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Freelance Political Economist/ Expert in Chinese Politics

Profile Summary

I am a political scientist specialising in Chinese political economy and public policy. Taking this theoretical lens, I have published extensively on Chinese health and social care as well as heritage and tourism, including 2 books, 7 journal articles and 5 book chapters in the last 5 years. I have degrees in Asian Studies, Political Science and Social Policy from the University of Bonn, University of Frankfurt and the University of Oxford respectively.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Political Science
• ☆ Public Policy & Administration
• ☆ Health Policy
• ☆ Political Economy

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, User Research, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Product Development Formulation, Product Evaluation

Work Experience

Lecturer in Chinese Studies

University of Sheffield

January 2020 - Present

Lecturer in Chinese Politics

SOAS University of London

September 2017 - March 2020

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science

University of Frankfurt

January 2014 - November 2017

Msc Comparative Social Policy

University of Oxford

September 2016 - August 2017

MA in Modern East Asian Studies

University of Frankfurt

October 2010 - March 2013

BA Asian Studies

University of Bonn

October 2006 - July 2010

Certifications

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Publications

BOOK CHAPTER

Christina Maags, Chris Shei, Weixiao Wei(2021). Cultural heritage politics in China. 12Routledge

Christina Maags, Jeroen Rodenberg, Pieter Wagenaar(2018). Cultural Contestation in China: Ethnicity, Identity and the State.

Christina Maags, Marina Svensson, Marina Svensson(2018). Mapping the Chinese Heritage Regime: Ruptures, Governmentality, and Agency.

Christina Maags, Ioan Trifu, Iwo Amelung, Moritz Baelz, Heike Holbig, Schumann Matthias, Cornelia Storz(2018). Protecting the Weak? Tracing UNESCO’s Influence on Intangible Cultural Heritage Regimes in Japan and China.

Christina Maags(2018). Creating a Race to the Top . 121--144Amsterdam University Press

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Christina Maags(2021). Hybridization in China's elder care service provision . Social Policy & Administration. Wiley

Christina Maags(2020). Hybridization in China's elder care service provision . Social Policy and Administration. 55. (1). p. 113--127. Wiley

Christina Maags(2020). Disseminating the policy narrative of ‘Heritage under threat’ in China . International Journal of Cultural Policy. 26. (3). p. 273--290. Informa UK Limited

Christina Maags(2020). Long‐Term Care Insurance Adoption in East Asia: Politics, Ideas, and Institutions . Politics & Policy. Wiley

Christina Maags(2020). Long‐term care insurance adoption in East Asia : politics, ideas, and institutions . Politics and Policy. 48. (1). p. 69--106. Wiley

Christina Maags (2019). Lost and Found: The “Missing Girls” in Rural China. By John James Kennedy and Yaojiang Shi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 240p. $99.99 cloth, $29.95 paper . Perspectives on Politics.

Christina Maags(2019). Struggles of recognition: adverse effects of China’s living human treasures program . International Journal of Heritage Studies. 25. (8). p. 780--795. Informa UK Limited

Christina Maags, Ioan Trifu(2019). When East Meets West: International Change and Its Effects on Domestic Cultural Institutions . Politics and Policy. 47. (2). p. 326--380. Wiley

Christina Maags, Ioan Trifu(2019). When East Meets West: International Change and Its Effects on Domestic Cultural Institutions . Politics & Policy. 47. (2). p. 326--380. Wiley

Christina Maags, Heike Holbig(2016). Replicating Elite Dominance in Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding: The Role of Local Government–Scholar Networks in China . International Journal of Cultural Property. 23. (1). p. 71--97. Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Christina Maags(2014). Enhancing China’s National Image Through Culture Festivals: A Case Study of China Culture Years in Europe . Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 7. (1). p. 33--55. Springer Science and Business Media LLC

BOOK

Christina Maags, Yujie Zhu(2020). Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past. Routledge

Christina Maags, Marina Svensson(2018). Chinese Cultural Heritage in the Making: Experiences, Negotiations and Contestations. Amsterdam University Press

BOOK REVIEW

Christina Maags(2019). Lost and Found: The “Missing Girls” in Rural China. By John James Kennedy and Yaojiang Shi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 240p. $99.99 cloth, $29.95 paper . Perspectives on Politics. 17. (4). p. 1227--1229. Cambridge University Press (CUP)