Curriculum Vitae

for

Michael Jakobsen (Anthropologist. Ph.D.)

Asia Research Centre

Department of International Economics and Management Copenhagen Business School

November 2017

Biographical data

Nationality: Danish

Current position: Director of Strategy and Planning, Asia Research

Centre (ARC) Associate Professor at the Department of International Economics and Management (INT) Copenhagen Business School

Address (Work): Department of International Economics and

Management. Copenhagen Business School. Porcelaenshaven 24b, room 3.72a 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Email: mj.int@cbs.dk Phone: +45 3815 3396 Mobile: 2924 5829 Web: www.cbs.dk/arc

Languages: Danish (mother tongue), English (fluent), Swedish

(working knowledge), Norwegian (working knowledge).

Key Qualifications and Experience: Degrees: 16/11-1992: Awarded a Ph.D. degree in Social Anthropology by the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Jonathan Friedman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Lund, Sweden. 6/2-1984: Graduated in Social Anthropology (MSC (Mag. Scient. in Danish), including a BA in 1978 in the same discipline) from the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Scholarships, Funding and Positions:

21/5-2017: Received a grant from Hedorfs Fond (25.000,- kr) for a research visit to Shanghai, China, during the period October 17-25-2017. 12/4-2017: Received a grant from Otto Mønsted’s Fond (10.250,- kr) for participation in an Asian Academy of Management conference in Fukuoka, Japan. June 19-21-2017. 1/10-2015: Received a grant from Otto Mønsted’s Fond (7.850,- kr) for participating in the annual EIBA conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 28/11 – 5/12-2015. 1/5-2015: Appointed Director for Strategy and Planning at the Asia Research Centre, Department of International Economics and Management, CBS.

1/4-2014: Received a grant from Hedorfs Fond (17.500,- kr) for conducting research on intercultural business studies in Tokyo, Japan.

1/1-2013: Reappointed programme director for Asia Studies Programme.

13/12-2013 and onwards: Member of a CBS wide working group on strategy, education and partnership called ‘Developing Countries and Emerging Economies (DC&EMEs)

1/8-2012 to 31/12-14: Academic director of Asia Business Forum.

1/12-2010: Participated in and finalised a joint Copenhagen Business School - Implement Consulting Group organised two years long leadership programme. Graduated with a diploma for participation in all modules taught during the two years. 19/10-2010: Received a grant from ØK’s Almennytting Fond (DKR. 30.000,- ) to support an international workshop at CBS during 30/9-1/10-2010 titled: ‘Global Economics and the SME Business environment in East and Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Constraints’.

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3/2-2010: Received a grant from Otto Mønsted’s Fond (DKR. 7.362,- ) to continue fieldwork on ethnic Chinese SME entrepreneurship in Penang, Malaysia, in March 2010.

1/1-2009: Appointed director of the Asian Studies Programme (a BSc in business, Asian language and culture) at Copenhagen Business School 29/11-2008: Appointed Senior Fellow of the Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI) in Penang, Malaysia.

17/11-2008 and onwards: Board member of East Asian Network.

12/12-2007: was part of a six member research group headed by Prof. Anne-Marie Søderberg from the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS). The group received a grant of 7.8 million dkr from The Strategic Research Council under the Ministry of Science. Project title: ‘Cultural intelligence as a strategic resource in managing multinational business teams’. The project commenced on April 2008 and ended on March 2011. 10/12-2007: Received a grant from ’Ledelsespuljen’ CBS (DKR. 87.500,- ) to continue fieldwork on ethnic Chinese SME entrepreneurship in Penang, Malaysia, in February and March 2008. 15/11-2007: Appointed Associate Editor of the Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies. 1/1-2007 to 1/1-2009: Appointed Associate Professor at the Department of International Economics and Management and Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School. 31/5-2006: Received a research grand (DKR 471.681,- ) from Social Science Research Council (FSE) in Denmark to conduct research and fieldwork on ethnic Chinese SME entrepreneurship in Penang, Malaysia. 30/5-2006: Received a grand (DKR 9.912,- ) from Otto Mønsted Fond (a private fund) for participation in the 7th ASEAN Inter-University Seminar series in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 19-21 July 2006. 15/5-2006: Appointed member of a Ph.D. evaluation committee at the Department of Culture, Organisation and Management, Frije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 20/4-2006: Appointed member of a Ph.D. evaluation committee at the Department of Social Anthropology, Lund University, Sweden. 1/6-2006 to 1/6-2009: External associate professor at the Asia Research Centre and the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School.

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1/1-2006 onwards: Appointed course coordinator for a core course on International Business and Emerging Markets at the International Business Programme (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School.

1/3-2005 to 28/2-2006: Associate Professor at the Asia Research Centre, the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School. 21/9-2005: Initiated and launched the Copenhagen Discussion Paper Series. I am the chief editor. 8/6-2005: Received a grand (DKR 25.000,- ) from His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik’s Fund to conduct fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia, and in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. 4/1-2004 to 1/3-2005: Senior Researcher affiliated to the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS). 1/12-2003: Appointed affiliated researcher to the Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong. 26/9-2001 to 30/11-2003: Research Fellow at the Southeast Asia Research Centre at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 7/4-2003: Received together with Dr. Vivienne Wee and Dr. Kanishka Jayasuriya from Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, HKD 147,460.- from the Strategical Research Grant Fund for the project: ‘On the Production of Transnational Spaces through Networking Processes in Southeast Asia: Reassessing the Ethnic Chinese Diaspora’. 12/2-2003: Received a research grant (HKD 58,500.- ) from the Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, for conducting anthropological field research in North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, concerning ethnic Chinese and provincial political and economic planning. 5/2-2002: Received a research grant (HKD 54,500.- ) from the Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, for conducting anthropological field research in North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, concerning the ethnicisation of provincial politics. 26/9-2001: Awarded a Research Fellowship by the Southeast Asia Research Centre at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 1/3-2001 to 31/10-2001: Guest Researcher at Centre for Development Research in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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1/8-1999 to 31/7-2000: Awarded a Nordic-Netherlands Research Fellowship to be carried out at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden, The Netherlands. 1/5-1998 to 31/12-1998: Guest Senior Researcher at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. 1/3-1998 to 30/4-1998: Awarded a research fellowship to be carried out at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (the Danish Social Science Research Council). 1/10-1996 to 31/12-1997: Awarded a research fellowship to be carried out at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (the Danish Social Science Research Council). 1/9-1997 to 30/9-1997: Awarded a research scholarship as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden, The Netherlands (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies). Purpose: to collect further historical and archaeological information on the Minahasa people of Sulawesi, Indonesia. 1/4-1996 to 1/5-1996: Awarded a research scholarship as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden, The Netherlands (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies). Purpose: to collect information on the Minahasa people of Sulawesi, Indonesia. 1/7-1994 to 30/4-1996: Awarded a Post-Doc. research scholarship (the Danish International Development Agency (Danida)). To be carried out at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. 1/2-1989 to 1/11-1992: Awarded a Ph.D. research scholarship (the Danish International Development Agency (Danida)). 1/1-1988 to 31/12-1988: Awarded a research scholarship (the Danish Research Council for the Humanities). 1/8-1986 to 30/4-1987: Awarded a research scholarship (the Danish Research Council for the Humanities).

