Creating Synergies, Strengthening Interactions and Supporting Networks

The ESiA Team

The European Studies in Asia (ESiA) network is co-organised as a partnership between the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the National Centre for Research on Europe (NCRE). The day-to-day operations of the network is managed by:

Ms Sol Iglesias, Asia-Europe Foundation
Prof. Martin Holland, National Centre for Research on Europe
Ms. Natalia Figge, Asia-Europe Foundation
Mr. Ronan Lenihan, Asia-Europe Foundation

This initiative is also guided by an ESiA Advisory Group consisting of prominent academics from numerous European studies centres in both Asia and Europe. The Group is always open to new membership:

Prof. Alfredo Robles	Dr. Heungchong Kim
Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak	Prof. Ludger Kühnhardt
Prof. Apirat Petchsiri	Prof Rajendra Jain
Assoc. Prof. Barnard Turner	Ambassador Rosario Manalo
Assoc. Prof. Chan Ka Lok, Kenneth	Prof. Datuk Roziah Omar
Prof. Cornelis Luhulima	Prof. Song Xinning
Prof. Dai Bingran	Prof. Sung-Hoon Park
Dr. David Camroux	Prof. Toshiro Tanaka
Prof. David Gosset

ESiA Co-Organisers

	Ms. Sol Iglesias Acting Director for Intellectual Exchange Asia-Europe Foundation Sol Iglesias, a Filipino national, joined ASEF in 2003. She manages ASEF projects in international relations, human rights and democracy, sustainable development and academic co-operation. Prior to joining ASEF, she had worked for the Local Government Academy in the Philippines on UN projects in the areas of poverty alleviation and social reform and held various research posts in the Philippines and Singapore. She received her BA in Public Administration at the University of the Philippines and obtained her MA in Political Science at the National University of Singapore. She also attended a summer course on European institutions at the Institut d’Edutes Politiques de Paris in 2004. She has published a number of articles in Asian and European journals on politics in Southeast Asia as well as foreign relations between Asia and Europe.

	Prof. Martin Holland Director National Centre for Research on Europe University of Canterbury Martin Holland holds the Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration and International Relations and is the Director of the National centre for Research on Europe at the University of Canterbury. Since writing his PhD at the University of Exeter, UK, on the 1979 direct elections to the European Parliament, he has specialised in the analysis of the EU's external relations, initially in terms of European political co-operation and latterly through the Common Foreign and Security Policy. His research on EU-South African relations during the apartheid and post-apartheid eras is particularly well-known and saw Professor Holland involved as a practitioner in one of the EU's first election observer missions to monitor the first democratic non-racial South African election in 1994. More recently, he has focused his research interests most broadly on the EU's global development policy and on the perceptions of the EU in third countries.

	Ms. Natalia Figge Project Manager Intellectual Exchange Asia-Europe Foundation Natalia Figge is Project Manager at the Asia-Europe Foundation. Her work on various projects has focused largely on issues of governance, conflict management and regional integration as well as civil society consultations within the ASEM framework. In particular, she has worked extensively on ASEF’s Democratisation and Justice series, providing a platform to explore the similarities, differences and challenges of democratisation processes across the two regions, particularly in countries undergoing political transition in Asia and Europe. Her projects in the regional integration series promote lesson learning and sharing of best practices between Asia and Europe on regionalisation processes in order to increase understanding, and exchange of experiences and methodology between Asia and Europe. Natalia is a graduate of the University of Bonn and her masters thesis was on the " Development and Radicalisation of Islam in Indonesia after its Independence". Born to an Indonesian mother and a German father she has lived in Germany, Japan and Indonesia. She is fluent in German, English, and Bahasa Indonesia.

	Mr. Ronan Lenihan Project Officer Intellectual Exchange Asia-Europe Foundation Ronan Lenihan, is Project Officer for the European Studies in Asia (ESiA) network, an initiative of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF). He graduated from Dublin City University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies in 2006 and following this completed his MA in Globalisation and International Relations at the Centre for International Studies at Dublin City University. Prior to joining ASEF, he worked for a period in the private sector with Rabobank International in Dublin.


