 
            
            Dr. Hangwei Li
                    Abteilung
                    Inter- und transnationale Zusammenarbeit
                
                    Funktion
                    Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
                
                    Fachrichtung
                    Politikwissenschaft
                
                    Arbeitsgebiete
                    
- Global China
- Afrikanische Politik
- Die politische Ökonomie der Entwicklung
- China-Afrika Beziehungen
                    Regionalexpertise
                    
- Afrika
- Ostasien
Vita
| seit 09/2023 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Forschungsabteilung "Inter- und transnationale Zusammenarbeit" | 
| 03/2022-08/2023 | China Agricultural University,College of Humanities and Development Studies Associate Professor | 
| 09/2017-03/2022 | SOAS, University of London PhD in Politics and International Studies | 
| 01/2021-07/2021 | Crisis Action Board member, Project: The Role of China in Re-Energising the Peace Process in South Sudan | 
| 01/2019-12/2021 | African Views Organization Advisor | 
| 01/2019-07/2019 | Harvard Kennedy School & The Global Development Policy Center, Boston University Predoctoral fellow and Researcher | 
| 11/2016-05/2017 | Consultant, McKinsey Company Project on Chinese economic engagement in Africa | 
| 10/2014-08/2016 | University of Zambia Guest Lecturer and Researcher | 
| 2015/2016 | Electoral Commision of Zambia International Observer for 2015&2016 Presidential Election | 
| 09/2012-07/2014 | Aarhus University & City, University of London MA in "Media, Journalism and Globalization" (Erasmus Mundus Programme) | 
| 03/2014-09/2014 | Council of Europe (Research project on Media in Europe for Diversity Inclusiveness) Researcher, Research project on Media in Europe for Diversity Inclusiveness | 
| 06/2013-09/2013 | United Nations Information Center in Ghana Assistant to the National Director | 
| 09/2008-07/2012 | Communication University of China Bachelor of Administration and BA of Arts | 
Auszeichnungen
- Silver Medal, United Nations Correspondence Association (2017)
Referierte Publikationen
- Verma, Raj / Hangwei Li  (2025)
 Clash of the ‘Asian giants’: the Sino-Indian battle for leadership of the Global South in the Modi-Xi era
 in: International Politics, first published 17.09.2025
- Li, Hangwei  (2025)
 Global China and African journalistic agency: a relational perspective
 in: Made in China Journal 9 (2), 154-159
- Li, Hangwei / Wang Yuan  (2025)
 Adaptive governance at work: how Chinese state actors respond to overseas pushback on the Belt and Road Initiative
 in: The China Quarterly, first published 08.04.2025
- Düben, Björn Alexander / Hangwei Li  (2024)
 The “sovereignty paradox” in China’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war
 in: Contemporary Security Policy 45 (4), 570-584
- Polus, Andrzej / Hangwei Li  (2023)
 Development studies meet Pierre Bourdieu: the case of Chinese private FDI in Zambia
 in: Journal of Modern African Studies 61 (4), 521-543
- Li, Hangwei  (2023)
 Chinese investors in Zambia and Angola: motives, profile, strategies
 in: Dominik Kopiński / Pádraig Carmody / Ian Taylor (eds.), The Political Economy of Chinese FDI and Spillover Effects in Africa, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 193-216
- Xuefei Shi / Hangwei Li  (2023)
 Chinese Buddhism in Africa: the entanglement of religion, politics and diaspora
 in: Contemporary Buddhism, 23 (1-2), 108-130
- Li, Hangwei  (2023)
 Understanding African journalistic agency in China–Africa media interactions: the case of Kenya
 in: International Communication Gazette 85 (1), 32-47
- Li, Hangwei  (2022)
 WeChat groups, local politics and Chinese diaspora in Africa: a comparative study of Zambia and Angola
 in: Wanning Sun / Haiquing Yu (eds), WeChat diaspora: digital transnationalism in the era of China’s rise. London: Routledge, 234-256
- Li, Hangwei  (2022)
 Chinese investment in the gambling industry in Africa
 in: Global Gaming and Tourism Research 6, 16-25 (in Chinese only)
- Li, Hangwei  (2022)
