Dr. Julia Gurol-Haller

• China as a global actor
• global authoritarianism
• (digital) infrastructure & connectivity
• research methods & ethics

Special Issues:

• (2023) 'Authoritarian power and contestation beyond the state', Globalizations (co-edited with Alke Jenss, Benjamin Schütze, Fabricio Rodríguez, Cita Wetterich)

• (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. 

• (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).

• (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.

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 

• State Teaching Prize 2019.
• Teaching award of the University of Freiburg 2019