Year: 2022

  • 18 Oct 2022 | AREA Occasional Lecture Series | Sébastian LeChevalier

    Prof. Dr. Sébastian LeChevalier (EHESS, Paris) Which East Asian miracle for the 21st Century? Abstract: In 1993, the Word Bank published its famous report entitled “The East Asian Miracle”, in which it was analyzing the economic performances of East Asian economies and was formalizing a model that was looking more or less like the Japanese model.Almost…

  • Congratulations to Aya Adachi for successfully defending her thesis

    On 6 July 2022 Aya Adachi has successfully defended her thesis on “Domestic Actors and Institutional Settings of Regional Trade Policy-Making: A Comparative Case Study of China and Japan”. The whole AREA team applauds her on finishing the dissertation and wishes Aya Adachi all the best for the future. Aya Adachi continues her academic career as analyst for China’s Foreign Economic Policy;…

  • AREA Ruhr welcomes Eugenia Prasol from Ukraine

    Members of AREA Ruhr warmly welcome and are looking forward to work with Eugenia Prasol, a specialist on Japanese literature, who fled from the Ukraine due to the ongoing war. AREA Ruhr provides her with a research fellowship for six months to give her the opportunity to continue her research and to get acquainted with…

  • 24 Jun 2022 | AREA Day 2022

    AREA Ruhr läd ein zum diesjährigen AREA Day 2022. Die Veranstaltung findet im Museum DKM Duisburg statt.  AREA Day 2022 24. Juni 2022 / 13:30 – 19:00 Uhr Auch dieses Jahr begibt sich die AREA Ruhr „auf die Spuren Ostasiens in NRW“ und stellt anlässlich des 40-jährigen Jubiläums der Städtepartnerschaft zwischen Duisburg und Wuhan das…

  • 12 May 2022 | AREA Occasional Lecture Series | Bulgan Erdenechuluun

    Bulgan Erdenechuluun (IOA/Universität Bonn):Market growth and barriers to entry in Mongolia: Perspectives from Chinese and Japanese entrepreneurs Abstract:Mongolia is one of the emerging market economies which has been traditionally based on livestock and agriculture. Owing to its rich mineral deposits and other potential economic sectors, Mongolia has been successful in attracting numerous foreign investors in…