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Lunting Wu

Senior Research Fellow
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Summary

Lunting Wu is a Senior Research Fellow in the Research Group for Eastern Europe and Asia at NUPI, as well as an Associate at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). His research interests revolve around foreign policy analysis, political economy, diplomacy, and global governance, and cover regions including China, Southeast Asia, European Union, and Latin America. He holds a PhD in International Relations (2023) from Freie Universität Berlin. He is the author of the book "Belt and Road Initiative in South America: Explaining the varying responses" (Palgrave 2024), and his works have appeared or are forthcoming in peer-reviewed journals such as International Affairs, Foreign Policy Analysis, Global Studies Quarterly, Global Policy, and International Politics.

Expertise

  • Globalisation
  • Development policy
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • South and Central America
  • Governance
  • International organizations
  • The EU

Education

2023 PhD in International Relations, Freie Universität Berlin

2018 Master in International Relations, University of Lisbon

2016 BA in Foreign Language Studies, Macau University of Science and Technology

Work Experience

2024-2025 Guest researcher, Zeppelin University

2024 Lecturer, Berlin School of Economics and Law

2023-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

2019-2023 Doctoral Researcher, SCRIPTS Cluster of Excellence, Freie Universität Berlin

2019 Assistant Researcher (H2020), University of Lisbon

2018 Research Intern, United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies

Aktivitet

Research project
2020 - 2026 (Ongoing)

Roads to Power? The political effects of infrastructure projects in Asia (ROADS)

Does investing in infrastructure in another country generate increased political influence? ROADS seeks to answer this question by zooming in on China’s global infrastructure role and ...

  • International economics
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Asia
  • International economics
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign policy
  • Asia
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