Fieldwork:

17/10 to 25/10-2017: Collected data in Maersk Line’s offices in Shanghai, China, in connection with a research project on Maersk Line’s global corporate culture as interpreted from the company’s local offices in Asia. 5/1-2017 – 18/2-2017: Fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia. Continue research on economic zones in especially Penang and Malaysia in general in collaboration with Universiti Sains Malaysia and Penang Institute. Collected data in Maersk Line’s offices in Kuala Lumpur

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and Penang in connection with another research project on Maersk Line’s global corporate culture as interpreted from the company’s local offices in Asia. 5/1-2016 – 20/2-2016: Fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia. Initiated a new research project on economic zones in Southeast Asia in collaboration with Universiti Sains Malaysia, University of Malaya, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore and Penang Institute (a socio-economic government sponsored think-tank) 10/5-2015 to 18/5-2015: Initiating a pilot project on research methodology on cross-cultural business. Visited Maersk Line’s office in Tokyo, Japan, as well as a small Danish company to collect data. 5/1-2014 to 18/2-2014: Initiating a new research project on the notion of culture in International Business theory. Took place in Penang, Malaysia, with a particular emphasis on SMEs in Penang’s high-tech sector. 8/1-2013 to 19/2-2013: Finalising the project of Ethnic Chinese SME business and network practices in Penang’s high-tech industry. 18/2-2012 to 2/4-2012: Fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia. Subject: Ethnic Chinese SME business and network practices in Penang’s high-tech industry (continued). 26/2-2011 to 2/4-2011: Fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia. Subject: Ethnic Chinese SME business and network practices in Penang’s high-tech industry (continued). 1/3-2010 to 31/3-2010: Fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia. Subject: Ethnic Chinese SME business and network practices in Penang’s high-tech industry (continued). 23/7-2009 to 23/8-2009: Fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia. Subject: Ethnic Chinese SME business and network practices in Penang’s high-tech industry (continued). 1/2-2008 to 31/3-2008: Fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia. Subject: Ethnic Chinese SME business and network practices in Penang’s high-tech industry (continued). 15/6-2007 to 15/8-2007: Fieldwork in Penang, Malaysia. Subject: Ethnic Chinese SME business and network practices in Penang’s high-tech industry. 1/6-2005 to 20/7-2005: Initiated a pilot study in Penang, Malaysia, and a month long fieldwork in North Sulawesi, Eastern Indonesia. Subject: Ethnic Chinese business practices and inter-ethnic relations in SME high tech industries. 23/8-2003 to 27/8-2003: Initiated a pilot study in Johor Baru, Malaysia. Topic: Chinese business practices, Chinese migration history and how contemporary Chinese relate to the surrounding bumiputra and Indian communities.

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1/6-2003 to 23/6-2003: Fieldwork in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Continuing working on a new project on ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Are collaborating with Universitas Sam Ratulangi, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. 1/3-2003 to 23/3-2003: Fieldwork in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Initiated a new project on ethnic Chinese in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Are collaborating with the local Universitas Sam Ratulangi, and the Regional Research Council for North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. 1/7-2002 to 15/7-2002: Fieldwork in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Presenting the results of two years of research at the Department of Social and Political Science, Universitas Sam Ratulangi, Indonesia. 1/3-2002 to 1/4-2002: Fieldwork in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Presented my research at the Universitas Sam Ratulangi and for the provincial government, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Collected further data for my research. 1/6-2000 to 1/7-2000: Fieldwork in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Collected further information on Minahasa identity, provincial politics, and anticipations of the up-coming decentralisation and regional autonomy in January 2001. Presenting my findings at seminars in tertiary institutions in Manado and Tomohon, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. 1/10-1999 to 1/12-1999: Fieldwork in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Collected further information on Minahasa identity. Presented my findings at seminars in the provincial capital Manado and in the ethnic Minahasa ‘capital’ of Tomohon. 1/1-1997 to 1/3-1997: Fieldwork in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Collecting data on local culture and presented my research at seminars on ethnicity, nationalism and globalisation. 1/12-1994 to 1/4-1995: Fieldwork in Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea. Main topics: Monitoring the set-up of a human rights commission in Port Moresby, and re-visiting the Dom people in Chimbu Province to investigate their perception on international human rights. 1/1-1990 to 1/11-1990: Doctoral fieldwork in Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea. Main topics: reproduction of culture and tradition, local interpretation and encapsulation of modernity. 1/8-1986 to 1/2-1987: Fieldwork in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Main topic: ethnic politics in modern political and administrative praxis. 1/10-1978- 1/11-1978: Fieldwork in Boutadi, Southern Tunisia. Main topic: education policy in a small-scale community.

