Prof. Dr. Wei Shen

Professor Wei Shen is the Qiushi Distinguished Chair Professor at the Department of Political Science, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University. He is the holder of Jean Monnet Chair in EU-China Relations, Vice-President of Europe Asia Centre in Brussels and Editor-in-Chief of Asia Europe Journal (Springer). He currently sits on the advisory board for a numerous of Chinese, Australian, French and German universities/business schools.

Prior to Zhejiang, Prof Shen was Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Relations) at Deakin University, based in Melbourne, Australia.  He also was a professor of international business and director of Confucius Institute at Lancaster University (UK) and Associate Dean at ESSCA School of Management in Angers (France). Prof Shen is also the founding Co-Chair of Alliance of Chinese and European Business Schools (ACE), and Vice-President of EU-Asia Centre. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Society of Arts, and has been a visiting professor at Sciences Po de Paris, Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes (Strasbourg), Antwerp Management School and a number of leading Chinese universities.