Xuewu Gu / 辜学武

The Person

  • Birthplace
    Hubei, China

  • Nationality
    German

  • Position
    Professor, Director

  • Address
    Center for Global Studies (CGS), University of Bonn
    Walter-Flex-Strasse 3, 53113 Bonn

  • Telephone
    Tel.: 49(0)228 73 60270; 60271 (secr)
    Fax: 49(0)228 73 60272; 60273 (secr) 


  • Email
    xuewu.gu@uni-bonn.de

  • Homepage


Education

  • 1982
    Bachelor of Arts in Information and Documentation Sciences, University of Wuhan, China

  • 1985
    Master of Arts in Information Science, Political Science, Chinese Studies, University of Cologne, Germany

  • 1990
    PhD in Political Science, University of Bonn

  • 1997
    Habilitation (German qualification for a full professorship) in Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany

Working experiences

  • Jul. 1990 - Sep. 1991
    Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Bonn, Germany

  • Oct. 1991 - Sep. 1998
    Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany

  • Oct. 1998 - Jul. 1999
    Acting Chair of East Asian Pacific Studies, University of Trier, Germany

  • Aug. 1999 - Sep. 2002
    Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator "Europe-Asia-Programme", Centre for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn, Germany

  • Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
    Chair of East Asian Politics and Director of the Institute for East Asian Politics, University of Bochum, Germany

  • Since Oct. 2009
    Chair in International Relations/Center for Global Studies (CGS), University of Bonn

Research interests

  • Theories of International Relations
  • Energy Security
  • Chinese Politics