Vita
Thomas Immervoll
Main research: Policy analysis, politics in China, discourse analysi
Academic career
since Feb 2007 Master studies of sinology, University of Vienna
2002-2009 Studies of political science, University of Vienna (academic degree Mag.phil. (Master of Philosophy))
2000-2006 Bachelor studies of sinology, University of Vienna (academic degree Bakk.phil. (Bachelor of Philosophy))
Jul-Aug 2006 International Summer Program of the University of Vienna, Strobl
Sep 2003-Jun 2004 Chinese language studies, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Dalian, People’s Republic of China
Academic activies
since Oct 2011 Lecturer at the University of Göttingen
Aug 2010-Jun 2011 Project member, Department of Sinology, University of Vienna
since Jan 2010 Freelance scientist
Jul-Aug 2006 Tutor at the International Summer School of the University of Vienna
Research Projects
Aug 2010-Jun 2011 Member of the research project "Re-Sourcing in China: Standards for Circular Economy - Comparing China and the EU", Jubilee Fund of the Austrian Central Bank, Project Nr 13987.
Organization of international conferences and workshops
8-13 Jan 2012 Reform and Revolution: In commemoration of the Xinhai Revolution and 100 years of state building 革命与改革-辛亥以来的百年中国(2012), Vienna
22-24 Sep 2011 Workers’ Struggles from East to West: New Perspectives on Labour Disputes in Globalised China, Vienna
14-15 Feb 2011 Circular Economy in China and Europe, Vienna
1–2 Nov 2010 Die 80er Jahre: Grundsteinlegung für den Prozess von Reform und Öffnung in der VR China, Wien
Non-academic activities
since 2011 senior editor of the magazine REISPAPIER
since 2009 website manager, IT supporter
2008-2011 voluntary language teacher and translator at the Verein Flüchtlingsprojekt Ute Bock
2001-2002 Arbeitersamariter Bund Österreich, Vienna, community work
Publications
Thesis:
Zur Politik der ländlichen Elektrifizierung in der Volksrepublik China: eine diskurstheoretische Untersuchung (On the policy of rural electrification in the People's Republic of China: a discourse theoretical investigation), diploma thesis, 2009, http://othes.univie.ac.at/6495/.
Reports:
Final report for the project „Präventive Unterstützungsmaßnahmen für Familien im ländlichen Raum“ supported by the Fonds Gesundes Österreich, February 2012, Co-author (together with Monika Koch, Manuela Brandstetter, Stefanie Hengl) (forthcoming).
The Debate on Circular Economy in China and Europe, in: final report on the research project "Re-Sourcing in China: Standards for Circular Economy - Comparing China and the EU" supported by the Jubilee Fund of the Austrian Central Bank, Project Nr 13987, June 2011.
Miscellaneous (selection):
Stern, Bernhard/Immervoll, Thomas (2012): Das Webtagebuch als Draht zur Heimat, http://www.dasreispapier.at/index.php?id=35&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=30&cHash=29e1231c958d73f229cca8deb5fa07c1
Konferenz: Workers’ Struggles from East to West: New Perspectives on Labour Disputes in Globalised China, Universität Wien, Renner-Institut, Wien, 22.-24. September 2011, Politix 31, 2012, http://politikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/inst_politikwiss/politix_layout_Ausgabe_31_web.pdf (together with Daniel Fuchs).
Workers’ Struggles from East to West: New Perspectives on Labour Disputes in Globalised China, Universität Wien, Renner-Institut, 22.-24. September 2011, conference report, ASIEN 211, January 2012, 116-119 (together with Daniel Fuchs).
Chinas Spagat beim Verkehr, Das Reispapier, 1. Ausgabe, April/May 2011 (together with Falko Loher), http://www.dasreispapier.at/index.php?id=42.
Together with Josef Baum: Im Atomlabor kommt Zweifel auf, Jungle World Nr. 15, 14 April 2011, 15 (together with Josef Baum).