AREA Ruhr offers a structured three-year doctoral programme on Transnational Institution Building and Transnational Identities in East Asia, which is funded by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR). The program aims to advance knowledge on East Asian regional institution building, identity formation, and the interaction between both processes throughout history up until today.

By applying transnational and comparative approaches to the study of East Asia, the programme looks beyond national borders, seeking to unleash the potential of combining humanities and social sciences, as well as to base research projects on interdisciplinary perspectives. Participating scholars allocate their research within three larger sub-themes related to transnationalisation. These are: Transnational Labour, Regional Institution Building and 
Transcultural identities and institutions
 

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The doctoral programme is managed by its governing board: its speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. Nele Noesselt, AREA Ruhr’s two co-directors, and two doctoral representatives as well as AREA Ruhr’s two managing directors as non-voting members.

The doctoral programme is coordinated and managed by AREA Ruhr’s office team.