Participant Biographies

Wang Yiwei

Wang Yiwei

Executive Dean, Institute of International and Public Affairs, Tongji University
Leadership Transition in China

Dr. Wang is Distinguished Professor at Tongji University where he serves as Executive Dean of the Institute of International and Public Affairs and Director of the China-Europe Academic Network. He was formerly a diplomat at the Chinese Mission to the European Union from 2008-2011, a professor at the Center for American Studies at Fudan University from 2001-2008, Adjunct Deputy Director of Department of American Studies of Shanghai Institute for International Studies in 2004, Fox Fellow of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies from 2000-2001, and Korea Foundation-Yonsei Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies of Yonsei University in 2005. He holds a Ph.D. in international relations from Fudan University and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the East China University of Science and Technology.