The Department is delighted to announce that, with effect from 1 June 2016, Dr Marijn Nieuwenhuis has been appointed to a one-year Teaching Fellowship in International Relations and East Asia. Marijn has studied and lived for long periods of time in different cities across China and Europe.

He submitted his PhD dissertation, entitled: 'Producing China: The Politics of Space in the Making of Modern China', in September 2013, and successfully completed his viva voce in December 2013. His trans-disciplinary research is at the intersection of Geography and International Relations. His current research focuses on the politics of the air and deals with questions of technology, gassing, pollution, security, territory and governance. He discusses these themes primarily in the Chinese context.