Kurzbiografie
Lars Konheiser is currently a PhD student, researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Chinese Studies. Prior to that, he worked as a researcher and lecturer at the Chair for Comparative Politics of the Department of Political Science at the University of Freiburg. He is also an elected board member and executive board member of the German Association for Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienforschung e.V.).
He obtained a BA degree in Political Science and Economics (2014-2019), a BA degree in Chinese Studies and History (2016-2021), and a MA degree in Modern China Studies (2019-2022) at the University of Freiburg. During his studies, he worked as a student assistant and teaching assistant for both the Institute of Chinese Studies and the Department of Political Science for several years. Moreover, he did an internship at the institute for Asian Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg in 2020/21.
During his MA studies, Lars Konheiser was a scholarship holder in the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (“Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”).
Publikationen
Other Publications (Media etc.):
Konheiser, Lars (2026): Multilateral oder militärisch? Chinas Strategie im Kontext globaler Machtverschiebungen, in: iz3w 413 (März/April 2026). URL: https://www.iz3w.org/artikel/chinas-rolle-globlae-militarisierung.
Konheiser, Lars C. (2025): Vom Koreakrieg bis zu Trump 2.0: Die Taiwan-Politik der USA im Wandel der Zeit, in: vorgänge. Zeitschrift für Bürgerrechte und Gesellschaftspolitik 249 (Jg. 64, H. 1), 99–112. URL: https://www.humanistische-union.de/publikationen/vorgaenge/vorg-249/publikation/vom-koreakrieg-bis-zu-trump-2-0-die-taiwan-politik-der-usa-im-wandel-der-zeit/.
Konheiser, Lars (2024): Das Erbe von Tian’anmen. Chinas Angriff auf die internationale Menschenrechtspolitik, in: iz3w 403 (Juli/August 2024). URL: https://www.iz3w.org/artikel/menschenrechte-angriff-china-aussenpolitik-tiananmen.
Konheiser, Lars (2024): Chinas Außenpolitik, in: Politik-Dossiers der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg. URL: https://www.lpb-bw.de/china-aussenpolitik.
Book Reviews:
Konheiser, Lars (2026): Chinas ökonomische Entwicklung seit 1978 aus schumpeterianischer Perspektive (Rezension zu „Chinas gelenkte Marktwirtschaft. Hintergründe eines Booms“, Rainer Land, 2025), in: vorgänge. Zeitschrift für Bürgerrechte und Gesellschaftspolitik 253 (Jg. 65, H. 1), 206–208. URL: https://www.humanistische-union.de/publikationen/vorgaenge/vorg-253/publikation/rezension-chinas-oekonomische-entwicklung-seit-1978-aus-schumpeterianischer-perspektive/
Conference Reports:
Konheiser, Lars C. (2017): Asien im Fokus: Souveränität, Sicherheit, Nachhaltigkeit? (Weingartener Asiengespräche), in: ASIEN (143), 117–119.
Translations:
Ye Yonglie (2020): Little Smarty Travels to the Future (transl. Adrian Ewald, Lena Henningsen, Lars Konheiser, Elena Mannich, Federica Monchiero, Franziska Roth, Joschua Seiler und Sen Wei), in: MCLC Resource Center, Sept. 16, 2020, URL: https://u.osu.edu/mclc/online-series/little-smarty-travels-to-the-future/.
Mitgliedschaften und akademische Tätigkeiten
Since 11/2025
Elected board member and executive board member of the German Association of Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienforschung / DGA)
Since 05/2023
Elected representative of the Young Scholars Group of the German Association of Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienforschung / DGA)
Since 2024
Member in the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS)
Since 2023
Member in the German Association of Asian Studies / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienforschung (DGA)
Peer reviewer for the following journals:
“Statistics, Politics and Policy (SPP)” and “Int. Journal of the History of Sport”