Gwendolyn Domning is a researcher and PhD candidate at the Institute of Korean Studies at Freie Universität Berlin and Korea-Europe Center. Her research interests include Korean politics, media, and culture, as well as the relations between Korea and Germany and the impact of the Korean Wave. She has published on the topic of anti-corruption reforms in South Korea and the impact of the Korean Wave on German society. Currently, she is working on her doctoral thesis about South Korean political corruption and is affiliated with the Graduate School of East Asian Studies. Additionally, she is leading a student research group studying the phenomenon of the Korean Wave and its impact in Germany (The Hallyu AG) and is the manager of the Institute of Korean Studies web content and social media channels. 

WiSe 2021/22:

M.A. Courses 

1. Understanding South Korea in the 21st Century (Part 1) - German, English

2. Methods of Korean Studies (Methoden der Koreastudien, Part 1) - German

SoSe 2022:

M.A. Courses

1. Understanding South Korea in the 21st Century (Part 2) - German, English

2. Methods of Korean Studies (Methoden der Koreastudien, Part 2) - German, English

WiSe 2022/23:

M.A. Course

1. Methods of Korean Studies (Methoden der Koreastudien, Part 1) - German

SoSe 2023:

B.A. Course

1. Hallyu Global? Current perception of Korea in Germany (Heutige Wahrnehmung Koreas in Deutschland) - German, English

WiSe 23/24

B.A. Kurs 

1. Korea in the 21st Century - German, English

Corruption and anti-corruption

Transparency

Presidential systems

Institutional theory

Historical Institutionalism

Korean Wave / Hallyu

Brachtendorf, Liza; Domning, Gwendolyn; Mendoza, Daniel Gafke; Schüler, Diana (2021): Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet? „Couple Culture" im heutigen Korea. Netzwerk Junge Generation Deutschland-Korea (Netzwerk 'shorts'). Available online at https://netzwerk-junge-generation.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Couple-Culture-endgueltig-fertig.pdf.

Domning, G. (2021). Challenging the Power of the Prosecution? The First Phase of the Establishment of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (Kowigongjikchabŏmjoesusach'ŏ) in the Republic of Korea. Verfassung in Recht Und Übersee, 54(2), 279–300. https://doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2021-2-279

Domning, Gwendolyn (2021): Cultural Diversity through the lens of YouTube. Comparing Germany and Korea. In Institute of Cultural Diversity Content (Ed.): Broad Horizons and Distant Shores: The Roaring Currents of Multi-Culturalism. 2 volumes: Pubple (Cultural Phenomena and Comparative Studies to Embrace Cultural Diversity, 2).

Domning, Gwendolyn (2021): Restoring Public Trust. With assistance of Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung.

Domning, Gwendolyn (2023): 한국인이 아닌 그대의 관점: 청렴성과 공무원. Transparency International Korea (한국투명성기구). Online: http://ti.or.kr/data/index.php?ptype=view&idx=883&page=1&code=data&category=26

Domning, Gwendolyn. 2023. “Sailing or Drifting? The Korean Wave, Self and Fandoms.” Korea Focus Briefing No. 6. Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Korean Studies. Available here.