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My research interests are in the field of International Relations and International Political Economy, the evolving relationship between China and the West, in particular from the perspective of economic and political elites and networks. I also study US foreign policy and elite networks, and the (geo)politics of the energy industry.

I am chair of the (CHERN).originally funded as a COST Action. I also serve as an Executive Council Member of (Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics) and a co-organiser of Network Q: Asian capitalisms, I am editorial board member of the in Global Political Economy, anÌýInternational Advisory Board member of (Oxford University Press/Chatham House) and of the journal (Taylor & Francis).Ìý

Grants and Research Projects

Currently I am PI of a Vidi research project: Globalization Unravelling? The Geopolitics of Europe-China Technological Decoupling, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO, VI.Vidi.221R.038) which analyses how US-China rivalry over strategic technologies unfolds and impacts the EU and European political economies in their tech relations with China. More on the project and the ReGlobe team can be found here:

I obtained anÌýEUÌýCOST ActionÌýgrant:Ìý(CHERN) (2019-2023), withÌýwhich I have established a Europe wide knowledge network on China aimed at pooling, exchanging, disseminating and generating research on Chinese socio-economic engagements with Europe.Ìý

I wasÌýco-Principal Investigator in an ESRC (UK) fundedÌýproject (2019-2022) 'Fraying Ties? Networks, Territory and Transformation in the UK oil sector.’ An interdisciplinary research project led by Prof. Gavin Bridge (Durham University) in collaboration with London School of Economic (LSE) and Platform.Ìý

I have also been aÌýco-investigator in the , a SSHRC funded research-project aimed at systematically mapping the structure and influence of the fossil fuel industry in Canada led by Prof. William Carroll (Victoria University).

And previously I was part of a Sino-Dutch research project (2013-2017) on theÌýTransnationalization of China’s Oil IndustryÌýfunded byÌýRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Social SciencesÌý(KNAW), directed byÌýChinese Academy of Social SciencesÌýandÌýInternational Institute for Asia StudiesÌý(Leiden University).

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I obtained my doctoral degree in Political Science (cum laude/with distinction) at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ in 2013, and also received my MSc-degree International Relations there in 2006. Previously, studied Political Science at the Free University in Brussels.

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I teach or have taught courses at BSc and MSc level in:

• International Relations and Global Governance
• Transnational Political Economy
• Global Political Economy
• International Security
• Model UN
• Academic Writing
• Supervision master theses and research papers

Between 2019-2023 I was Director of Studies for the Bachelor and Master in Political Science, at VU Amsterdam.

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2023 - Nomination Faculty Senior Research Award - Faculty of Social Sciences, VU Amsterdam

2018 -ÌýIndividual Talent GrantÌý- Institute for Societal Resilience, VU Amsterdam.Ìý

2018 - Nominated by students for Frank van der Duyn Schouten award, best senior lecturer in Political ScienceÌý

2016 - , VU University Amsterdam.

2015 - Research Fellowship of the Dept. of Political Sciences & Public Administration, VU University Amsterdam.

2013 - Faculty Dissertation Prize, Faculty of Social Sciences, VU University Amsterdam.

2013 - Best Lecturer in Political Science, VU University Amsterdam (selected by students).

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