Position in the project

Institute/ Country

Key expertise

Prof. Dr. Yang Guang

Project Manager

Institute of West-Asian and African Studies, CASS, China

- Middle East and African politics

- Energy

- China

Dr. Mehdi Parvizi Amineh

Project Manager,

International Institute for Asian Studies, The Netherlands

-Foreign, security and energy policy

-Caspian Sea, Central Asia and Caucasus

- Europe, Middle East, Russia

- Islam

Prof. Dr. Shi Dan

Senior Research Fellow

Energy Economic Research Centre, Institute of Industrial Economics, CASS, China

- Economics

- Energy and industry

- Energy conservation

- China

Dr. Chen Mo

Senior Research Fellow

Institute of West-Asian and African Studies, CASS

- the Middle East

- economic and energy security studies

Dr. Willem van Kemenade

Research Fellow

Institute Clingendael

-China (history, politics, economics)

Dr. Eduard Vermeer

Expert

Leiden University, The Netherlands

- Politics and natural resources in China

- Renewable Energy

Prof. dr. Kurt Radtke

Expert

Leiden University

- Politics and economics of Japan, China and East Asia

Prof. Dr. John Grin

Expert

Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, Director

- Renewable Energy

Prof. Dr. Gerd Junne

Department of Political

Sciences, IR-Chair

- International Relations

- Conflict studies

- Multinational Corporations

Dr. Xuetang Guo

Expert

Tongji Institute of International Politics, China

- International Relations

- Energy and politics in Central Asia

- China's Foreign Policy

- China

Dr. Liu Yingxiang

Expert

European Division, International Cooperation Bureau, CASS, China

- China-Europe relations

Prof. Pan Guang

Expert

Institute of European and Asian Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China

- Asia-Europe relations

- China's Foreign policy

Dr. Yiwei Wang

Expert

Institute of International Studies, center for American Studies, Shanghai, China

- China - UAS relations

Dr.Limao Wang

Expert

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CASS, China

-energy issues China

Dr. Xiucheng Dong

Expert

China Petudeam University,  Beijing, China

- Energy price

- Energy efficiency

Dr. Jian Hu

Expert

Institute of Eurasian Studies, SASS, China

- Iran

- Islam

- Middle East

Dr. Lifan Li

Expert

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, SASS, China          

- Shanghai Cooperation Organization

- Security studies 

Dr. Gong Shaoyue 

Expert

Institute of Industrial Economics, CASS, China

- Economics

- Energy

Dr. Frank Umbach

Expert

German Council on Foreign Relations DGAP), Berlin, Germany

- Foreign, security, defence and energy security

- Geopolitics of energy, energy foreign policy

- EU/Germany, Russia

- China/Japan/India/SEA/Asia,

- Middle East, Central Asia and Caspian Basin

Dr. Johannes Lackmann

Expert

Bundesverband Erneuerbare Energie, Paderborn, Germany

-Renewable energies in Germany

Dr. Shirin Akiner

Expert

School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom

- Central Asian politics

- Islam in Central Asia

- Energy politics in Central Asia

Dr. Fraser Cameron

Expert

European Policy Centre, Belgium

- Foreign and security policy of the

       European Union

Dr. David Fouquet

Expert

The Asia-Europe project,  Belgium

- Europe-Asia relations

- Energy Policy studis

Dr. Robert M. Cutler

Expert

Institute of European and Russian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

- Energy Security

- Geo-economics

- Russia and Former Soviet Republics  

   of Central Asia   and Caucasus

Prof. Dr. Richard Pomfret

Expert

University of Adelaide, ,Australia

- States and politics in Central Asia

Dr. Raquel Shaoul

Expert

Israel

- Energy politics

- Iran - Japan relations

Dr. Meruert Makhmutova

Expert

Public Policy Research Center, Kazakhstan

- Economics

- Political economy of energy

- Kazakhstan

Zhanat Myrzabekov

Expert

Center for Marketing and Analytical Research, Kazakhstan

- Economics

- Political economy of energy

- Kazakhstan and the Caspian region

Dr. Togzhan Kazenova

Expert

KIMEP. Department of Political Science. Kazakhstan

- Energy policy and politics

- Nuclear energy

- Kazakhstan

Dr. Leila Muzapa-rova

Expert

Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty

domestic; economic and foreign Policies

- Kazakhstan/Central Asian politics

Dr. Ingilab Ahmadov

Expert

Public Finance Monitoring Center, Baku, Azerbaijan

- Energy policy and politics

- Azerbaijan

Dr. Gulnara Karimova

Expert

Center for Political Studies, Uzbekistan

- Central Asian politics

Dr. Elaheh Koolaee

Expert

University of Tehran, Iran

- Energy and politics

- Central Asia and Caspian region

- Iran

Dr. Abbas Maleki

Expert

International Institute for Caspian Studies, Tehran, Iran

- Energy and Politics

- Central Asia and Caucasus

- Iran

Prof. Dr. Yu Shibutani

 Expert

Energy Geopolitics Ltd of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

-  Economics

- Geopolitics of Energy

- Middle East

- Japan

Prof. Dr. Katsuhiko Hama

Expert

Soka University, Tokyo, Japan

- Chinese politics and economy

- China-Russia, China-Central Asia relations

Prof. Dr. Girijesh Pant

Expert

Jawaharlal Nehru  University New Delhi, India

- West Asian and African politics

Dr. Nupur Chowdhury

Expert

The Energy and Resources Institute, Habitat Centre, New Delhi India

- Energy policy and natural resources

- India

Dr. Daniel Scholten

Expert

Technical University Delft