024 with focus on China and India.

Our collaborative report involving analysts and researchers from different world regions is out, see Megatrends Briefing 2024. 

Speaker at Asia Philanthropy Forum, Hainan, Nov. 15-17, 2023 

Speaker at 20th Beijing Forum, Peking University, Nov. 2-5, 2023