Profile

iQ! Bonn is an owner-managed private consultancy in the international higher education and science sector. The owner is the sinologist and communication expert Dr. Elke Spielmanns-Rome.

Our focus is on individual, practice- and results-oriented consulting for universities, science organisations and scientists.

iQ! Bonn offers, among other things:

• Evaluations of international scientific exchange and university programmes
• Practice-oriented workshops for German and international students and researchers
• Introduction to German, Chinese and Japanese (scientific) culture and intercultural communication
• Workshops on intercultural sensitisation and diversity management
• Workshops on strengthening China competence in Germany

Independent Expert and Reviewer for Internationalisation & Quality Assurance

Dr. Elke Spielmanns-Rome, Sinologist and communication expert, has many years of professional experience in the university and non-university sector, professional experience in different cultural areas as well as an extensive international competence network.

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)
• Various positions in international tourism/travel companies
  • Reservation clerk, Air Canada, Frankfurt/Main (1981-1984)
  • Passenger clerk, Frankfurt/Main Airport AG (1981)
  • Service employee, Strathhallan Hotel, Birmingham, England (1980)