Philipp Böing is Member of New Leibniz Research Network China
PersonnelZEW Researcher Contributes China Expertise to Leibniz Association
Professor Philipp Böing, senior researcher in ZEW Mannheim’s Research Unit “Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics” and Professor of Empirical Innovation Research with Focus on China at Goethe University Frankfurt, is a member of the new Leibniz Research Network on China. The aim of the network is to further scientific cooperation between the Leibniz institutes and develop advisory services for German policymakers.
“I’m very pleased to be part of the new Leibniz Research Network China. It provides an opportunity to pool the knowledge on China that is available in Germany more efficiently and make it accessible to academia, policymakers and society in general. The network also aims to strengthen research security by facilitating the exchange of experience on cooperation with Chinese partners. I’m looking forward to sharing my China expertise in this forum,” Böing says.
Focal points and objectives
The network, which has initially been approved for three years, will begin its activities in November 2025. It brings together scientists from 15 Leibniz institutions representing all scientific sections of the association, as well as experts from administration and science communication. At the first stage, the network will focus on five main topics: geopolitics and competition between political systems; security, trade and peace; innovation, education and technology policy; climate, environment and justice, as well as development and infrastructure. With this in mind, China expertise in Germany is to be further expanded, as envisaged in the German government's China strategy and coalition agreement.
About Philipp Böing
Philipp Böing has taught and conducted research as an assistant professor at Peking University’s China Center for Economic Research. He has also advised the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the German Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI). Philipp Böing is a research fellow of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn and a fellow of Tsinghua University in Beijing. In 2023, he visited the Institute of Economics of Academia Sinica Taiwan as a Taiwan Fellow.