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Teaching, lectures, and seminars:

4/3-2013 to 8/3-2013: Organised a week long course in Penang, Malaysia, on Global Management and International Business in collaboration with Centre for Management (CfL). Gave two lectures in the programme, ‘Chinese Business Practices in Malaysia and Beyond’ and ‘International Business in Malaysia: a case study’. The course was held at the East and Oriental Hotel, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. 28/2-2013 onwards: initiated a mandatory course at the Asian Studies Programme on International business in Asian Markets at the 6 semester. To be held every year in the spring semester. 26/3-2012 to 30/3-2012: Organised a week long course in Penang, Malaysia, on Global Management and International Business in collaboration with Centre for Management (CfL). Gave two lectures in the programme, ‘Chinese Business Practices in Malaysia and Beyond’ and ‘International Business in Malaysia: a case study’. The course was held at the East and Oriental Hotel, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. 3/5-2012: Gave a seminar at the Asia Research Centre, Dept. of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School. Topic: ‘International Business Studies in an Interethnic Context. On Ethnic Chinese Entrepreneurship in Penang, Malaysia’.

1/5-2012 and 2/5-2012: Gave two lectures for master students in (I)HRM and international business networking and notions of culture in an Asian context at the core course on International Business and Emerging Markets at the International Business Programme (IB42) (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 2/2-2012: Gave a seminar on Research Methodology at the Asian Studies Programme, Copenhagen Business School. 30/11-2011: Gave a seminar on international business in a societal context at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. 8/7-2011 to 17/11-2011: Designed and taught an elective titled: International business in an Asian Context’ at Copenhagen Business School. 1/11-2011: Gave a seminar on international business and the humanities at TORS, University of Copenhagen, 22/9-2011: Gave a lecture on processes of regionalisation and regionalism at the Asia Studies Programme. Course: Asian Economic and Business Practices.

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29/9-2011: Gave a lecture on business networking in Asian markets. Course: Asian Economic and Business Practices. 7/4-2011 and 12/4-2011: Gave two lectures for master students in (I)HRM and international business networking and notions of culture in an Asian context at the core course on International Business and Emerging Markets at the International Business Programme (IB42) (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 7/3-2011 to 11/3-2011: Organised a week long course in Penang, Malaysia, on Global Management and International Business in collaboration with Centre for Management (CfL). Gave two lectures in the programme, ‘Chinese Business Practices in Malaysia and Beyond’ and ‘International Business in Malaysia: a case study’. The course was held at the East and Oriental Hotel, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia.

14/10-2010: Gave a lecture on processes of regionalisation and regionalism at the Asia Studies Programme. Course: Asian Economic and Business Practices.

13/4-2010 and 27/4-2010: Gave two lectures for master students in (I)HRM and international business networking and notions of culture in an Asian context at the core course on International Business and Emerging Markets at the International Business Programme (IB42) (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 11/11-2009: Gave a seminar for the CEO’s of the Danish company Fan Milk A/S on 11/11-2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Presented a paper on: ’I Ly af Finanskrisen? Politiske og Økonomiske Vurderinger af Stabilitet i Sydøst- og Øst-Asien’. 2-3/6 2009: Participated in a seminar on Cultural Intelligence as a Strategical Resource at Klitgården, Skagen, organised by the Department of Language and Culture, Aalborg University, Denmark 31/1-2009 to 24/5-2009: Coordinating and teaching at the core course on International Business and Emerging Markets at the International Business Programme (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 31/1-2008 to 24/5-2008: Coordinating and teaching at the core course on International Business and Emerging Markets at the International Business Programme (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 17/10-2007 to 5/11-2007: Taught business networks and processes of regionalisation and regionalism at the Asia Studies Programme. Course: Asian Economic and Business Practices.

27/9-2007: Gave a seminar at the Asia Research Centre, Department of International Business and Management Studies, Copenhagen Business School. Title: ‘On Developmental

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State Policies in a Multicultural Nation: Managing Industrial Disaggregation and Societal Constraints in Penang, Malaysia’.

11/9-2007: Lectured at DIS, Denmark’s International Study Programme. Title: ‘The Political Economy of Cultural Stereotyping. Understanding West-East Image Making’.

31/1-2007 to 24/5-2007: Coordinating and teaching at the core course on International Business and Emerging Markets at the International Business Programme (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 6/2-2007: Lectured at DIS, Denmark’s International Study Programme. Titel: ‘If the East and the West are mental constructions, what are we then, - us from the East and the West? ‘ 30/11-2006: Lectured at CBS’s Executive MBA programme (GEM). Title: Modes of Assessing Transitional Economies and Emerging Markets’. 17/11-2006: Lectured at DIS, Denmark’s International Study Programme. Title: ‘On Notions of National as well as Transnational Chineseness’. 10/11-2006: Lectured at CBS’s Executive MBA programme (GEM). Title: ‘Globalisation and Asian Business Practices’. 27/10-2006: Lectured at CBS’s Executive MBA programme (GEM) Title: ‘International Business in Emerging Markets’ 4/10-2006: Gave a seminar at the Department of International Business and Management Studies, Copenhagen Business School, on ‘Transnational Chinese Business Practices? On Notions of Chinese-ness in Mainland China and Southeast Asia’.

26-28/9-2006: Lectured on a Applied Business Research Course at the Department of International Business and Management Studies (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

13/10-2006: Lectured at DIS, Denmark’s International Study Programme. Title: ’Chinese Capitalism: Political Ideology or a Parallel Economy to Global Capitalism?’ 8/9-2006: Lectured at DIS, Denmark’s International Study Programme. Title:’ If the East and the West are mental constructions, what are we then, - us from the East and the West? On Orientalism and Occidentalism.

13/8-2006: Co-organiser of the lecture series ‘Globalisation, Emerging Markets and Macro-Economics (GEM)’ at CBS’s Executive MBA programme, Autumn 2006. Gave the introductory lecture to the GEM titled: ‘Multiple complexities in the global business environment’ at Hotel Frederiksdal, Denmark.

