Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller
| Function | Researcher & Lecturer |
|---|---|
| Office hours | currently no office hours due to maternity leave |
| Adress | Department of Political Sciences, |
| Room | 4323 |
| Phone | 0761/ 203-3474 |
| julia.gurol-haller@politik.uni-freiburg.de |
Academic CV
| since 2023 | Associate Fellow, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute Freiburg |
since 2022 | Member of the Young Academy since 06/2023: member of the board of the Young Academy |
2021/22 | PI of the research project "Global autocratic collaboration in t imes of COVID-19" (with Thomas Demmelhuber & Tobias Zumbrägel; funded by the Volkswagen-Foundation) |
since 2020 | Researcher at the Chair for International Relations, University of Freiburg (Prof. Dr. Sandra Destradi) 03/2022: Visiting fellow, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) |
since 2018 | Associate fellow at the Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO) |
| 2020 | PhD on EU-China security relations in the context of global tensions, supervised by: Prof. Dr. Diana Panke, Prof. em. Dr. Jürgen Rüland), International Relations, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg |
2017- 2020 | Researcher at the Chair for Multilevel Governance, University of Freiburg 03/2019: Guest researcher, Center for EU and German Studies, Tongji University. Shanghai (China) |
Research interests
- global China
- global authoritarianism
- critical geopolitics
- narratives
- Global South
Publications
Monography:
*Gurol, Julia (2022): The EU-China Security Paradox: Cooperation Against All Odds? Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press.
Special Issues:
- (2023) 'Authoritarian power and contestation beyond the state', Globalizations (co-edited with Alke Jenss, Benjamin Schütze, Fabricio Rodríguez, Cita Wetterich)
Journal articles (selected):
- (2023) 'The role of narratives for gaining domestic political legitimacy: China's image management during COVID-19'. Journal of Chinese Political Science (together with Elias Klenk).
- (2023) 'Authoritarian power and contestation beyond the state', Globalizations (special issue introduction, co-authored with Alke Jenss, Benjamin Schütze, Fabricio Rodríguez, Cita Wetterich).
- (2023) 'The authoritarian narrator: China's power-projection and its reception in the Gulf', International Affairs, Vol. 99, No. 2, pp. 687-705.
- (2023) 'Elite Networks and the Transregional Dimension of Authoritarianism: Sino-Emirati Collaboration in Times of a Global Pandemic', Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 32, No. 139, pp.138-151 (co-authored with Thomas Demmelhuber and Tobias Zumbrägel)
- (2022) 'Contingent Power Extension and Regional (Dis)Integration: China's Belt and Road Initiative and Its Consequences for the EU', Asia Europe Journal (co-authored with Fabricio Rodríguez).
- (2022) 'Infrastructuring Authoritarian Power: Arab-Chinese Transregional Collaboration Beyond the State', International Quarterly of Asian Studies, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 231-249 (co-authored with Benjamin Schuetze)
- (2021) 'Beyond the Duality of Normativity and Pragmatism: A Practice-Based Reading of European and Chinese Foreign Policy', European Review of International Studies, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 327-352 (co-authored with Andreas Grimmel).
- (2021) 'New partners for the planet? The European Union and China in International Climate Governance from a Role-Theoretical Perspective', Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 518-534 (co-authored with Anna Starkmann).
- (2020) 'Feldforschung in sensiblen Sicherheitskontexten: Einblicke aus China und dem südlichen Mittelmeerraum', Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, Vol. 27., No. 2, p 1-15 (co-authored with Cita Wetterich).
- (2020) 'Beyond dichotomy? Towards conceptual and theoretical variety in EU-China research', Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 30, p. 667-679.
- (2020) 'The roles of the EU and China in the security architecture of the Middle East', Chinese Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Vol. 14, No. 1.
Book chapters:
- (2023) 'Infrastructure, Development and the Environment: The Belt and Road Initiative and its 'Promise' of Connectivity for the Global South', Handbook on International Development and Environment (ed. Benedicte Bull), Edward Elgar Publishing: 200-215 (co-authored with Fabricio Rodríguez).
