Dr. Sven Grimm is a political scientist who has worked on external partners’ cooperation with Africa since 1999. His research has focused on the role of emerging economies in Africa, with particular attention to China-Africa relations since 2006. Dr. Grimm studied in Hamburg, Germany; Accra, Ghana; and Dakar, Senegal. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg in 2002 with a thesis on EU-Africa relations. He has previously worked with the London-based Overseas Development Institute and the German Development Institute.