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24/4-2006 to 27/4-2006: Guest lecture in a course on applied business research at the International Business Programme (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

7/2-2006 to 31/3- 2006: Course coordinator and teaching on the core course on International Business and Emerging Markets at the International Business Programme (M.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

1/9-2005 to 15/12-2005: Invited guest lecture in courses on Asian Economics and Business Practices and Business Strategies for Asia Pacific. Gave lectures on Asian regionalism and economic collaboration at the International Business Programme (BA. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 30/8-2005 to 25/11-2005: Designed and lectured in a course (elective) on Chinese Entrepreneurship and Societal Embedment in Southeast Asia at the International Business Programme (B.Sc. level), Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

30/11-2005: Gave a seminar on ‘Intra- and Inter-Ethnic Relations and Business Practices among Chinese Entrepreneurs in Penang, Malaysia, at the Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School. 13/6-2005: Gave a seminar together with Can Seng Ooi, Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, at the International China Centre, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Topic: Defining the Economic Room. Towards a Holistic Approach in Ethnic Chinese Business Studies. 17/3-2005: Gave a seminar at the Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School titled: ‘Doing Business the Chinese Way? On Chinese Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia’. 25/1-2005: Acted as external examiner at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen. 18/1-2005: Acted as external examiner at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen. 3/1-2005: Appointed member of external examiners at the University of Copenhagen. 14/11-2003 to 19/11-2003: Invited to a research seminar series at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Xiamen, China. Presented a paper titled: ‘De-linking the Chinese Diaspora. On Chinese Entrepreneurship in Manado, North Sulawesi’. This seminar series constitutes a part of the exchange programme between Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, and the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Xiamen, China.

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27/5-2003: Seminar at the Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong. Title of the seminar: ‘The Inner Workings of decentralisation: Towards Tightening the Unitary State in Indonesia’. 7/3-2003: Lecture at Department of Applied Social Studies. City University of Hong Kong. Course on the state and economic development in East and Southeast Asia. Lectured on: ‘Ethnic Chinese in Indonesia’. 27/11-2002: Lecture at Department of Applied Social Studies. City University of Hong Kong. Course on the state and economic development in East and Southeast Asia. Lectured on: ‘Ethnicity and Citizenship in Contemporary Indonesia’. 20/11-2002: Lecture at Department of Applied Social Studies. City University of Hong Kong. Course on the state and economic development in East and Southeast Asia. Lectured on: ‘Ethnicity as Transnational Capital in East and Southeast Asia’. 5/7-2002: Seminar at Department of Social and Political Science, Universitas Sam Ratulangi, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Presented two years of research in Minahasa, North Sulawesi. 21/5-2002: Seminar at the Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong in collaboration with the Southeast Asia Research Centre. Title of the seminar: ‘To be or what to be – that is the question: On Factionalism and Secession in North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia’. 21/3-2002: Talk at the Board of Planning, Research, and Development, North Sulawesi provincial government. Title of the talk: ‘The Impact of Economic Decentralisation and Regional Autonomy on Provincial Politics in North Sulawesi, Indonesia’. 19/3-2002: Seminar at Department of Social and Political Science, Universitas Sam Ratulangi, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The title of the seminar: ‘Assessing the impact of economic decentralisation and regional autonomy on ethnic and provincial politics in post- Suharto North Sulawesi’. 18/1-2002: Seminar at the Department of Anthropology, Chinese University of Hong Kong. The title of the seminar: ‘Contemporary Identity in Minahasa, Indonesia’. 29/10-2001: Lecture at Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong at a course on the state and economic development in East and Southeast Asia. Title of lectured: ‘Centre-Periphery Relations in Indonesia and China’. 25/4-2001: Seminar at the Centre for Development Research in Copenhagen, Denmark. Presented a working paper titled: ‘Theorising Diaspora? Defining the Minahasa Cosmopolitanism in Terms of a Global-Local Nexus’.

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26/6-2000: Invited to a seminar in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, organised by a variety of NGO, headed by two umbrella organisations called Yayasan Suara Nurani (The Foundation for the Enlightened) and Minahasa Wango (Minahasa the Greatest). Title of presentation: ‘On Ethnic Relation in Provincial Politics in Outer Indonesia’. 23/6-2000: Invited to a seminar organised by Partai Demokrasi Indonesia – Perjuangan or PDI-P, the North Sulawesi branch of the then Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri’s political party. Gave a presentation and answered questions on the relationship between ethnicity and national/provincial politics. 17/6-2000: Talk at the Governors House in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Topic: ‘Globalisation and Ethnicity. On the Politicisation of Ethnic Identitites’. 9/2-2000: Discussion paper presented at a seminar at the Kring der Leidse Urbanisten (KLU) in Leiden, the Netherlands. Title of presentation: ‘On the Question of Identity in Minahasa, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia’.

5/11-1999: Seminar at the Christian University in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Topic: ‘Doing Anthropological Fieldwork in Minahasa with a special emphasis on studies of identity’. 9/4-1999: Participated in a seminar on “Asia: Man, Values and Society” organised by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies in Copenhagen for the Norwegian Department for Emigration (Udlændingedirektoratet). Presented a paper titled: ‘On the Concept of Rights in Post-Suharto Indonesia’.

26/11-1998: Participated in a course workshop on Micro Credit Systems and Small Enterprise Finance organised by the Copenhagen Business School for Carl Bro International and Danida in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank. 24/11-1998: Lecture at the Copenhagen Business School: ‘Indonesia in Transition’. Organised by the Copenhagen Business School for Carl Bro International and Danida in Co-operation with the Asian Development Bank. 23/11-1998: Lecture at the Copenhagen Business School: ‘Indonesia and the New World Order’. Organised by Copenhagen Business School for Carl Bro International and Danida in Co-operation with the Asian Development Bank. 18/2-1998: Participated in a research seminar on Asian Values organised by the Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen. Gave a presentation titled: ‘Universalism, Human Rights and Globalisation’. 29/4-1997: Seminar at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Title of presentation: ‘Regional Identity in a Changing International Society: The Case of the Minahasa, North Sulawesi’.