ESiA Advisory Group

	Dr. Alfredo C. Robles, Jr. Professor Department of International Studies De La Salle University, the Philippines Alfredo C. Robles, Jr. is Professor of International Studies at De La Salle University, the Philippines. He has a PhD in International and European Studies from the Universitéde Paris-I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and a PhD in Political Science from Syracuse University, United States. He is the author of French Theories of Regulation and Conceptions of the International Division of Labour (Macmillan, 1994) and The Political Economy of Interregional Relations: ASEAN and the EU (Ashgate Publishing Co., 2004). He has taught at universities and other institutions in France, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Spain, the United States and Vietnam.

	Prof. Alojzy Zbigniew Nowak President of the Research Council Centre for Europe University of Warsaw Poland Alojzy Z. Nowak is Professor of Economics and Dean of the School of Management , University of Warsaw, Poland. He is President of the Research Council of the Warsaw University Centre for Europe. He is also Chair in International Economics at Warsaw University and Chair in Finance at the Leon Kozminski School of Management and Entrepreneurship in Warsaw. He studied in Poland at the Warsaw School of Economics and University of Warsaw . He also studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , United States; University of Exeter, England; and Free University of Berlin, Germany. Alojzy Nowak was visiting Professor in some American, European and Russian universities. He has published his work in Poland the United States, England, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Spain and Taiwan. He is member of many editorial boards (Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, London; European Studies; Journal of Polish European Studies, Problems of Management); advisor to some national and international companies; and member of some international organisations.

	Prof. Apirat Petchsiri Director Multidisciplinary Department of European Studies Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Apirat Petchsiri is currently Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and Counsellor, Interdisciplinary Department of European Studies, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He graduated with a law degree (with honours) from Thammasat University, Thailand, and an additional degree in criminal justice from New York University School of Law, United States. He obtained a Doctor of Judicial Science (JSD), New York University School of Law, United States.

	Assoc. Prof. Barnard Turner Academic Convenor European Studies Programme National University of Singapore Barnard Turner has taught at the National University of Singapore since 1989, and is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and Convenor of the European Studies Programme. His teaching and research interests are mostly in 20th century English and European literature but extend also to theatre studies, post-coloniality and cultural studies. He has published Cultural Tropes of the Contemporary American West (2005) and articles on a wide range of topics within contemporary and modernist literature in English, and several on the refiguration of post-Mauer Berlin. He is currently working on a book on contemporary European cultural politics and trying to learn a passable Lithuanian and Welsh.

	Assoc. Prof. Chan Ka Lok, Kenneth Professor Department of Government and International Studies Hong Kong Baptist University, China Kenneth Chan received his DPhil in Politics from Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. He has also taught at the University of Warsaw and the University of Gdansk in Poland. In recent years he has taught for the MA Programme in European Studies at the Institute of European Studies at the University of Macao. He has been appointed Advisor to the European Studies in Asia Programme of the Asia-Europe Foundation in Singapore and Research Associate of the National Centre for Research on Europe in New Zealand. His interests include post-communist politics, democratisation, British politics, European Union politics, Hong Kong politics and East European languages. Dr. Chan is fluent in Polish and has learnt Czech, Slovene, Hungarian and Estonian. Recent research outputs concern the politics of electoral reforms in post-communist Europe and the perceptions of the European Union in the Asia-Pacific region. He has written extensively about international and local affairs and contributed to public affairs programmes for RTHK and Commercial Radio.

	Prof. Cornelis Pieter Frederik Luhulima Senior Researcher European Studies Programme Universitas Indonesia Cornelis Luhulima was a Member of the Eminent Persons Group on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Vision 2020 and has been a Researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, since 1964. He has been heavily involved in policy studies and proposals on Indonesia 's foreign policy since 1966, particularly Indonesia 's ASEAN policies. He is Project Manager of the International Area Studies Program of the National Institute for Cultural Studies, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (1973-1980), and lectured at the Indonesian Army and Naval Staff Colleges, the National Institute of Defense, and the Foreign Office Training Institute for career diplomats since 1974, while serving as the Executive Secretary of the National Institute of Cultural Studies, Indonesian Institute of Sciences from 1971-1980. Since 1984, Luhulima has been a member of the Board of Advisors for the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the same time, he is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and a Research Professor of International Relations at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.

