Felix Lill is a journalist and author born in Hamburg, Germany in 1985. Though Hamburg remains his hometown, he has lived abroad for over a decade, reporting from approximately 40 countries with a particular focus on Japan and East Asia in recent years, whilst Latin American projects continue to draw his attention.
His work appears in German publications including Die Zeit, NZZ am Sonntag, Der Spiegel, Cicero, Deutschlandradio, Frankfurter Rundschau and some 35 other German-language media outlets. He also writes for English-language publications such as Al Jazeera and Narratively, and Spanish outlets including El País and Vice. Translations of his work have been published in Italy, the USA, Ukraine, Vietnam, Japan and elsewhere.
Whilst primarily covering economics, politics and social affairs, Lill's journalistic approach embraces diverse topics—from the economics of sports at the 2016 Rio Olympics to the politics of sexuality amongst successful transwomen in the Philippines, and investigative manga journalism exploring post-Fukushima Japan.
Demographics serves as a particular lens through which he often approaches stories, examining how characteristics such as income, gender, education and especially age distinguish societal subgroups. This interest extends to his academic work; alongside journalism, he completed a PhD at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, using quantitative methods to analyse generational conflict determinants in ageing populations through comparative studies of Japan and Germany.
Lill operates in German, English, Spanish, Japanese and French, with basic Portuguese capabilities.
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