Roderick Kefferpütz is Senior Analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS). He also heads the MERICS Lab, which generates new ideas for innovative think-tank work through exchanges with MERICS experts and external partners.. Before, he worked as Deputy Head of Strategy Unit at the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, and as chief of staff and policy advisor to Reinhard Bütikofer MEP (Greens/EFA). He also worked at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung as programme director in the Brussels, Moscow and Warsaw offices.