Jörn-Carsten Gottwald holds the Chair of East Asian Politics at the Ruhr University Bochum. He has held positions at the Free University of Berlin, the University of Trier and University College Cork, Ireland, and was a visiting professor at Fudan University Shanghai and National Cheng-chi University, Taipei. He has published on European policy towards China, the politics of financial regulation and the politics and economics of China. His current research focuses on issues of financial regulation and innovation in China and Europe and the changing dynamics in bilateral relations.

Jörn-Carsten Gottwald conducts research on political and economic issues in China, European China policy and innovation and regulation of financial markets.