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Elena Meyer-Clement is an Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, specializing in Chinese politics and society. She holds a Dr. phil. from the University of Tübingen and an M.A. from the University of Hamburg. Previously, she served as Assistant Professor at Freie Universität Berlin (2016-2021) and Postdoc at the University of Tübingen (2010-2015).
Her research examines China's authoritarian governance, intergovernmental relations, and state-society dynamics, with specific focus on:
- Local/grassroots governance systems
- Urbanization, migration, and rural development
- Land politics and resettlement programs
- Political economy of culture, propaganda, and censorship
She leads two major research projects:
- 'Steering urban-rural integration' (2018-2025, DFG-funded) examining state-society relations in semi-urban China
- 'Social Worlds: China's cities as spaces of worldmaking' (2020-2025) analyzing urban social relations in global context
Her recent publications explore urbanization patterns, rural transformation, digital memory practices, and pandemic impacts on migrant workers, primarily through field research in Gansu and Zhejiang provinces.
Current PhD supervisions include projects on:
- China's international norm-shaping strategies
- Chinese art cinema at film festivals
- Visual media production in Xiong'an New Area
She serves as steering group member of the Asian Dynamics Initiative and editor-in-chief of The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies.
