Lin Shangli

Vice President, Fudan University

Professor Lin Shangli, born in Fuzhou in 1963, is the Vice President of Fudan University and Executive Associate Dean of School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University.

In 1981, he studied at the Department of International Politics, and after graduation in 1988, he started his teaching career in School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University. He became associate professor in 1993 and professor in 1997. He received Ph.D. from School of Laws at Fudan University in 1998. He had been visiting scholar at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Keio University of Japan, Georgetown University of U.S.A. and University of Munich of Germany. In Apr. 2011, he started to serve as the Vice President of Fudan University. Meanwhile, Prof. Lin is also guest researcher of Shanghai CCP College and Shanghai Administration Institute, Vice Chairman of Academic Committee of Institute of East Asia, Shanghai.

 Prof. Lin’s research interests include political science theories, Karl Marx's political philosophy and Chinese politics. He has published more than 10 books on politics, includingParty Politics and Modernization, Electoral Politics, The Logic of Politics, andContemporary Chinese Political Forms, in addition to over 100 articles published on various journals and magazines.