Prof. Dr. Hannes B. Mosler
CO-DIRECTOR
Director of the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) | University of Duisburg-Essen
Chair for East Asian social sciences with a focus on Korean politics and society | University of Duisburg-Essen
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Bersick
CO-DIRECTOR
Chair of the Department of “International Political Economy of East Asia” (IPEEA) | Ruhr-University Bochum
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Prof. Dr. Markus Taube
DEPUTY CO-DIRECTOR
Chair of East Asian Economic Studies/China | University of Duisburg-Essen
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Prof. Dr. Christine Moll-Murata
CONSULTING MEMBER
Professor of Chinese History | Ruhr-University Bochum
Maren Mertens, Dipl.-Btrw.
MEMBER
Office Manager at the Chair for Japanese Politics | University of Duisburg-Essen
Office Manager of AREA Ruhr
Dr. Anke Scherer
MEMBER
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of East Asian Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum
Scarlett Leonow, M.A.
SUBSTITUTE NON-VOTING MEMBER
Assistant of the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of East Asian Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum
Dr. Nicolas Schillinger
NON-VOTING MEMBER
Executive Director IN-EAST | University of Duisburg-Essen