Amélie Wurl - EDP Network

Amélie Wurl

EDP Network Member

Amélie is a social scientist studying China’s role in Africa and its political implications.

Since 2020, Amélie has been a member of the Knowledge Exchange Lab (KEL) at the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS) at Freie Universität Berlin. In this context, she is currently seconded to Directorate-General 3 of the Federal Foreign Office, where she serves as an interface between foreign policy practice and the cluster’s research.

In parallel, Amélie is a doctoral candidate at the Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies (BGTS). In her dissertation, she examines political discourses among political elites in selected African countries. She investigates how Chinese and European political ideas and concepts are perceived and evaluated. Her research interests lie in China-Africa and EU-Africa relations, as well as the dynamics of international party cooperation.

Amélie completed her double master’s degree between Sciences Po Bordeaux and the University of Stuttgart in 2018, with a regional focus on Africa. As part of a postgraduate program at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Sorbonne in Paris, she became interested in education systems in West Africa.

Contact: amelie.wurl [at] external-democracy-promotion.eu