{"id":1248,"date":"2026-06-19T12:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/?page_id=1248"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:54:49","slug":"lea-wolfel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/en\/lea-wolfel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lea W\u00f6lfel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Doctoral Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supervisor\/advisor: Prof. Dr. Marco B\u00fcnte, Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:lea.woelfel@fau.de\">lea.woelfel@fau.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:85% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Lea-Wolfel.jpg\" alt=\"A headshot of a young woman, smiling.\" class=\"wp-image-1249 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Lea-Wolfel.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/files\/2026\/06\/Lea-Wolfel-292x300.jpg 292w\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Short Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lea W\u00f6lfel is a member of the Doctoral Programme of the Cluster of Excellence \u201cTransforming Human Rights\u201d and a PhD candidate at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg\u2019s Institute of Political Science, where she has been affiliated with the Chair of Politics and Society in Asia since March 2026. She studied Political Science at the University of Regensburg and Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg, completing her Bachelor\u2019s degree in 2023 and her Master\u2019s degree in 2025. Her research interests lie at the intersection of the megatrends of autocratization and digital transformation, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapsibles \"><div class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" data-href=\"#research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights-section\" id=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" data-media-accordion-image-id=\"0\" data-media-accordion-image-url=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-alt=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-caption=\"\">Research Project at Transforming Human Rights<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\" role=\"region\" name=\"research-project-at-transforming-human-rights\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her research focuses on the development and diffusion of digital-authoritarian practices in Southeast Asia. Centered on multidimensional linkages with the People\u2019s Republic of China, the PhD project investigates how political, economic, technological, and societal ties with an authoritarian great power may act as transnational drivers of digital authoritarianism. By examining the international dimensions of autocratization and the development of digital-authoritarian practices, the research is situated at the intersection of international relations, comparative politics and human rights.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"awards-or-notable-achievements\" data-href=\"#awards-or-notable-achievements\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"awards-or-notable-achievements-section\" id=\"awards-or-notable-achievements\" data-media-accordion-image-id=\"0\" data-media-accordion-image-url=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-alt=\"\" data-media-accordion-image-caption=\"\">Awards or Notable Achievements<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"awards-or-notable-achievements-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"awards-or-notable-achievements\" role=\"region\" name=\"awards-or-notable-achievements\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lea W\u00f6lfel\u2019s Master\u2019s thesis, which examined external factors of autocratization, was recognized with the Institute of Political Science\u2019s Graduate Thesis Award.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctoral Researcher Supervisor\/advisor: Prof. Dr. Marco B\u00fcnte, Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber Contact: lea.woelfel@fau.de Short Bio Lea W\u00f6lfel is a member of the Doctoral Programme of the Cluster of Excellence \u201cTransforming Human Rights\u201d and a PhD candidate at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg\u2019s Institute of Political Science, where she has been affiliated with the Chair of Politics and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5933,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_rrze_cache":"enabled","_access_permission":"","_rrze_multilang_single_locale":"en_US","_rrze_multilang_single_source":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/?page_id=1248","_faue_teaser_image_id":0,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"page_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"faue_teaser_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5933"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1477,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"page_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transforming-human-rights.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_tag?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}