Analyst/Senior Analyst Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
MERICS
Biography
I am a senior analyst in the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Team at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). My area of expertise includes geopolitics of technology, China’s self-sufficiency drive, also in semiconductors and state-sponsored hacking. I lead MERICS' effort to use data-driven research methodologies to answer questions about China.
I give talks on China’s technology development and its implications for Europe and digital China, in the past for example on Chinese state-sponsored hacking, surveillance technology in China, China’s progress on semiconductors and its internet architecture.
I am passionate about the importance of data literacy. In my free time, I analyze data using Python and R, and experiment with using Generative AI.
- Data Science
- Semiconductors
- State-sponsored Hacking
- Internet Architecture
- Free Software/Open Science
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M.A. in International Relations/Political Science, 2014
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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B.A. in East Asian Politics and Economics, 2012
Ruhr-University Bochum
Skills
Use R for data analysis regularly, particularly Tidyverse and Rmd
Wrote multiple regression-based papers
Solved Advent of Code using Python
Wrote multiple papers with Tex
Have been administering my own server and workstation for >5 years
Good knowledge
Maintain over 80 scrapers
Gave multiple talks to audiences of up to 2000 people
Experience
- Research on geopolitics of technology, Chinese state-sponsored hacking, semiconductor development
- Leading MERICS work on data-driven research
- Project lead for externally-funded project China Tech Observatory
- Giving talks on digital China, state-sponsored hacking from China, semi-conductors etc.
- Media work and engagement with political and corporate stakeholders
- Research on Chinese Outward Direct Investment, the Internet Economy and Computational Social Sciences
- Teaching on Chinese economic development at BA and MA level
- Administration of server for data analysis
- Peer-reviewer for papers on the Social Credit System
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Talks on Chinese economic development, especially China’s foreign economic relations and internet economy, e.g. for Schader Stiftung
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Did data analysis work for publication for Bertelsmann Stiftung: What the West Is Investing along China’s New Silk Road
- Research on China and India’s development
- Designed and conducted scenario workshops
- Project Management
- Wrote short blog post on China’s bid for Market Economy Status
- Research on China’s development
- Co-authored short piece on China’s maritime security
- Research on Chinese farming cooperatives
- Helped draft the final project report
- Translation and project management
