Philipp Demgenski

Philipp Demgenski is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, affiliated with the Department of Anthropology of Politics and Governance. He also serves as an associate researcher in the Department of Sociology at Zhejiang University. His work focuses on urban anthropology, socio-political dynamics of urban renewal, and global heritage governance, with fieldwork expertise in China (Shandong, Zhejiang, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Peking).

Research interests include:

• Ethnography of space and place
• Smart city technologies
• Heritagization processes
• UNESCO policy implementation
• Political economy of urbanization

Current projects involve ethnographic studies of China's smart urban future and collaborative research on UNESCO heritage governance frameworks. Contact: demgenski@eth.mpg.de | Personal website