Marina Rudyak is a founding member, contributor and co-managing director at The Decoding China Project. Her work focuses on Global China, development cooperation, international relations, and global governance. She is currently an Assistant Professor in Chinese Studies at Heidelberg University and a Principal Investigator in the Horizon Europe project Detecting and Countering Information Suppression from a Transnational Perspective (De-Conspirator). Previously, she worked for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Beijing and Bishkek. Marina studied Modern and Classical Chinese Studies and Public Law in Heidelberg and Shanghai, and holds an MA and PhD in Chinese Studies from Heidelberg University.