Professor of International Politics of Human Rights

From Academic Partner to 'Academic Threat': German and UK Media Framing of European-Chinese Academic Cooperation since Xi Jinping Came to Power (2025) Seiwert E Authored book China’s ‘New International Order’: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Afghanistan and Syria (2024) Seiwert E Journal article Quality Assessment of the Academic Freedom Index: Strengths, Weaknesses, and How Best to Use It (2023) Pelke L, Spannagel J Other publication type Academic Freedom Index Update 2023 (2023) Kinzelbach K, Lindberg SI, Pelke L, Spannagel J Other publication type COVID-19 and Democracy: Creeping Autocratization? (2023) Croissant A, Pelke L Book chapter / Article in edited volumes CHINA’S SEARCH FOR PARTNERS WITH SHARED WORLDVIEWS: EXPANDING THE “SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION FAMILY” (2023) Seiwert E Journal article Reanalyzing the Link between Democracy and Economic Development (2023) Pelke L Journal article, Original article Academic Freedom and the Onset of Autocratization (2023) Pelke L Journal article, Original article Wie notwendig sind autonome Universitäten? Zum empirischen Zusammenhang der institutionellen und individuellen Wissenschaftsfreiheit (2022) Kinzelbach K, Pelke L Journal article, Original article Index der Wissenschaftsfreiheit (2022) Pelke L Journal article, Editorial