Dr Verena Beittinger-Lee

M.A. in Political Sciences (Johann-Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt)
M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies (Johann-Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt)
Ph.D. in Asian Studies (Alexander von Humboldt Universität, Berlin) 

Research Associate (Politics and International Relations / Religious Studies)

Research Associate with the AHRC/ESRC 'Religion and Society' research project “Religious NGOs and the United Nations”. 

Verena studied at the faculty of Political Science and the faculty of Southeast Asian Studies at Johann Wolfgang Goethe- University, Frankfurt. In 2000, she graduated with an M.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in Southeast Asian Studies (magna cum laude). Her M.A.-thesis entitled “Dissension in Diversity - Indonesia’s Chinese Minority, the Masalah Cina, and the May riots in 1998” was published in the Southeast Asian Working Paper Series of the Humboldt University Berlin.

2000–2002: "Research Associate at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies) (former Institute of Asian Affairs), Hamburg. Responsible for the research on Indonesia within the research project on "The Human Rights Policies of Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines: Mirror of 'Asian Identity'" funded by the DFG (German Research Foundation).

2002-2005: Research Fellow and Lecturer for Indonesian Studies at the faculty of Asian and African Studies. Research and teaching on modern Indonesian politics, human rights theory, civil society theory, NGOs, social and economic development, etc. 

2007: Defense of PhD thesis “A Contested Arena: Civil Society and Political Change in Indonesia”. Verena’s PhD project dealt with the various facets of civil and uncivil society against the backdrop of democratization efforts and state weakness in Indonesia and examined the tremendous (and often overlooked) impact ‘uncivil society actors’ such as radical religious groups, civil militias, vigilantes, etc. have on Indonesia’s political development and the country’s chances of a successful democratization. 
The revised thesis was published with Routledge / TaylorFrancis in London and New York in 2009: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415547413/

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