Bertram Lang is a research associate at Goethe University Frankfurt. His academic interest includes China’s non-profit sector, EU-China relations, and the politics of anti-corruption. Lang has also worked as an advisor to various international organizations on Global China affairs. He previously worked as an analyst in the European China Policy Unit of the Mercator Institute for China Studies.
His recent publications include an analysis of China’s impact on international anti-corruption norms and a study on the implementation of China’s social credit system. His comments have appeared in The New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, among other publications.
Lang studied Political Science and Chinese Studies in Freiburg (Germany), Nanjing (China), and Aix-en-Provence (France). He also holds a Master’s degree in EU International Relations from the College of Europe in Bruges. His professional career included stints at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Stuttgart, the European Parliament in Brussels, and the Delegation of the European Union in Beijing.