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23/5-1996: Lecture on Indonesia and Human Rights at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. 25/1-1996: Participated in a research seminar on human rights in the social sciences organised by the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. Gave a paper titled: ‘Human Rights and the New World Order. 26/9-1995: Seminar at The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Title of presentation: ‘Human Rights between Globalisation and Localisation: Towards a Marginalisation of State Sovereignty in Papua New Guinea?’ 4/11-1992: Ph.D. lecture. Title: ‘National Self-Perception and Modern Traditionalism’. Presented at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. 22/4-1992 to 3/6-1992: Course on fieldwork methodology at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. 9/10-1991: Seminar on pre- and postcolonial migrations in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. 25/11-1990 to 30/11-1990: Ph.D. student research seminar on "Institutions, Culture and Change at Local Community Level." Gave a seminar based of my Ph.D. research project. Organiser: International Development Studies at Roskilde University Centre. 1/11-1988: Lecture at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Title of the presentation: ‘On Nation building and Neo-Cultural reaction in Papua New Guinea’. 25/3-1988: Lecture at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Title of presentation: ‘On National Ideologies in Post-Colonial Societies. The Melanesian Way’. 18/9-1987: Seminar at the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Title of presentation: ‘On System-Theories and Ethnographical Enclavism in Modern Anthropological Theory’. 17/9-1987: Lecture in the Danish Society of Ethnography. Title of presentation: ‘Traditional and Modern Political Systems in Papua New Guinea’. 1/9-1986 to 1/12-1986: Course on the ethnography of Oceania. Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. 1/9-1985 to 1/6-1986: Course on anthropological theory. Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. 1/2-1985 to 1/6-1985: Course on Third World state and class theories exemplified with material from Papua New Guinea. Institute for Political Studies. University of Copenhagen.

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1/9-1985 to 1/12-1985: Course on economic and political changes in the Pacific region with special emphasis on Papua New Guinea. Institute of Ethnography and Social Anthropology, Moesgård, University of Århus. Denmark.

Conferences and International Symposiums:

15/10-18/10-2017: Was part of the organizing team behind the 34th Euro-Asia Management Studies Association's (EAMSA) annual conference at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. 19/6-20/6-2017: Participated in the 10th Asia Academy of Management conference in Fukuoka, Japan, on ‘Contextualization: The Role of Context in Theory Building and Exploring New Ideas’. Presented a paper on ‘Making Sense of Context in International Business: Some Theoretical and Methodological Reflections’. 20/4-22/4-2017: Participated in the East Asia Network (EAN) 15th research workshop at the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAO) Madrid. Title: ‘The Korean Peninsula at the Crossroads’ and ‘Contemporary East Asian Uses of the European Past’. Participated furthermore as a board member in the EAN business meeting after the workshop. 26/5-28/5-2016: Participated in the East Asia Network (EAN) 10th anniversary research workshop at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Title: ‘New Silk Road in the Context of East Asian Relations and Wider International Implication’. Participated furthermore as a board member in the EAN business meeting after the workshop. 1/12-3/12-2015: Participated in the annual EIBA conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Presented a poster titled, ‘Culture as Process. Navigating Cross-Cultural Business Landscapes’. Together with Verner Worm, also at ARC/CBS, presented a paper titled, ‘Culture Studies in the Field of International Business Research: A Tale of two Paradigms.’ 12/11-2015: Co-organised together with colleagues from the Dept. of International Business Communication, the Dept. of Intercultural Communication and Management, and the Dept. of International Economics and Management from CBS an international conference titled, ‘Meeting Across Mindsets: Navigating Context of Culture and Language as a key to International Business Success’ held at CBS. 28/11- 2013: Organised an international workshop on ‘(Re)-Conceptualising Context in Organizational and Business Research’ at Copenhagen Business School. Key note speaker, Richard Scott, Stanford University, USA. Title of presentation, ‘Institutions as Context’.

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17/10-2013 to 18/10-2013: Participated in the 8th East Asia Net Research Workshop. It was hosted by the Moulin Lyon 3 University. Title of workshop: Future Cities and Space Reconfiguration in East Asia: Practices and Representations, Risk and Opportunities. 30/8-2013 to 31/8-2013: Organised an international workshop titled, ‘Exploring Key External Factors Affecting State Performance in Contemporary Southeast Asia’. Gave a paper on ‘Identifying Key Factors Affecting State Performance in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia: An Explorative Study. 16/11-2011: Participated in the Symposium, ‘Japan Today: Challenges and Responses to Globalisation. It was co-organised by Prof. Anthony D’Costa, ARC, and Prof. Toshiya Ozaki, Rikkyo University and currently visiting professor at ARC. Acted as moderator in the second half of the symposium. 15/9-2011 to 17/9-2011: Participated in the 8th East Asia Net Research Workshop. It was hosted by the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna. I was the discussant in the section ‘Western Theory Meets East Asian Reality: Relevance and Applicability’.

6/10-2010 to 7/10-2010: Paper for the 4th East Asian Net Research Workshop at Charles University, Prague. 6-7 October, 2010. Title of paper: Interdependency versus Notions of Decoupling in a Globalising World: Assessing the Impact of Global Economics on Industrial Developments and Inter-Ethnic Relations in Penang, Malaysia 30/9-2010 to 1/10-2010: Organised an international workshop together with Chin Yee Whah, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Title of workshop, ’Global Economics and the SME Business environment in East and Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Constraints’, at ARC/CBS during the period 30 Sep. to 1 Oct. 2010. Title of paper: ‘SMEs at a Cross-Road: Choosing Between Economic Decoupling and Global Strategies’. 16/3-2010 to18/3-2010: Paper prepared for The 7th International Malaysian Studies Conference, ‘Critical Transitions: Repositioning the State, Market and Society’. Universiti Sains Malaysia 16-18 March 2010. Title of paper: ‘Triangulating Global Economics, Inter-Ethnic Relations and Industrial Development in Penang, Malaysia.’