 Global app, local politics, and Chinese migrants in Africa: a comparative study of Zambia and Angola
 in: Wanning Sun / Haiqing Yu (eds.), WeChat and the Chinese Diaspora Digital Transnationalism in the Era of China's Rise, London: Routledge, 234-256
- Li, Hangwei / Dominik Kopinski / Ian Taylor  (2022)
 China and the troubled prospects for Africa’s economic take-off: linkage formation and spillover effects in Zambia
 in: Journal of Southern Africa Studies 48 (5), 861-882
- Li, Hangwei  (2021)
 Media representation of China in the time of pandemic: A comparative study of Kenyan and Ethiopian media
 in: Journal of African Media Studies 13 (3), 417-434
- Camba Alvin / Hangwei Li  (2021)
 Chinese workers and their “Linguistic Labour”: Philippine online gambling and Zambian onsite casinos
 in: China Perspectives 4, 39-47
- Li, Hangwei / Gilbert Siame  (2020)
 Nature and impact of Chinese and South African engagement on the development of the City of Lusaka
 in: The African Review 47 (2), 311-335
- Li, Hangwei / Xuefei Shi  (2020)
 Home away from home: the social and political roles of contemporary Chinese associations in Zambia
 in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 48 (2), 148-170
Nicht-referierte Publikationen
- Erforth, Benedikt / Hangwei Li  (2025)
 The sweet temptation of multiple offers: Africa’s figital policy in a changing global order
 in: Christine Hackenesch / Tobias Heidland / Denis M. Tull (eds.), Leverage and Limits: What African Actors Make of the new Multipolarity, Megatrends Afrika Working Paper 21, Berlin/Bonn/Kiel: SWP/IDOS/IfW, 41-44
- Li, Hangwei  (2025)
 China in Africa: shaping economic relations through subnational actors
 in: Megatrends Africa Policy Brief 36
- Li, Hangwei / Stephan Klingebiel  (2025)
 China’s development country status and its implications for global cooperation
 in: IDOS Jahresbericht - Annual Report 2023-2025, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 20-25
- Li, Hangwei / Stephan Klingebiel  (2025)
 Der Status Chinas als Entwicklungsland und dessen Folgen für die globale Zusammenarbeit
 in: IDOS Jahresbericht/Annual Report, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 20-25
- Li, Hangwei / Hackenesch, Christine  (2024)
 FOCAC 2024: moving away from large infrastructure deals towards normative power of China
 in: Megatrends Spotlight 38
- Li, Hangwei  (2024)
 Chinese media engagement with Africa and the role of African agency: the cases of Kenya and Ethiopia
 in: Megatrends Africa Working Paper 26
- Li, Hangwei  (2023)
 Book review: Beijing’s global media offensive: China’s uneven campaign to influence Asia and the World (by Joshua Kurlantzick)
 in: Asian Affairs 54 (2), 403-405
- Li, Hangwei / Herman Wassermann  (2023)
 Approaching transcultural communication and the Global South: a conversation with Prof. Herman Wasserman
 in: Journal of Transcultural Communication 22 (2), 229-233
- Li, Hangwei / Yuan Wang  (2023)
 African media cultures and Chinese public relations strategies in Kenya and Ethiopia
 published on carnegieendowment.org, 27.02.2024
- Li, Hang  (2020)
 From politics to business: how a state-led fund is investing in Africa? The case of the China-Africa
 Boston: Boston University Global Development Policy Center
- Li, Hangwei / Shi, Xuefei  (2017)
 Chinese associations in Africa: a case study of Chinese associations in Zambia (in Chinese only)
 in: Li A (ed.), Chinese Review of African Studies 2017 (中国非洲研究评论). Beijing: Social Science Academic Press, 137–154
Meinungsbeiträge
- Klingebiel, Stephan / Hangwei Li  (2025)
 China’s country status: unpacking the political implications for Global cooperation
 published on globalpolicyjournal.com/blog, 28.01.2025
- Li, Hangwei / Jacqueline Musiitwa  (2020)
 China in Africa’s looking glass: perceptions and realities
 published on rusi.org, 03.08.2020
- Musiitwa Jacqueline / Hangwei Li  (2020)
 ‘Coronavirus diplomacy’: China’s opportune time to aid Africa
 published on theafricareport.com, 24.04.2020
- Li, Hangwei  (2020)
 China and Africa: The “Other” in the time of pandemic
 published on ispionline.it, 09.06.2020