Dr Fuzuo Wu

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies

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Lecturer in International Relations

Biography

I hold a PhD in International Relations from Fudan University and did postdocs at Yale (2010-11), Oxford (2012-13), and Princeton (2013-14). Before joining Salford in 2020 as a tenured Lecturer in International Relations, I was an Assistant Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark (2015-19) and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (2014-15).

Areas of Research

• China and India’s foreign policy, energy security and climate policy/diplomacy, nuclear nonproliferation and export control policy
• Global Environmental Governance

Currently, I am working on my new book project on Chinese foreign policy towards the Arctic based on one of my articles published in the Journal of Contemporary China.

Teaching Qualifications and Recognitions

Teaching

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

As module convenor: International Politics 1 (Level 4); Contemporary International Relations (Level 5); Contemporary Security (Level 5); US Foreign Policy Since 1945 (Level 5); Chinese Foreign Policy Since 1949 (Level 6); Politics Placement (Level 6); Global Environmental Politics (Level 6, to be progressed to MA in 2025)

Teaching: Introduction to Comparative Politics (Level 4); International Politics 2 (Level 4); Politics and Democracy (Level 4); Researching Politics (Level 5); International Political Economy (Level 6); Strategic and Security Studies (MA)

Supervision:
• BA and MA dissertations (at Aalborg University, I supervised 50 MA students’ theses and more than 100 MA students’ group projects, and at Salford, I have supervised 3 MA dissertations)
• I'd like to welcome PhD applications relating to any topics on China, India, the US, energy security, climate change, and nuclear nonproliferation and export control.

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications

  • MA in World History (Sichuan University)

  • PhD in International Relations (Fudan University)

  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Yale University, University of Oxford, Princeton University)

  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)