Economy & Society

Alexander Hess, Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (Grad. Industr. Engineer)

Alexander Hess teaches modules on economic policy, globalization and managerial challenges in a globalized economy at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau since 2019.


As a doctoral candidate at the University of Erfurt, he researches the relationship between the welfare state and subjective well-being. His research interests include the economics of subjective well-being, international trade and capital-market integration, the economic development of East and Southeast Asia, and the economic and structural implications of disruptive technologies. As member of the East Asia Centre, he supports its research activities, international networking and the organization of conferences.


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University of Applied Sciences Zwickau

East Asia Centre / Faculty of Business and Economics

Kornmarkt 1

08056 Zwickau


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Scheffelstraße 39, House 5

08066 Zwickau


alexander.hess[at]whz.de

Prof. Dr. sc. pol. habil. Bernhard Seliger

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seliger is a full-time representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Seoul, South Korea. In addition, as Honorary Professor he lectures in the business major "International Economics" at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the WHZ. His main research focusses on the political and economic changes in North Korea, which he himself supports locally through various EU projects. In addition, his research concentrates on economic integration in East Asia.


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East Asia Centre

University of Applied Sciences Zwickau

Kornmarkt 1

08056 Zwickau


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 Scheffelstraße 39, House 5

 08066 Zwickau


bernhard.seliger[at]fh-zwickau.de

 Prof. Dr. Tomasz Wierzbowski (external member)

Prof. Dr. Tomasz Wierzbowski is Adjunct Professor at the Institute for EU Studies of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea. Additionally, he is the Korea Representative of EURAXESS, a European Commission initiative supporting researcher mobility and career development while enhancing scientific collaboration between Europe and the world.
Tomasz is focused on the Northeast Asia region and offers academic courses in International Relations and Comparative Politics. His academic interest lies also in the methodology of the social sciences.
As a member of the East Asia Centre in Zwickau he supports the Centre's research in East Asian politics, grant applications as well as conference organisation.


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Foreign Language Training and Testing Center #413
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
107 Imun-ro, Dongdaemun-gu,
Seoul 02450, South Korea

+82-2-2173-2897
Tom[at]hufs.ac.kr

Prof. Dr. sc. pol. Dr. nauk hum. Ralph Michael Wrobel

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralph Michael Wrobel is Professor of Economics, in particular Economic Policy, at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the WHZ. In addition to Social Market Economy and regulatory policy ("Ordnungspolitik"), his areas of teaching and research include emerging markets in Asia, economic development in Korea, China and the Tiger Economies of Southeast Asia. He teaches in the business major "International Economics". His research and teaching focuses are the geopolitical shifts in the region caused by the rise of China, the political and economic development in North Korea and in the Asian economic powerhouses.

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East Asia Centre

University of Applied Sciences Zwickau

Kornmarkt 1

08056 Zwickau


Visitor registration:

Scheffelstraße 39, House 5

08066 Zwickau


+49 (0) 375 536 3480

ralph.wrobel[at]whz.de