Dr. Ulrike Solmecke
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It is with deep sadness that we announce that Dr. Ulrike Solmecke passed away last week after a brief but severe illness.
In Dr. Solmecke we have lost not only a nationally and internationally esteemed and renowned academic but also a dedicated and admired colleague.
Our thoughts are with her family
Ulrike’s death leaves us with great sorrow. We are missing a wonderful person
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Bersick, Leiter, Sektion Internationale Politische Ökonomie Ostasiens
Prof. Dr. Jörn-Carsten Gottwald, Leiter, Sektion Politik Ostasiens
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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Ulrike Solmecke
Research Associate, International Political Economy of East Asia, Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty for East Asian Studies (since 07/2015)
Research Interests
- Global transformation to sustainability
- The European Union and China between green growth and degrowth
- Asia's role in the international discourse on sustainability
- Sustainable development as an issue of security policy
Further Academic Affiliations
- Lecturer at the faculty for international relations and comparative political science, Bergische Universität Wuppertal (in cooperation with the TRANSZENT research centre)
- Lecturer at the chair for East Asian politics, faculty for East Asian Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum
- Export and coordination manager for Asia in various enterprises located in Germany and Hong Kong
- Chinese language teacher for senior level of German high school
- Chinese language translator and interpreter, authorized by the Hamm regional court
Academic Career
- Doctorate at the facutly for East Asian Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum
01/2013
- University degree as Magistra Artium
02/1993
- Chinese Studies (Language and Literature of China), East Asian economy and political science at Ruhr-University Bochum, at Fu-Jen University Taipei and at the School of Oriental and African Studies London
Latest Publications and Presentations
- "China's Role in Global Transition Processes to Sustainability - A Role Theoretical Approach", in: ASIEN 143 (April 2017): pp. 5-24, Hamburg: German Association for Asian Studies.
- "China zwischen Wirtschaftswachstum und Umweltschutz", presentation on 26.06.2017, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
- Bersick, Sebastian; Solmecke, Ulrike: "From Hangzhou to Hamburg: old partners and new thinking", Conference on: The G20 and Global Economic Governance, 13.05.2017, Shanghai: School of International Relations & Public Affairs Fudan University.
- „Multinational Enterprises and the 'One Belt, One Road' Initiative: Sustainable Development and Innovation in a Post-Crisis Global Environment“, Copenhagen: The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies 34 (2), 2016, pp. 9-27, available online here.
- „Postwachstumsgesellschaft als Voraussetzung zur Lösung globaler Probleme“. presentation on 18.05.2015. Sozialwissenschaftliches Kolloquium „Globale Herausforderungen“, Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
- „Tourismus zwischen grüner Wirtschaft und Postwachstumsökonomie: Die Reiseindustrie als Instrument einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung in China“. Vortrag am 09.04.2014, GATE/Stiftung Asienhaus Köln.
- „Enttäuschte Erwartungen: ‚ökotourismus‘ im chinesischen Naturschutzgebiet Nankunshan“. Tourismwatch, 76, September 2014.
- „Nachhaltigkeit im interkulturellen Kontext – Theoretische überlegungen und praktische Implikationen am Beispiel des Tourismus in der VR China“, Marburg: Metropolis-Verlag, 2014 (459 Seiten).
- „Grünes Wachstum in China: Der Tourismus als einfacher Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit?“ Köln: Asienhaus-Hintergrundinformationen, 2/2013, S. 1-9.