3/12 to 4/12-2009: ARC/CBS conference on ‘Globalisation and Economic Nationalism in Asia’. Was chair and discussant in a panel on ‘Practicing economic nationalism within industry, trade and finance’. 18/11 to 20/11-2009: Participated in a conference on ‘Emerging Asia’s Adjustment to the Global Financial Crisis’ in Barcelona, Spain. Presented a paper titled: ‘Triangulating Economic decoupling in Southeast Asia: Global Economic Contraction, Inter-Ethnic Relations and Economic Development in Penang, Malaysia 6/11-2009 to 7/11-2009: Organised and participated in the 4th East Asia Net Research Workshop titled: 'Globalization: Any Possibility of Economic and Political Decoupling in

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East Asia'. Presented a paper titled: ‘Economic Decoupling as a Response to Inter-Ethnic Stalemates. On the Impact of Ethnicity on Economic Performance’. 22/4-2009 to 25/4-2009: Participated in 3rd East Asia Net Research Workshop. Presented a paper titled: ‘Frozen Identities. Inter-Ethnic Relations and Economic Development in Penang, Malaysia’.

20/2 to 21/2-2009: AMC Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration. Stanford University, USA. Presented a paper co-authored with Liv Engholm Felt, ‘Preparing for a Global Encounter: From Internationalisation en route towards Globalisation’. 27/11 to 30/11-2008: Participated in 2nd East Asia Net Research Workshop in Venice, Italy. 28/4 to 31/4-2008: Participated in the international conference, 8th ASEAN Inter-University Conference on Social Development titled: ‘ASEAN as a Community: Solidarity in a Globalising World’. Organised by the University of the Philippines. Gave a paper titled: ‘Deconstructing Culturalist Notions of Ethnic Chinese Business Practices: A case Study from Penang, Malaysia’. 5/8 to 6/8-2007: Participated in the international conference, "Implications of a Transforming China: Domestic, Regional and Global Impacts". Initiated by the research network, China in the World, the World in China (ChinaWorld), and organised by the Institute of China Studies University of Malaya. Gave a paper titled: ‘The Political Economy of Cultural Stereotyping. From Hoffstede towards a Hermeneutic Understanding of Contemporary Identity Making in East and Southeast Asia’

19/3-2007: Participated in the international conference, ‘Made in China vs. Made by Chinese: Global Identities of Chinese Business’ Initiated by the research network, China in the World, the World in China (ChinaWorld), and organised by the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Durham University, and Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School. Gave a presentation titled: ‘Navigating between Disaggregating Nation States and Entrenching Processes of Globalisation. Reconceptualising the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia’. 19/7-2006 to 21/7-2006: Participated in the 7th ASEAN Inter-Universities Conference on ‘Human Welfare, Peace and Sustainable Development’ at Vietnam National University in Hanoi. Presented a paper titled ‘Beyond Chinese Capitalism: Re-conceptualising Notions of Chinese-ness in a Southeast Asian Business cum Societal Context’. 10/3-2006 to 11/3-2006: Organised together with Can Seng Ooi from the Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, an international workshop called ‘China in the World, the World in China’. It was held at the Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School. Presented a paper titled: ‘Contesting Chinese Capitalism. Re-conceptualising Chinese-ness in a Southeast Asian Context’.

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24/9-2004 to 25/9-2004: Invited as speaker to an international conference on ‘China and Southeast Asia. Challenges, Opportunities and the Re-Construction of Southeast Asian Chinese Capital’ at the Research School of Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University, China. Presented a paper titled: ‘Decentred Diaspora or Grounded Cosmopolitanism? On Negotiated Identities and International Linkages in Southeast Asia’. Was also co-author to another paper presented at the conference: ‘Oscillating Between Economic Opportunities and Contextual Constrains: Assessing the Positioning of Southeast Asian ethnic ‘Chinese’ Entrepreneurs in Relation to China’. The other authors were Vivienne Wee and Tiong Chong Wong. 10/5-2004 to 14/5-2004: Co-organiser of the Fifth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO V) held in Elsinore at LO Skolen. Presented a paper titled: ‘Diasporic Linking and De-Linking in Southeast Asia: Comparative Studies of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Indonesia and Malaysia’. 24/3-2004 to 25/3-2004: Invited as speaker to an international conference on ‘China and Southeast Asia. Challenges, Opportunities and the Re-Construction of Southeast Asian Chinese Capital’ at the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Presented a paper titled: ‘Assessing the Impact of Mainland China On Ethnic Chinese Entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia: Oscillating between Economic Opportunities and Cultural Strategies’. 27/11-2003 to 29/11-2003: Invited as speaker to an international conference on ‘Ethnicity in Multicultural Asia: Theory and Findings’ at City University of Hong Kong. Presented a paper titled: ‘Islam and Processes of Minorisation among Ethnic Chinese in Indonesia: Oscillating between Faith and Political Economic Expediency’. 19/8-2003 to 22/8-2003: Participated in the 3rd International Convention of Asia Scholars in Singapore. Did not present a paper but did some important networking in relation to ethnic Chinese migration patterns from the 15th century and up until today. I furthermore made contacts to people working in Johor Baru, Malaysia, for an up-coming preliminary fieldtrip there. 15/8-2003 to 16/8-2003: Participated in an international conference on “Globalisation, Conflict and Political Regimes in East and Southeast Asia” Held in Perth, Australia. It was organised by Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, and the Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong. Presented a paper titled: ‘Disentangling the Indonesian State and Nation: On Emerging Social and Political Fault-Lines in Outer Indonesia’.

16/7-2002 to 19/7-2002: Participated in an international Symposium at the Udayana University, Denpassar, Bali: Rebuilding Indonesia, a Nation of ‘Unity in Diversity’: Towards a Multicultural Society”. Presented a paper titled: ‘Deconstructing ‘Taman Maxi’: From Multiculturalism towards a Balkanisation of Indonesia’.

