F. (Frank) Gaenssmantel, PhD

Before joining the Department of International Relations and International Organisation at the University of Groningen, Frank Gaenssmantel held a position as Research Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Studies on Contemporary China (Centro di Alti Studi sulla Cina Contemporanea, CASCC) in Turin (2008-2010) and taught at the School of Advanced International and Area Studies at East China Normal University in Shanghai (2004-2006).

His research interests include European and Chinese foreign policies, China-EU relations, and foreign policy analysis.

He received his PhD from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence with the thesis “How international actors interact – Explaining China’s Engagement with the EU, 2002-2007”(defended in September 2009). He also holds an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna and Washington, DC, and a licence from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.