Short Curriculum Vitae
Christian Göbel
Education
04/2003 – 05/2008
04/1998 – 06/2002
03/1996 – 06/1997
10/1993 – 10/1995
PhD in Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen
M.A. in Political Science and Modern China Studies, Heidelberg
University
Mandarin Chinese Language Program, National Taiwan Normal University
BA Two-Subject Degree in Education, Erlangen University
Academic Appointments
Since 02/2013
08/2012 – 02/2013
04/2012 - 08/2012
10/2011 - 04/2012
10/2009 - 03/2012
04/2009 - 09/2009
04/2003 - 09/2008
09/2000 - 02/2001
Professor of Contemporary China Studies, University of Vienna
Assistant Professor for the Economy and Society of China, Heidelberg
University
Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Lund University
Academic leave of absence at Lund University. Visiting Professor for East
Asian Politics, University of Duisburg-Essen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Asian Studies, Lund University
Academic leave of absence at the University of Duisburg Essen. Visiting
Assistant Professor for the Chinese Studies, Heidelberg University
Lecturer of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen
Visiting Fellow, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University
Grants (selection) Ongoing grants marked with an asterisk*
*
”Digital China” (7 researchers, project leader: Marina Svensson). Swedish Science Council,
SEK 14.576.000 (EUR 1.560.000), 2013-2017
* ”Local change agents and public policy innovation in rural China.” Vetenskapsrådet
(Swedish Science Council), SEK 3.924.000 (EUR 453.000), 2012-2016
• Faculty Research Grant for Taiwan Studies, Cultural Division, Taipei Mission in Sweden, one
month field research, 2010
• Research Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Foundation (DAAD) to conduct 18
weeks of fieldwork in China (07/2004 - 10/2004 and 02/2006 – 04/2006)
• Merit-based one-term scholarship for studying the Chinese language in Taiwan by the Ministry of
Education, Republic of China (1996)
Professional Service
Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, Governance, Government Information Quarterly,
Democratization, The China Journal, The China Quarterly, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs,
Asian Ethnicity and Oxford University Press
Languages
German: native
English: fluent
Programming
Python, MySQL, R
Chinese: fluent
Swedish: intermediate
French: basic