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Mag. Dr. Alfred Gerstl, Privatdoz. MIR

alfred.gerstl@univie.ac.at

Consultation hours: Before or after class

Alfred Gerstl is an Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Palacky University in Olomouc (Czech Republic). Being an International Relations specialist, his research focuses on the Indo-Pacific, notably Southeast Asia (habilitation in 2018). He is head of two EU-funded research projects, namely „The EU in the volatile Indo-Pacific region“ (EUVIP, 2023-2025) and „European-Southeast Asian relations: their current state and future prospect" (EUSEAR, 2024-2026). Before, he was Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow and senior researcher in the EU project „Sinophone Borderlands – Interactions at the Edges” (2018–2022) (all at Palacky University).

Furthermore, he is president of the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and senior advisor at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES). In 2018/19, he was Associate Professor at Novosibirsk State University (NSU) and at the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg (both in Russia).

From 2013 until 2018, Alfred Gerstl worked as Postdoc Researcher at the Department of East Asian Studies/East Asian Economy and Society (EcoS) at the University of Vienna. He is currently lecturer at EcoS, at the Department of Development Studies (also at University of Vienna), the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, the Department for Legal Studies and International Relations at Danube University Krems, and at Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt.

Summer term 2025

150055 VU Current Developments in the Indo-Pacific: Focus on Northeast and Southeast Asia

240064 SE VM1 / VM5 - (Disputed) places of national memories and commemorative cultures in East Asia - their significance for regional politics and geopolitics

Winter term 2024

150055 VU International Relations in East Asia

150122 VU Strategic Gaming: The South China Sea Dispute

Summer term 2024

150135 VU Strategic Gaming: The South China Sea Dispute

150136 UE Exercise Course on Political Systems in East Asia

150138 SE Political Systems in East Asia

Gerstl, A. (2023). China’s in its immediate Neighborhood: A benevolent power or a hegemon? In K. Kironska, & R. Q. Turcsanyi (Eds.), Contemporary China – a new superpower? (pp. 205-217). Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Gerstl, A. (2023). Malaysia, the Philippines, and China: The Belt and Road Initiative as a Failed Driver for Constructive Relations. In J. Kraska, & H. Yang (Eds.), Peaceful Management of Maritime Disputes (pp. 219-236). Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Gerstl, A., & Mandl, M. (2023). Austria: Strong Economic Relations with Scope for Deeper Ties. In M. Simalcik, A. Gerstl, & R. Dominika (Eds.), Beyond the Dumpling Alliance: Tracking Taiwan’s Relations with Central and Eastern Europe CEIAS. https://ceias.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CEEtaiwan_paper_final_PRINT.pdf

Gerstl, A. (2022). Hedging in Southeast Asia: ASEAN, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam and their Relations with China . Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Mandl, M., Gerstl, A., Denney, S., Khomenko, O., & Rasya Joenoes, O. (2022). East Asian Reactions to Russia’s War in Ukraine: Governmental and Civil Society Responses. Web publication, CEIAS. https://ceias.eu/east-asian-reactions-to-russias-war-in-ukraine-governmental-and-civil-society-responses/

Mandl, M., & Gerstl, A. (2022). Austria: China, just one partner among many: China-Europe Academic Engagement Tracker. Web publication, CEIAS. https://academytracker.ceias.eu/articles/1EfzWtGo2OTvNaOTauu115

Gerstl, A. (2022). The Impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative and the South China Sea Dispute on the Hedging Strategies of the Philippines and Vietnam Towards China. In I. C. O. A. S. (Ed.), The Twelfth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 12) (Vol. 1, pp. 191-198). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048557820/ICAS.2022.023

Gerstl, A. (2021). The Gradual Softening of the Philippines’ Hedging Strategy towards China under President Duterte. Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology, 20(1), 46-56. https://doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2021-20-1-46-56

Gerstl, A., & Wallenböck, U. (2021). China's Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Eastern Europe . Routledge, Taylor & Francis.

Gerstl, A. (2021). Making analytic sense of the Belt and Road Initiative: a plea for multi- and trans-disciplinary approaches and eclecticism. In China's Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central Eastern Europe (pp. 1-20)

Gerstl, A. (2020). Malaysia’s Hedging Strategy Towards China Under Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020): Direct Engagement, Limited Balancing, and Limited Bandwagoning. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 49(1), 106-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1868102620964219

Gerstl, A. (2020). Governance along the New Silk Roads in Southeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe: A Comparison of ASEAN and 16(17)+1. JEBAT: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics & Strategic Studies, 47(1), 121-149.

Gerstl, A., & Pankratz, T. (Ed.) (2019). Einführung in die Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen: Eine Einführung. Schriftenreihe der Landesverteidigungsakademie Vol. 18/2019

Gerstl, A. (2018). China’s New Silk Roads. Categorizing and Grouping the World: Beijing’s 16+1+X European Formula. Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies, 10, 31-58.

Gerstl, A. (2018). Südchinesisches Meer, `neue Seidenstraßen´ und Terrorismus. Aktuelle Konflikte in Südostasien im Kontext der internationalen Geopolitik. In K. Husa, R. Korff, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Südostasien : Gesellschaften, Räume und Entwicklung vom 19. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert (pp. 33-54). nap new academic press.

Gerstl, A. (2018). Theorien der Internationalen Beziehungen in China und Südostasien. In Neue Ansätze der Sicherheitsstudien: Entwicklungen in Lehre und Forschung (Vol. 5, pp. 39-52). Schriftenreihe der Landesverteidigungsakademie.

Gerstl, A., & Strasakova, M. (2017). Conclusion. In A. Gerstl, & M. Strasakova (Eds.), Unresolved Border, Land and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia: Bi- and Multilateral Conflict Resolution Approaches and ASEAN´s Centrality (pp. 307-312). Brill.

Gerstl, A., & Strasakova, M. (2017). Introduction. In A. Gerstl, & M. Strasakova (Eds.), Unresolved Border, Land and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia : Bi- and Multilateral Conflict Resolution Approaches and ASEAN´s Centrality (pp. 1-20). Brill.

Gerstl, A. (2017). The South China Sea Dispute: A Shift to a More Proactive Role in ASEAN´s Discourse and Policies since 2012? In A. Gerstl, & M. Strasakova (Eds.), Unresolved Border, Land and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia: Bi- and Multilateral Conflict Resolution Approaches and ASEAN´s Centrality (pp. 183-230). Brill.

Gerstl, A., & Strasakova, M. (Eds.) (2017). Unresolved Border, Land and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia: Bi- and Multilateral Conflict Resolution Approaches and ASEAN´s Centrality. Brill. Studies on East Asian Security and International Relations Vol. 4