Prof. Dr. Wei Shen

Professor Wei Shen is the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (International Relations) at Deakin University, based in Melbourne, Australia. Prof Shen holds the Jean Monnet Chair in EU – China relations awarded by the European Commission.

Prior to Deakin, Prof Shen 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.