Alice Ekman is Research Fellow at the Center for Asian Studies of the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri), where she analyzes China’s domestic and foreign policy. She is also an associate professor at Sciences Po Paris.

Dr. Ekman was formerly Consultant in a Paris-based strategy firm, visiting Scholar at Tsinghua University (Beijing) and Taiwan National Normal University (Taipei). Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, she regularly undertakes research fieldwork in China and East Asia. She is a member of the EU committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). She holds a PhD from Sciences Po Paris and an MA from the LSE (International Relations).