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Curriculum Vitae

Diana Schnelle, M.A. / B.Sc.
Research Associate & PhD Candidate, International Political Economy of East Asia, Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of East Asian Studies (since 07/2015)

Research Interests

    Japan's regional integration in Northeast Asia
    Japan's non-governmental actors in international relations
    Regionalization and regionalism in East Asia
    Energy security in Northeast Asia

Projects

    Young Eurasian Forum (YEF) 2018 on transboundary energy relations: promoting cooperation and addressing conflict;
    with the kind support of RUB Research School
    Energie als Brückenbauer - zwischen Gesellschaft und Politik, zwischen Asien und Europa;
    with the kind support of Think Lab "Energie - Gesellschaft - Wandel" by Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft und Innogy Stiftung

Academic Carreer

    Research Assistant at the Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies Universität Bonn, Student and Guest Researcher Exchange with Japan (10/2014-11/2016)
    Student Assistant for the Project "Audit - Internationalization of Universities" of the German Rectors' Conference (04/2010-08/2012 and 10/2013-06/2015)

Education

    Master of Arts in Regional Studies Japan, University of Bonn (08/2014)
    Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Bonn (09/2015)
    Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies, University of Bonn (07/2010)
    Exchange Student at the University of Kagoshima, Japan (2012-2013)

Scholarships and Awards

    Invited participant at the expert's conference "US-European and US-Asian relations under President Trump", hosted by the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Federal Academy for Security Policy, Munich (30.01.2017)
    Fellowship of the Studienwerk for German-Japanese Cultural Exchange in North-Rhine Westphalia (2009)

Publications (Selection)

Journal Articles

    Schnelle, Diana / Szczepanska, Kamila (2016), "Japan’s National Role Conception and its Perceptions of China in the Region and World: The View of Prime Minister Abe Shinzō’s Administration“, ASIEN 141 (4), pp. 32-51.

Conference Contributions

    "The Asia Super Grid: New Impetus for Northeast Asian Regionalism?", Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Conference 2018, Cambridge (MA), 09.-10.02.2018
    "Russia's pivot to Asia: Implications for Japan", Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Conference 2016, Cambridge (MA), 20.-21.02.2016
    "Japan's Perceptions of China's Role in the Region and the World: A View of PM Abe Shinzo's Administration(s)" - Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society (NAJS) Conference 2016, Trondheim, 28.-29.04.2016 (joint working paper with Kamila Szczepanska, PhD)