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Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien (CNMS)
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Deutschhausstr. 12 | 35 032 Marburg

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Dr. Bertram Lang

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Dr. Bertram Lang

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Centrum für Nah- und Mittelost-Studien (CNMS)
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Deutschhausstr. 12 | 35 032 Marburg

Website: www.uni-marburg.de/cnms

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Dr. Bertram Lang is a postdoctoral researcher at the Philipps-University of Marburg. His research relies on mixed method approaches to study the transnational politics of Global China, in fields including the non-profit sector, (anti-)corruption and governance, and development policy. In the Extractivism project, he explores the geopolitical dimensions of extractivism as well as the China factor in natural resource governance.

After obtaining his PhD in Political Science from Goethe University Frankfurt with a thesis on non-profit actors in Chinese foreign and development policy, Bertram served as Visiting Professor for the Economy and Society of China at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen from 2023 to 2024. He holds M.A. (hons) degrees in EU International Relations from the College of Europe (Bruges) and in Political Science from the University of Freiburg and Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence. Bertram has field research experience in mainland China, Hong Kong and Portugal and previously worked for the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin.

SHORT
biograPHY

Dr. Bertram Lang is a postdoctoral researcher at the Philipps-University of Marburg. His research relies on mixed method approaches to study the transnational politics of Global China, in fields including the non-profit sector, (anti-)corruption and governance, and development policy. In the Extractivism project, he explores the geopolitical dimensions of extractivism as well as the China factor in natural resource governance.
After obtaining his PhD in Political Science from Goethe University Frankfurt with a thesis on non-profit actors in Chinese foreign and development policy, Bertram served as Visiting Professor for the Economy and Society of China at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen from 2023 to 2024. He holds M.A. (hons) degrees in EU International Relations from the College of Europe (Bruges) and in Political Science from the University of Freiburg and Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence. Bertram has field research experience in mainland China, Hong Kong and Portugal and previously worked for the Mercator Institute for China Studies in Berlin.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Global China
  • Geopolitics of green extractivism
  • Anti-corruption and governance
  • Civil society and philanthropy
  • Development policy

Regional FoCus

  • EUROPE
  • MAGHREB
  • CHINA
  • East Asia

RECENT PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)

