RTG 3209 China-GRASP
China’s Geoeconomic Rise and the Accumulation of Structural Power (China-GRASP) Empirical Analyses at the Macro and Micro Level
China-GRASP is a Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for an initial period of five years. It is jointly hosted by the University of Göttingen and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
The programme examines how China’s growing geoeconomic influence is reshaping economic and political relations across the globe. By investigating different dimensions of China’s international engagement, China-GRASP seeks to better understand the mechanisms through which structural power is accumulated, exercised, and contested.
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Research Clusters
China-GRASP brings together 15 focus areas organised into five interconnected Research Clusters. Each cluster focuses on a key dimension of China’s geoeconomic rise while contributing to a broader research agenda that spans regions along the Belt and Road, as well as Africa, Eurasia, and Europe.
The clusters are closely linked and encourage dialogue across disciplinary and thematic boundaries.
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