Standardization Strategies in China and India Industrial Policy and Geopolitics and Implications for Europe

Joachim Freimuth is a former Professor of Human Resources Management at the City University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany, and currently still works as a freelance trainer, facilitator and consultant for change management. He has many years of professional, management and consulting experience and has published numerous papers on his research. 

Siglinde Kaiser is an architect who worked at DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. until the end of 2020, most recently in the International Consultation Services (IBD) division. She advises institutions in developing and emerging  economies on establishing national standardization systems, developing national standardization strategies, designing and organizing the standardization process and participation in international standardization, as well as on technical regulation and good regulatory practices.

Monika Schädler was Professor of Chinese Economy and Society at the City University of Applied Sciences in Bremen, Germany, until 2019. She worked on numerous research projects on China, including rural industrialization, regional development, social security. Her research focuses on current developments in China's economy, society and politics. As founding director of the Confucius Institute Bremen (since 2013), she is in close exchange with China.