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15/4-2002 to 16/4-2002: Participated in an international symposium at the City University of Hong Kong called” “Electronic Media, Markets and Civil Society in East and Southeast Asia” organised by Garry Rodan. Was discussant on two papers by David Hill and Krishna Sen on electronic media and the Internet in contemporary Indonesia. 17/1-2002 to18/1-2002: Participated in an international symposium at the City University of Hong Kong called: “Running on Empty? Politics, Markets and Southeast Asian Regionalism”, organised by Kanishka Jayasuriya. Chaired a session called: Region in Crisis or Crisis of Regionalism. 15/10-2001 to 16/10-2001: Participated in an international symposium at the City University of Hong Kong called: “Political Fault-lines in Southeast Asia. Movements for Ethnic Autonomy in National-state Structures”, organised by Vivienne Wee. Presented a paper titled: ‘Nation-making and the Politicisation of Ethnicity in Post-Suharto Indonesia’. 6/9-2001 to 8/9-2001: Participated in an international conference at SOAS in London called "3rd EUROSEAS Conference". Presented a paper titled: ‘On the Internationalisation of Local Identities: The Role of the Minahasa Diaspora in Post-Suharto Indonesia’. 31/8-2001 to 1/9-2001: Organised together with Timo Kivimäki from the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies an international workshop called: "Governance, Identity, and Conflict. Assessing the Impact of Democratisation, Decentralisation and Regional Autonomy of Stability in Post-Suharto Indonesia". The workshop was supported by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, the Danish International Development Agency (Danida), and the Finnish Embassy. 18/5-2000 to 20/5 2000: Participated in an international conference on: “Globalisation and Democratic Development in Asia”. It was jointly organised by the Department of Political Science and the Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden. Presented a paper titled: ‘Appropriating the Global within the Local. On Identity Formation among the Minahasa in Contemporary Indonesia’. 13/12-1999 to 16/12-1999: Participated in an international workshop on: “Nationalism and Particularism in Contemporary Southeast Asia”. It was organised by Kees van Dijk, and was held at the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV) in Leiden, The Netherlands. Presented a paper titled: ‘Indonesia Reconsidered. Scenarios from a Restructuring Society’. 29/10-1998 to 30/10-1998: Participated in the international conference on: “The Economic crisis is East Asia and the impact on the local populations”. Organised by the Department of Social Sciences, University of Roskilde and the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.

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15/5-1997 to 16/5-1997: Organised together with Ole Bruun from the Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, an international workshop on Human Rights and Asian Values in Copenhagen. The workshop was supported by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, and the Danish Centre for Human Rights. 13/12-1996 to 15/12-1996: Participated in the Third European Colloquium on Pacific Studies at the National Museum of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Gave a paper titled: ‘Human Rights and Cultural Specificity in Papua New Guinea’. 25/9-1996: Participated in an international research forum at Roskilde University Center. Topic: "Universalism and Relativism within Human Rights, especially in relation to international development work”. It was organised by the Dept. of International Development Studies, Roskilde University Center. 1/9-1995 to 3/9-1995: Participated in a conference on political culture in Southeast Asia. Organised by the Nordic Association for Southeast Asian Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden. Was discussant on a paper by Niels Mulder titled “Southeast Asian Transformations of the Western Ideas of Democracy and Human Rights.” 18/8-1993 to 21/8-1993: Participated in the Nordic Conference on Social Movements in the Third World. Organised by the Department of Sociology, University of Lund, Sweden. Gave a paper titled: ‘Structural Adjustment and the Question of Democracy’. 17/12-1992 to 19/12-1992: Participated in the First European Colloquium on Pacific Studies at the Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Gave a paper titled: ‘National Cultures and Local Identities - Cultural Persistency in the Face of Modernity’. 18/10-1991 to 19/10-1991: Participated in an international workshop on Global Anthropology of Oceania at the Department of Anthropology, University of Lund, Sweden. Presented a paper titled: ‘Pre- and Post-colonial Migration among the Dom People of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea’. 27/3-1991 to 30/3-1991: Participated in the Twentieth Annual Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. The conference was held in Victoria, British Colombia, Canada. Presented a paper titled: ‘Vanishing Nations and the Infiltration of Nationalism: The Case of Papua New Guinea’. 1/2-1991: Co-founder of the Scandinavian Association for Pacific Research. 1/8-1984: Participated in the XI Nordic Symposium for Ethnologists in Oslo, Norway. Presented a paper titled: ‘Politician and Big-man? Traditions in Papua New Guinea's Parliamentary Political System’.

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International research experience:

1/8-2012: Initiated and finalised a Memorandum of Agreement on Student Exchange (MoA) between Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Copenhagen Business School together with a colleague from USM, Dr. Chin Yee Whah. The MoA was accepted by both institutions on 20/02-2013 and have been signed by the president for CBS, Per Holten-Andersen, and the Vice-Chancellor for USM, Prof. Omar Osman. 11/1-2006 to 12/1-2006: Visited Dept. of Culture, Organisation and Management at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to set up an international workshop on Chinese Business Practices. Are to be sponsored by an ASEF funding and held at Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, in June 2007. 1/11-2005 and onwards: Main initiator and organiser of the international research network, ‘China in the World, the World in China (ChinaWorld)’. Covers 25 research institutions and universities from Asia, the US, Canada, England and Europe. Web site: http://chinaworld.cbs.dk/menu/home.asp 26/9-2001 to 31/11-2003: Worked as a Research Fellow at the Southeast Asia Research Centre at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 1/8-1999 to 31/7-2000: Worked as a Nordic-Netherlands Research Fellow at the International institute for Asian Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands. 1/9-1997 to 26/9-1997: Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands. Purpose: Collecting further historical and archaeological information on the Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. 1/4-1996 to 30/4-1996: Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands. Purpose: Collecting information on the Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. 1/4-1995 to 1/7-1995: Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Lectured on: The Politics of Human Rights: Narratives on National Integrity and Cultural Revival in Papua New Guinea. 25/9-1994 to 30/11-1994: Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Lectured on: Human Rights and Cultural Specificity: The case of Papua New Guinea.