- (2023) 'China-Maghreb Relations: South-South Cooperation or Authoritarian Advancement?', in: Routledge Companion to China and the Middle East and North Africa, Yahia Zoubir (ed.). Routledge.
- (2022) 'South Cooperation: Between Cooperation on Eye-Level and Accusations of Neo-Colonialism', in: Regionalism and Global Governance, Jürgen Rüland & Astrid Carrapatoso (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing: 160-170 (co-authored with Sandra Destradi).
- (2022) 'Autoritäre Modelle der Internetregulierung: Chinas Vorstoß in den digitalen Raum und Implikationen für liberale Demokratien', in: Demokratie und Öffentlichkeit im 21. Jahrhundert - zur Macht des Digitalen. Eds: Spiecker, Indra et al., NOMOS.
- (2022) 'The COVID-19 temptation? Autocratic Linkages in Times of a Global Pandemic', The MENA Region and COVID-19: Impact, Implications and Prospect, Jan Völkel et al. (eds.). Routledge: 19-35 (co-authored with Thomas Demmelhuber and Tobias Zumbrägel).
- (2020) 'Desintegration statt Konnektivität? Chinas Belt and Road Initiative als außenpolitische Herausforderung für die EU', Die neue Europäische Union: Zwischen Integration und Desintegration, Andreas Grimmel (ed.). Nomos (co-authored with Fabricio Rodríguez).
Other publications (selection of working papers, policy papers):
- (2023) 'Germany's role in the East-Asian security architecture: towards more proactive diplomatic engagemen?', Asia-Pacific-Leadership Network.
- (2020) 'Perspectives on Fieldwork in Security-Sensitive Spaces - Insights from China and the Southern Mediterranean', ABI Working Paper, No. 14 (co-authored with Cita Wetterich).
- (2020) 'China’s Balancing Act in the Gulf Relies on Ties to Iran and Arab States', The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (co-authored with Jacopo Scita).
- (2020) 'China's Persian Gulf strategy: Keep Tehran and Riyadh content', Atlantic Council (co-authored with Jacopo Scita).
- (2019) 'Projecting power westwards: China's maritime strategy in the Arabian Sea', Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (co-authored with Parisa Shahmohammadi).
- (2019): 'Turning interdependence into complementary action: EU-China relations and the quest to save the Nuclear Agreement', Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (co-authored with Parisa Shahmohammadi).
- (2018): 'Rivals or partners? Interdependencies between the EU and China in the Middle East', Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient.
Teaching
Winter term 2023/24
- Introductory course "Introduction to Political Science"
Summer term 2023:
- Introductory course "Introduction to International Relations"
Winter term 2022/23:
- Advanced course "Studying the so-called Global South in International Relations"
- Introductory course "Introduction to Political Science"
Summer term 2022:
- Advanced course "The Russian-Ukrainian conflict: root causes, dynamics and approaches to conflict management" (cross-site seminar)
Summer term 2021:
- Advanced course "Conflict analysis, management and transformation - deconstructing Yemen's civil war" (cross-site seminar)
- Introductory course "Introduction to International Relations"
Winter term 2020/21:
- Advanced course "Authoritarianism in China’s foreign policy: game-changer or business as usual?"
- Introductory course "Introduction to Political Science"
Summer term 2020:
- Basic course "Introduction to conflict analysis: Yemen – a country in conflict" (cross-site seminar)
- Virtual seminar "Academic Approaches to Post-Conflict Reconstruction" (University of Sana’a, Yemen)
Winter term 2019/20:
- Basic course "EU-China relations in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative"
- Winterschool "One-size-fits-all vs. tailor-made solutions: Academic approaches to post-conflict reconstruction"
Summer Term 2019:
- Basic course "Conflict analysis - management, dynamics and transformation of current conflicts of secession" (cross site seminar)
Winter Term 2018/19:
- Introductory course "Introduction to Political Science"
Summer Term 2018:
- Introductory course "Introduction to International Relations"
Winter Term 2017/18:
- Basic course "International and Regional Organizations in current conflicts"
Teaching awards