  • Lang, B. (forthcoming). The transnational politics of philanthropy. China’s rise and limitations, Bristol: Policy Press/Bristol University Press.
  • Lang, B., Rudyak, M. (2022). “Cooperation with Chinese actors on anti-corruption: Environmental governance as a pilot area”, U4 Issue 2022/2, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute.
  • Lang, B. (2022). “Addressing the Civil Society Blind Spot in European China Policy. From the Overseas NGO Law to the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment”, The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, Brussels, available online.
  • Lang, B. (2021). “China and Anti-Corruption Global Norms. The role of China in shaping global integrity standards”, Study for the Transparency International Secretariat, 59 pages.
  • Lang, B. (2019). “Strengthening the adaptive and collaborative capacity of internationally-operating civil society organisations (ICSOs) related to the rise of China”, Sector Guide, International Civil Society Centre (ICSC), Berlin, November 2019.
  • Lang, B. (2014). “La genèse d’un « militantisme académique » contre la corruption”, Aix-en-Provence: Institut d’Études Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence.
  • Holbig, H., Lang, B. (2022). China’s Overseas NGO Law and the Future of International Civil Society. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 52 (4), 574-601. DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2021.1955292
  • Lang, B. (2021). Framing and Localizing Anti-Corruption Norms in Transnational Civil Society Organisations: Transparency International in Portugal. Journal of Civil Society, 17 (2), 155-178, DOI: 10.1080/17448689.2021.1925405.
  • Lang, B. (2020). “Anpassung, Einhegung, Aneignung: Chinesische Strategien im Umgang mit internationalen Normen und Akteuren der Zivilgesellschaft“ [Adaptation, Domestication, Appropriation: Chinese Strategies in Dealing with International Civil Society Norms and Actors], ASIEN, 152-153, 24-48, DOI: 10.11588/asien.2019.152/153.14145.
  • Lang, B. (2019). “Authoritarian Learning in China’s Civil Society Regulations: Towards a Multi-Level Framework”. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 47 (3), 147-86, DOI: 10.1177/186810261804700306.
  • Lang, B. (2018). “China’s anti-graft campaign and international anti-corruption norms: Towards a ‘new international anti-corruption order’?”. Crime, Law and Social Change, 70 (3), 331–347, DOI: 10.1007/s10611-017-9742-y.
  • Lang, B. (2024). Oertel, J. (2023). Ende der China-Illusion. Wie wir mit Pekings Machtanspruch umgehen müssen [The end of the China illusion. How we must deal with Beijing’s power ambitions], Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, DOI: 10.1007/s12399-024-00995-7.
  • Lang, B. (2022). “The EU Harms Itself by Disregarding Civil Society”, USALI Perspectives, Volume 2, Number 16, US-Asia Law Institute.
  • Lang, B. (2021). “Middle-Power Multilateralism Needed”, Internationale Politik Quarterly, Fall 2021 Issue: Europe Eyes the Indo-Pacific, Issue #4/2021.
  • Lang, B. (2021). “What Europe Thinks About Dealing with China”, Internationale Politik Quarterly, Spring 2021 Issue: The EU-US-China Triangle, Issue #2/2021.
  • Lang, B. (2019). “China and global integrity-building: Challenges and prospects for engagement”, U4 Issue 2019/7, ed. D. Jackson, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute.
  • Lang, B., Holbig, H. (2018). “Civil Society Work in China: Trade-Offs and Opportunities for European NGOs”, GIGA Focus Asia, 6/2018.
  • Lang, B. (2015). “Taiwanese Lobbying in the European Union: ‘Workable Diplomacy’ and its Limitations”, EU Diplomacy Papers, 8/2015, College of Europe.
  • Lang, B. (2015). “The Prospective EU-China Bilateral Investment Treaty: Wider Regional Implications in East and Southeast Asia”, EU-China Observer, 3/2015, 11-15.
  • Lang, B. (forthcoming): Philanthrocapitalism in China: Cheering for ‘Social Innovation’ under Authoritarianism”. In S. Haydon, T. Jung, S. Russell (Eds.), The Handbook on Philanthrocapitalism, Edward Elgar Publishing (forthcoming).
  • Lang, B. (2024). Digital philanthropy in China: How internet fundraising platforms and artificial intelligence are transforming non-profit governance. In G. Ugazio, M. Maricic (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy (pp. 221-239). Routledge. ACCESS BOOK
  • Lang, B. (2024). The Undeclared China Model of Anti-corruption: How Chinese Anti-corruption Frames Diverge from Globalized Norms. In F. Odilla, K. Tsimonis (Eds), Corruption and Anti-Corruption Upside Down. New Perspectives from the Global South (pp. 67-92), Palgrave Macmillan https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66032-0_4. VIEW BOOK
    Online appendices and replication files: Lang, B. (2023). The Undeclared China Model of Anti-Corruption (Online Appendix), https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/Y2GQD.”
  • Lang, B. (2022). China’s ‘Anti-Corruption’ Campaign Under Xi Jinping: Framing Catastrophe and Catharsis in a Never-Ending Crisis. In J. Baberowski & M. Wagner (Eds.), Crises in Authoritarian Regimes. Fragile Orders and Contested Power (pp. 79-113), Campus.
    Online appendices and replication files: Lang, B. (2023, October 5). China’s “Anti-Corruption” Campaign under Xi Jinping, https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/7YMFP.”
  • Lang, B. (2022). La participation à la chinoise: Néo-maoïsme, « société civile » et politique étrangère [Participation with Chinese Characteristics: Neo-Maoism, ‘Civil Society’ and Foreign Policy]. In P. Aldrin & N. Ferré (Eds.), La société civile au travail. Le professionnalisme irrésolu de l’action transnationale (pp. 47-74), Presses Universitaires d’Aix-Marseille.
  • Lang, B. (2021). “On the Way to the (East) Asian Century”, Internationale Politik Quarterly, IP Special, 02-2021, 25-31.
  • Gapsers, J., Lang, B. (2016). “Germany and the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative”. In F. v.d. Putten et al. (Eds.), Europe and China’s New Silk Roads. A Report by the European Think-tank Network on China, (pp. 24-29).
  • Gapsers, J., Lang, B. (2016). “China and EU Strategic Thinking on Asia: Towards a Strategic Slim Down”. In O. Gippner (Ed.), Changing waters. Towards a new EU Asia Strategy, LSE Special Report 21, (pp. 38-48).
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