Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller

Research Fellow

Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller

  • Short CV

    • 02/2025 - present:  Research Fellow, GIGA Institute for Asian Studies
    • 09/2023 - present: Expert, Horizons Research Consortium "Dealing with a resurgent China" (DWARC)
    • 03/2023 - present: Associate Fellow, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute Freiburg
    • 10/2020 - 01/2025: Research Fellow & Lecturer, Chair for International Relations, University of Freiburg
    • 02/2022-03/2022: Visiting Fellow, King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    • 10/2018 - 11/2024: Associate Fellow, Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO)
    • 02/2019-03/2019: Visiting Fellow, Tongji University Shanghai, PRC
    • 10/2017 - 09/2020: Research Fellow & Lecturer, Chair for Multilevel Governance, University of Freiburg
    • 09/2015 – 09/2016: Research assistant, Bonn International Center for Conflict Studies (BICC)
    • Education: M.A. in International Relations - University of Bonn; B.A. in Political Science, Sociology and Media Studies -  University of Düsseldorf and University of Granada (Spain); PhD in International Relations - University of Freiburg 

    Current Research

    • Chinese foreign policy
    • critical geopolitics
    • global authoritarianism
    • connectivity & infrastructure politics
    • narratives in world politics

    Countries and Regions

    • China

    Memberships

    • Die Junge Akademie, Speaker of the German Young Academy (Die Junge Akademie) , 2024 - 2025
    • China Horizons Research Consortium, Member of the expert network, China Horizons Research Consortium "Dealing with a resurgent China" , since 2023
    • International Studies Association, Member of the International Studies Association , since 2018
    • German Political Science Association, Member of the German Political Science Association (since 2017), since 2017

    Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller

    Research Fellow

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    Globalizations | 2024

    Authoritarian Power and Contestation Beyond the State

    This special issue is an invitation to combine critical approaches to the study of authoritarian power by paying attention to spaces of contestation, authoritarian practices, as well as non-state actors and agency below and beyond the scale of the state.

    Global Policy | 2024

    Competing Ambitions Regarding the Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence: China, the US, and the EU

    Amidst current geopolitical tensions, the global regulation of AI has become an instrument of global power ambitions. This article traces the respective ambitions on the global governance of AI technologies by China, the US and the EU.

    Journal of Contemporary China | 2023

    Elite Networks and the Transregional Dimension of Authoritarianism: Sino-Emirati Relations in Times of a Global Pandemic

    This article deconstructs Sino-Emirati relations in the field of digital surveillance. Inspired by Social Network Theory, we explore three transregional public-private elite networks as multipliers for the traveling of authoritarian practices.

    Chapter in Edited Volume | 2023

    Spatial Reconfigurations and the Promise of ‘Connectivity’ in the Global South: Re-Imagining Development Through Infrastructure in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative

    This contribution explores how the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its promise of ‘connectivity’ is contributing to the political re-imagination, contestation, and reconfiguration of nature-society relations and development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

    Merkur.de | Interview | 18/02/2025

    China nutzt Rückzug der USA unter Trump: „Europa wird zerrieben zwischen Großmächten“

    Unter Donald Trump ziehen sich die USA von ihrer Rolle als weltweite Führungsmacht zurück. Was das für China bedeuten könnte, erklärt Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller im Interview. 

    The New York Times | Quote | 21/09/2023

    Syria’s Leader Visits China in Search of Friends and Funds

    Syria's president Bashar al-Assad of Syria arrived in China on Thursday as he sought financial support to rebuild his country and to improve his international standing. What are China's motives behind helping him? 

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