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1/5-1990 to 1/6-1990: Visiting Researcher at the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Had informal discussions with colleagues during a break in fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. 1/4-1989 to 1/6-89: Visiting Researcher at the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Lectured on cultural persistency and nation building in Papua New Guinea. 1/3-1989 to 1/4-1989: Visiting Researcher at the University of Papua New Guinea. Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. Lectured on cultural persistency and nation building in Papua New Guinea.

As Consultant: 18/9-2001: Acted as consultant on questions concerning the political and economical situation in Indonesia at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida). 18/1-2001: Acted as a resource person for the Danish Refugee Council concerning the establishment of refugee camps in North Maluku, Indonesia. 23/11-2000: Acted as a resource person to the Danish Refugee Council on the social and political situation in especially the eastern part of Indonesia. 17/10-2000: Acted as consultant on questions concerning the political and economical situation in Indonesia at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida). 8/4-1999: Acted as consultant on questions concerning the political and economical situation in Indonesia at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida). 26/3-1999: Updated a bibliography on Indonesia for at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida). 20/6-1998: Acted as an advisor on social and political problems in Southeast Asia for one of the major Danish banks (G&B Bank). 13/11-1996: Acted as consultant on questions concerning the social and cultural situation in Papua New Guinea at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida).

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12/11-1991: Acted as consultant on questions concerning the political and economical situation in Fiji at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida). 11/11-1991: Acted as consultant on questions concerning the political and economical situation in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida). 5/11-1991: Acted as consultant on questions concerning the social and cultural situation in Papua New Guinea and Fiji at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida). 22/8-1991: Acted as consultant on questions concerning the political and economical situation in Papua New Guinea at the training centre of the Danish International Development Agency (Danida).

Miscellaneous:

1-5/10-2007: Organised a series of seminars for Sanjay Peters, Department of Economics, ESADE Business School. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. His five seminars revolved around business relations between Indian and China. Prof. Peters is a member of the international research network ChinaWorld. Further information in this connection can be found on http://chinaworld.cbs.dk/menu/home.asp 1/3-2005 onwards: Supervises and graduate students at B.Sc. and M.Sc. level from the Department of International Economics and Management Studies at the Copenhagen Business School. Have furthermore supervised Nordic Ph.D. students while working at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Have acted as an external supervisor for students (master level)from the Dept. of International Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark. Was been appointed an external examiner at the Dept. of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen, on 18 and 25 January 2005. 24/10-2004 to 10/11-2004: Organised a series of lectures for Terence Gomez, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He was to give lectures at 12 different universities and research institutions in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Furthermore, he also introduced his new China centre in Malaysia. The purpose was to initiate research collaboration with the Scandinavian countries and especially with the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS). 5/3-2003 to 6/3-2003: Organised a meeting in Hong Kong between representatives from Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, and Universitas Sam Ratulangi, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Purpose: to initiate an exchange system of student and staff between the involved research institution and universities. The meeting took place at City University of Hong Kong.

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16/5-2001: Organised together with Timo Kivimäki from the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies a seminar with Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, director for Center for Social and Cultural Studies, Indonesian Institute of Science. His topic: ‘Geographic Mobility and the Emergence of Ethnic Politics’. 13/4-1999 to 15/4-1999: Organised a series of lectures for Stephanie Lawson, University of East Anglia, at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies in Copenhagen, Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies in Lund, Sweden, and at the Danish Centre for Human Rights, also in Copenhagen. Stephanie Lawson gave three lectures: “Culture, Democracy and International Politics”, “Confucianism and the Politics of Culture in Singapore”, and “Cultural Rights, Cultural Wrongs: Perspectives from Southeast Asia” respectively.

General (radio and television):

Have been invited by various Danish radio and TV stations to comment on political developments in Indonesia during the period January 1998 to May 1998, in November 1998 and again in May 1999. Was furthermore invited, while working at the International Institute of Asian Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands, in September 1999 to participate in a Danish Radio’s special news feature called “Orientering” together with the then Danish ambassador to Indonesia, Michael Stenberg, and journalist Jørgen Sigumfelt. It was an hour-long telephone interview on current affairs in Indonesia. Have since then been interviewed several times by the Danish Radio to comment on current Indonesian political developments. On several occasions during 2000 and 2001 I was invited by the Danish Radio’s special news programme (the one mentioned above) to participate in hour-long panel discussions together with Jørgen Sigumfelt and Flemming Ytzen on current social and political issues in Indonesia and Southeast Asia in general. While working in Hong Kong I was invited by the TV station ‘Star News Asia’ on 3 May 2002, 2 July 2002, 11 September 2002, 4 July 2003 and on 19 September 2003 to comment live on the current political situation in Indonesia and in Southeast Asia in general. Was furthermore interviewed by the Singapore based international TV station ‘CNBC Asia Pacific’s’ office in Hong Kong to comment live on the court case against the Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Ba’shir in relation to his potential connections to the terror network Jemaah Islamiyah and on terrorism in Southeast Asia in general. After returned from Hong Kong in December 2003 my contacts with Danish TV and radio stations have been renewed. In December 2003 I was interviewed by Jørgen Sigumfelt about ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia and how they relate to Mainland China conceived of as a rising economic superpower, and on 9 September 2004 I was interviewed by the Danish TV station DR2 for their programme ‘After Deadline’. The topic was on the consequences of the Jakarta bombing on 8 September 2004 and on terrorism in general in Southeast Asia. Was interviewed by the Danish TV station DR1 and by several newspapers in relation to the Tsunami catastrophe in East and Southeast Asia in January 2005 and again on October 12. 2006 about ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia. Were interviewed on 4. September and 7. December 2007 as well as on 24 January

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2008 by Jørgen Sigumfelt for the Danish Radio concerning various political and economic developments in Malaysia.

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