Sebastian Heilmann

Sebastian Heilmann (born 1965 in Offenbach am Main, Germany) is a German political scientist and sinologist.

In 1993, he was awarded his PhD from the Faculty of Law and Economics at the Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.

In 1999, he completed his second thesis (“habilitation”) on “The Politics of Economic Reform in China and Russia” at the University of Muenster, Germany.

His research there focused on distinctive patterns of the Chinese policy process and China's economic governance in particular.

[citation needed] As principal investigator from 2010 to 2013, Heilmann headed the project group “China’s industrial and technology policies” within the national research network on “Governance in China” sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.