Sarah Kirchberger

About

China specialist & naval analyst with work experience in academia and the naval shipbuilding industry. Areas of expertise include China's political system, modern Chinese history and China's military modernization.

Experience

• Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (Full-time · 9 yrs 6 mos)
  • Academic Director
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Head of Asia-Pacific Strategy and Security
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

• Editor at SIRIUS - Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen
  Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

• Vice President at Deutsches Maritimes Institut
  Nov 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos

  https://marineforum.online/dmi/#dasdmi

• Nonresident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council
  Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

  In line with my research portfolio at ISPK, I support the Atlantic Council by focusing on China's rise and its impact on the United States and its Allies and partners worldwide.

• Visiting Research Fellow at European Institute for Chinese Studies (EURICS)
  Mar 2020 - May 2020 · 3 mos

  Research project: China’s blue economy and Europe’s industrial future