Dr. Elke Spielmanns-Rome

Independent Expert and Reviewer for Internationalisation & Quality Assurance

Dr. Spielmanns-Rome studied Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Translation Studies and CApplied Linguistics at universities in Frankfurt, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Taipei. She has many years of professional experience in both the university and non-university sectors, as well as in various cultural areas, and has established an extensive international network of expertise. From 1980 to 1984, she worked for international tourism companies. From 1988 to 1996, she worked at the University of Bonn. During this period, she managed the editorial office of a sinological journal and a linguistic research project at the Seminar for Oriental Languages. She then worked for various media companies, focusing on analysing and optimising communication and production processes, as well as quality management.

Since 2004, Dr. Spielmanns-Rome has worked as a freelance academic consultant, reviewer and trainer in the international higher education and research sector. Her work focuses on intercultural training and workshops to strengthen China competences at German universities, as well as the evaluation of international scientific exchange and university programmes.

Since 2013, she has regularly conducted intercultural trainings. Since 2023, she has been a lecturer at the Center for Cultural Studies on Science and Technology in China (CCST) at TU Berlin. Since February 2024, she has been one of the China experts at the China Competence Training Centre (CCTC) at HU Berlin.

Education
  • PhD studies in Sinology, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University Bonn (2010-2014)
  • Studies of Chinese Language, Mandarin Training Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan (1987)
  • Studies in Translation Studies (Chinese, Japanese) and Communication Research, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University Bonn (1984-1991)
  • Studies in East Asian Philology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt (1983-1984)
Professional experience
  • Independent Expert and Reviewer for Internationalisation & Quality Assurance, iQ! Bonn (since 2007)
  • Academic consultant with focus on China, China Access (since 2004)
  • Quality assurance/proofreading/production for various media companies (1996-2004)
    • Staff position Organization in the Division Management Editing/Product Development, Responsibilities: quality assurance and optimisation of communication and production processes, Stollfuss Verlag, Bonn (1999-2004)
    • Editor, Stollfuss Verlag, Bonn (1998)
    • Productioner, Dr. Otto Schmidt Verlag, Cologne(1997)
    • Editor, Akademie Verlag, Sankt Augustin (1996)
  • Head of linguistic research project/editing of multilingual specialist publications, University of Bonn (1988-1996)
    • Editor of the journals "minima sinica" and "Orientierungen" at the Department of Sinology, University of Bonn (1993-1996)
    • Head of a research project on the computer-aided compilation of a Chinese-German dictionary at the Seminar for Oriental Languages, University of Bonn (1991-1993)
    • Editor of multilingual publications at the Seminar for Oriental Languages, University of Bonn (1988-1991)
Further education, qualifications
  • The MODERATIOnsMETHOD® - leading groups in a structured and goal-oriented way, MODERATIO, Beilngries (2019)
  • Impact Analysis of Internationalisation Measures, iDA - International DAAD Academy, Bonn (2018)
  • Master Class on Modelling, Simulation and Analysis of Critical Infrastructures (CI), Fraunhofer IAIS, St. Augustin (2016)
  • Qualitative Content Analysis, advanced training seminar with Prof. Dr. Philipp Mayring in the context of the 18th Annual Conference of DeGEval - Gesellschaft für Evaluation e.V., Speyer (2015)
  • Measuring internationality through rankings and benchmarking projects, iDA - Internationale DAAD-Akademie, Bonn (2015)
  • Sino-German Conference on Intercultural Communication, Humboldt University, Berlin (2010)
  • Regional Competence China, iDA - International DAAD Academy, Bonn (2010)
  • Forum for German-Chinese Educational Cooperation, German-Chinese Educational Forum, Hamburg (2009)
  • Fraunhofer Knowledge Management Forum, Fraunhofer IZB, Sankt Augustin (2006)
  • Workflow via Intranet and Extranet, IIR Deutschland GmbH, Munich (2000)
  • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge, England (1980)
Memberships
  • Evaluator/Reviewer Pool of the German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn (since 2010)
  • European Association for Chinese Studies (since 2010)
  • German Society for Evaluation (2015-2018)
  • Network for Science Management (2015-2018)
  • Bonn Society for China Studies (2004-2016), board member (2006, 2009-2015)
  • German Society for Computational Linguistic 1988-1999)
  • Chinese Studies Association (1988-1999, 2010-2017)
Publications (selection)

Further scientific publications are listed on researchgate.net.