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Researcher

Anna Lisa Ahlers

Professor II, UiO

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a.l.ahlers@ikos.uio.no
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Summary

Anna Lisa Ahlers is a sinologist and political scientist, and Professor II of China Studies at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oslo. She is also the full-time head of the Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin.

Her research spans the Chinese political system, with a particular focus on local governance in diverse regions and modern forms of autocracy in a comparative perspective.

Her current projects examine the interaction between authoritarian and democratic regimes and science, the development of science policy in the People’s Republic of China, and China’s global scientific ambitions in the context of its evolving foreign relations. Anna teaches Master's and PhD courses at the University of Oslo.

Expertise

  • Development policy
  • Foreign policy
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Asia
  • Governance

Aktivitet

Publications
Publications
Report

Trump 2.0 og internasjonal politikk

I denne spesialrapporten har Senter for geopolitikk samlet en rekke bidrag fra forskere tilknyttet senteret, fra Fridtjof Nansen Institutt, Institutt for Forsvarsstudier, Universitetet i Oslo, UiT – Norges Arktiske Universitet og Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt. Bidragene setter søkelys på noen konkrete temaer som inntak til å forstå et USA i endring og hva det vil kunne bety for andre stater, og for utviklingen på konkrete politikkfelt. Rapporten har særlig fokus på hva disse endringene, hver for seg og samlet, betyr for Europa og Norge. En oppdatert versjon ble publisert 12.06.25, klokken 12.40.

  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • International economics
  • Economic growth
  • Trade
  • International investments
  • Globalisation
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • North America
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • The EU
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  • Defence
  • Security policy
  • NATO
  • Cyber
  • International economics
  • Economic growth
  • Trade
  • International investments
  • Globalisation
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • The Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • North America
  • The Nordic countries
  • Conflict
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • The EU