China’s legal and governance system; Social Credit System; Human rights
Katja Drinhausen is Head of the Politics and Society Program at MERICS. Her research focuses on the development of China’s legal and governance system, including digital governance and the Social Credit System, as well as human rights in China and state policies towards minorities.
Prior to joining MERICS, Katja worked as a researcher and project manager in the Beijing Office of the Hanns Seidel Foundation where she tracked the development of Chinese law, governance and civil society in China.
China Horizons publications
Chinese party-state politics
MERICS China Podcast: China’s National Security White Paper, with Katja Drinhausen und Helena Legarda
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EU-China relations
Resuming the EU-China people to people dialogue, with Jean-Louis Rocca, Katja Drinhausen and Abigaël Vasselier
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Chinese society and culture
Serving the people by controlling them: How the party is reinserting itself into daily life
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Chinese society and culture
The end of globalization as we know it: How Chinese experts and netizens debate the US-China trade war
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Chinese society and culture
The local reassertion of the Communist Party, with Katja Drinhausen and Nis Grünberg
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