Frans-Paul van der Putten

Dr Frans-Paul van der Putten is a Netherlands-based independent researcher and consultant on China and geopolitics. He is also an associate at the Clingendael Institute. Frans-Paul studied history at Leiden University, where he obtained his PhD in 2001 with a dissertation on the China strategies of Dutch companies in the first half of the twentieth century. He worked for five years as a researcher on corporate social responsibility at Nyenrode Business University, for fifteen years as a China researcher at Clingendael, and is the former chief editor of Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions. At the Clingendael Institute, Frans-Paul co-founded and acted as the coordinator of the China Center (2019-2022) and as the coordinating editor of Silk Road Headlines (2015-2022).