Katja Drinhausen

Katja Drinhausen

Head of Program at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

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

EU-China relations

Resuming the EU-China people to people dialogue, with Jean-Louis Rocca, Katja Drinhausen and Abigaël Vasselier

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China Horizons events

EU-China relations

MERICS China Forecast 2024

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