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Sebastian Heilmann

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Founding president MERICS

Sebastian Heilmann is the founding president of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). He stood at the helm of the institute for five years. During this period, MERICS has established itself as a leading voice for research and policy advice on contemporary China. In 2018, he returned to the University of Trier as professor for the political economy of China.

Heilmann has published extensively on China’s political system, economic policy making and international relations. He has extensive experience providing advice to the German federal government and EU institutions. He regularly serves as a commentator for German and international media.

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Red Swan: How Unorthodox Policy-Making Facilitated China’s Rise,

Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 01/2018.

China’s Political System,

Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 01/2017.

Leninism Upgraded: Xi Jinping’s Authoritarian Innovations,

in: China Economic Quarterly, 20 (4), December 2016, pp. 15-22.

PRC: Precarious Republic of China?,

in: The Security Times, 12 February 2016. 

Das politische System der VR China,

3. aktualisierte und überarbeitete Ausgabe, Heidelberg: Springer VS, 01/2016.

Unter Abwärtsdruck: Wie reagiert Chinas Regierung auf die Krisenanzeichen der Wirtschaft?,

in: Internationale Politik, 1 November 2015, pp. 84-91.

In Search of a New Model,

in: Berlin Policy Journal, November 2015.

What Role Can Europe Play in Great Power Relations?,

in: New Type of Great Power Relations - Opportunities and Challenges, Peking University Press, 2015.

Lob der Nischenpolitik: Deutschland spielt in Europas China-Politik heute die Rolle des Impulsgebers,

in: Internationale Politik, November 1, 2014.

China’s Foreign Political and Economic Relations,

Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

National Planning and Local Technology Zones: Experimental Governance in China's Torch Program,

in: The China Quarterly, Vol. 216, December 2013, pp. 896-919. (with Andreas Hofem)

The Reinvention of Development Planning in China, 1993-2012,

in: Modern China, 39 (6), November 2013, pp. 580-628. (with Oliver Melton)

The Rise of Industrial Policy in China, 1978 - 2012,

in: Harvard-Yenching Institute Working Paper Series, No. 1, January 2013. 

Mao’s Invisible Hand: The Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance in China,

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2011. (with Elizabeth J. Perry)

Policy Experimentation in China’s Economic Rise,

in: Studies in Comparative International Development (SCID), 43 (1), March 2008, pp. 1-26.

Änderungen der Verfassung der Volksrepublik China 2004: Übersetzung und Kommentar, Verfassung und Recht in Übersee,

37. Jg., No. 3. 2004, pp. 345-361. (withNicole Schulte-Kulkmann)

Gesetzgebung in der VR China 1998 bis 2003: Einführung und Übersicht über ausgewählte Rechtsnormen,

in: China Analysis No. 29, January 2004. (with Nicole Schulte-Kulkmann)