	Prof. Dai Bingran Jean Monnet Chair Centre for European Studies Fudan University, China Dai Bingran is Professor and Honourable Director of the Centre for European Studies, Fudan University , China. He began his academic career on European integration studies in the late 1990s, and has since been actively involved in both teaching and research. He became Jean Monnet Chair in Economics in 2001, and under his directorship, the Fudan Centre was awarded the Jean Monnet European Studies Centre of Excellence in 2004. Nationally, he is Vice Chairman of the Chinese Association of European Studies, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Chinese Society for EU Studies, and Chairman of the Chinese Society for European Economic Studies. Regionally, he is Vice President of the Shanghai Institute of European Studies.

	Dr. David Camroux Senior Research Associate Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales Sciences Po, France David Camroux is Senior Research Associate within the Centre d'Études et de Recherches Internationales (CERI). At Sciences Po he is also a Senior Lecturer seconded to the Institut d'Études Politiques (IEP) in Paris where he teaches on contemporary Southeast Asian society. His previous positions at Sciences Po were as Director of Studies at the Centre des Hautes Études sur l'Afrique et l'Asie Modernes (CHEAM), from 1994-1998, and Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Centre from 1998-2004. Prior to this, he held positions at the University of Paris XII (Val de Marne) and the University of Paris VIII (St Denis).

	Prof. David Gosset Director Academia Sinica Europaea China Europe International Business School David Gosset is Professor of Philosophy. He has studied Political Science at the Sorbonne University in Paris, Russian in the Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Paris) and Chinese in Taipei. He has been "Visiting Scholar" in Johns Hopkins University 's School of Advanced International Studies inWashington D. C., United States. Director of Academia Sinica Europæa, an intellectual interface between Europe and China. He also co-found the Euro-China Forum which takes place every year in a different European country with the objective of creating conditions for mutual understanding within the Eurasian continent. The author of numerous articles and papers on China and Europe published in French, Spanish, American and Chinese reviews, David Gosset's academic research covers not only the China/Europe relationship, but also the concept of Eurasia and its articulation with the world-system. Following his residency in Washington DC, he developed the idea of a possible constructive triangulation between the EU, the US and China which received much attention in the three poles. Gosset has lectured at Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA - the French National School of Public Administration), various European and American institutions and multinational corporations. Professor David Gosset was awarded the "Cross of the Civil Order" by the King of Spain for his work as the Director of Academia Sinica Europæa.

	Dr. Heungchong Kim Head of Europe Team Korea Institute for International Economic Policy Dr. Heung-Chong KIM is currently a research fellow at Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), and he is now head of the research team for European Studies. His research interests are broad, extending beyond Europe to East Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Before joining KIEP, Dr. Kim was an Honorary Member of Christ Church, University of Oxford (2000-01), where he obtained his MPhil degree in economics (1995). Dr. Kim was the Chief of Staff in the National Assembly (1997-99), Advisory Staff to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance & Economy (1996-97) and an economist in the LG Economic Research Institute (1996). Dr. Kim read economics at Seoul National University, where he obtained his doctorate in economics (1999). Dr. Kim taught economics in many universities such as Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Seoul City University, and was invited as an IV fellow by the State Department of the United States (1998).

	Prof. Ludger Kühnhardt Director Center for European Integration Studies Germany Prof Ludger Kühnhardt was born 1958 in Münster (Germany). He is married with two children. Since 1997 he has been Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn, which he helped to set up. Between 1991 and 1997 he was Professor of Political Science at Freiburg University, where he also served as Dean of his Faculty. After studies of history, philosophy and political science at Bonn, Geneva, Tokyo and Harvard, Kühnhardt wrote a dissertation on the world refugee problem (1983) and a second thesis (Habilitation) on the universality of human rights (1986). He was speechwriter for Germany’s Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker and a visiting professor at prestigious universities around the world, among them Dartmouth College (2000), Stanford (2004), Seoul National University (2004-2005) and St.Antony’s College Oxford (2005-2006).

