Listed in this overview are publications by members of the Research Training Group GRK 2833 “East Asian Futures” pertinent to the group’s research into conceptions of the future in East Asia.
2026
- Richard J. COOK, Mateus BILHAR and Igor SEVENARD. “Exceptionalism and China: Deconstructing Zhongguo Fang’an as Chinese Solutions’, in: Najimdeen BAKARE (ed.), Clash of Exceptionalism in International Relations: Contemporary Dynamics and Impacts of US and China Exceptionalism on Global Affairs. London: Routledge 2026 (forthcoming).
- Minkyun PARK, Guk-Bo SIM. “Pati-Agent: Rethinking the Suffered Being in Apocalypses”, in: Samantha GAMEZ & Julia PALMIANO FEDERER (eds.), Apocalyptic Imaginaries and the Future of Peace: Decolonial and Critical Approaches. Berlin: Springer 2026 (forthcoming).
- Igor SEVENARD. “Democratisation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Digital Authoritarianism? China’s Large Language Model (LLM) Strategy and the Challenge to Western AI Dominance”, in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 2026, pp. 1–24. DOI: 10.1177/18681026261434029.
- Igor SEVENARD, Richard J. COOK and Mateus BILHAR. “Space Race 2.0: The Competition for the Future Operating System of Space”, in: The Diplomat (online), Feb 16, 2026.
- Igor SEVENARD. “Mutual Norm Socialization through Knowledge-Security Restrictions in Sino-German Academic Cooperation”, in: Asian Review of Political Economy 5(1), 2026, pp. 1–22. DOI: 10.1007/s44216-026-00072-0.
2025
- Aya HINO. “Epistemic (Dis)Obedience: ‘Japanese’ Theory, Structural Inequality, and Kokusai Nihongaku.” In: Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques 79(2), 2025, pp. 329–366. DOI: 10.1515/asia-2025-0001
2024
- Minkyun PARK, Guk-Bo SIM. “감수-행위자(pati-agent)의 평화구축 가능성에 관한 이론적, 경험적 고찰” [Theoretical and Empirical Examination of the Peacebuilding Potential of Pati-Agent], in: 비판사회학회 학술대회 자료집 [Critical Sociology Association of Korea Conference Proceedings] 8, 2024, pp. 34–38.
- Christian SCHWERMANN. “The Ideology of Chao Cuo”, in: Yuri PINES (ed.), Dao Companion to China’s fa Tradition: The Philosophy of Governance by Impartial Standards (Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy 19). Cham: Springer 2024, pp. 181–198.
- Christian SCHWERMANN. “Ohne Wagenbruch kein Schiffbruch: Zur möglichen Adaption einer Daseinsmetapher in der chinesischen Literatur”, in: Manuel BAUMBACH & Yasmin TEMELLI (eds.), Schiffbruch: Von Untergängen und Neuanfängen. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 2024, pp. 225–242.
- Christian SCHWERMANN. “‘State Is Powerful If Its People Are Being Put to [Good] Use’: The Invention of Human Resource Management in Ancient China”, in: Journal of Global Slavery 9, 2024, pp. 166–198.