Max-Weber-Kolleg Religion, Society, and World Relations Knowledge, Spaces, and Media Faculty of Economics, Law and Social Sciences Research

Clash or Convergence of Capitalisms. Property Conflicts over Chinese Direct Investments in Germany and the European Union

Subproject in the SFB TRR294 "Structural Change of Property". This project aims to analyse ownership conflicts arising from Chinese direct investments in Germany and the EU.

Duration
01/2021 - 12/2024

Project management

PD Dr. Stefan Schmalz
Associated Postdoctoral Fellow (Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies)
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Team

Lea Schneidemesser

Philipp Köncke

Helena Gräf

Dr. Nana de Graaff

Lucas Erlbacher

Hui Xu

Main project

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The expansion of Chinese corporations, which are heavily controlled and (partially) owned by the Chinese state, invites responses from industrial policymakers and especially those in Germany. The project uses a mixed-methods design to investigate acquisitions within the German metal and electronics industries, alongside paradigmatic case studies of direct investments that have shaped industrial policy in Germany and across the EU.

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Property research China

Cooperation partner

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Universität Oldenburg

TU Darmstadt

FU Berlin

Profile field

Wissen. Räume. Medien.

Religion. Gesellschaft. Weltbeziehung.