	Prof Rajendra K Jain Professor Centre for European Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Prof. Kühnhardt has intensive political and academic consulting experience, most recently for the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and for the President of the European Parliament. He has lectured on all continents. In 2004 he was awarded the European Science Prize of the European Cultural Foundation.Rajendra K. Jain is Professor of European Studies and Chairperson, Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has been teaching contemporary European Studies at JNU since 1986. He is President, European Union Studies Association – Asia Pacific (2009- ); Secretary-General, Indian Association for European Union Studies and Guest Faculty at the Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. He was Network Coordinator of the JNU European Union Studies Programme (funded by the European Commission). Dr Jain was formerly Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow at the University of Constance (1992-1993) and Visiting Fellow at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London (1993) and the Stiftung fuer Wissenschaft und Politik (1998), Germany. He has been Visiting Professor at Freiburg, Leipzig and Tuebingen (2002) university and at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris (2005, 2008). He has published numerous books and his recent research focus is on EU-Asian, EU-South Asian, and EU-Indian relations.

	Ambassador Rosario Man Director European Studies Program Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines Ambassador Rosario Manalo was Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, the Philippines , in charge of International Economic Relations from 1997 to 2001. She served as Philippine Ambassador to Sweden , Norway , Finland , Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania ; France and Portugal ; Kingdom of Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Manalo is the Philippine representative and one of only twelve elected experts to the New York-based United Nations Committee monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women or CEDAW from 1992 to 2002; she became Chairperson of the Committee in 2005. Ambassador Manalo is currently the Director of the European Studies Program in Ateneo de Manila University.

	Prof. Datuk Dr. Roziah Omar Executive Director Asia Europe Institute Roziah Omar is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Executive Dircetor at the Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), University of Malaya. She graduated with a Ph.D degree from University of California, Berkeley. She specializes in reproductive health and rights, social development, social health, gerontology and women studies. She enchances AEI through global research, international networking and publications.

	Prof. Song Xinning Director Center for European Studies Renmin University of China Song Xinning is Jean Monnet Professor and Director of Centr e for European Studies at Renmin University of China, which is a key research inistitute, partially funded by the Ministry of Education, China. It was offered a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence by the European Commission in 2005 . He has authored numerous books in both Mandarin and English. Song Xinning graduated from Renmin University of China in 1985 with both BA and MA degrees in Political Science. He received his PhD in Political Science from Renmin University of China in 2001. He was a research scholar at the London School of Economics from 1991 to 1992 and a Fulbright Scholar at both the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California San Diego and the School of International Affairs at George Washington University from 1995-1996.

	Prof. Sung-Hoon Park Professor Graduate School of International Studies Korea University Sung-Hoon Park has been Professor of Economics and International Trade at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Korea University since 1997. He has held a research fellowship at Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) during 1993-1997, and visiting professorships at Macau Institute of European Studies (2000 - now), Ritsumeikan University (2003) and ASEF University (2000, 2004), etc. For 2003/2004 academic year, he was awarded a Fulbright Visiting Scholarship to the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at University of California , San Diego, United States . He has been doing research on international trade policy including WTO rules, European and Asian economic integration, and Korea 's external economic policies. He was nominated Expert of APEC's IAP Peer Review Study of the Russian Federation in 2005, and delivered a thorough analysis of liberalisation policies of the Russian Federation . He is currently the Korean representative of the newly established EU-NESCA Dialogue, which has recently been awarded a major research project by the European Commission.

	Prof. Toshiro Tanaka Professor Faculty of Law Keio University, Japan Toshiro Tanaka is Vice-President of Keio University in Tokyo , responsible for International, Public, and Alumni Relations since May 2001. He has been Professor of European Integration, Faculty of Law, since 1985 and became Jean Monnet Professor ( ad personam ) in 2003. His research focuses upon politics of the European Union (from its history, decision-making process to external relations). Currently, he is President of EUSA (European Union Studies Association)- Japan since November 2002. He also serves as Director of the Soccer Club of Keio University since 1992. He received his BA in Political Science, Faculty of Law, in 1969 and his MA in Political Science, Graduate School of Law, in 1971, both from Keio University. His previous appointments include Visiting Research Associate, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1973-1975 (The Asia Foundation Scholarship), Visiting student, The University of Sussex, 1979-1980 (The British Council Scholarship), Special Assistant, Mission of Japan to the European Communities, 1985-87 and Visiting Professor, European University Institute, 1993-94 (The Japan Foundation Fellowship). He also served as Vice-President, ECSA (European Community Studies Association)-World. 1994-1996.