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)
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)
- Internationale Berufsperspektiven planen. Interkulturelle Erfahrung als berufliche Ressource (Planning International Career Perspectives. Intercultural experience as a professional resource). Trainer manual, K. Petereit, E. Spielmanns-Rome, L. Darowska, ebook (2010)
- "Sprecht Deutsch mit uns. Ausländische Studierende in englischsprachigen Studiengängen wollen mehr Deutsch lernen" (Speak German with us. Foreign students in English-language [in Germany] degree programmes want to learn more German), K. Petereit, E. Spielmanns-Rome, in Forschung & Lehre No. 3/2010
Further, scientific publications are listed on academia.edu and researchgate.net.