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China Strategy Working Group (CSWG) 

Purpose 

The China Strategy Working Group (CSWG) is organised to provide strategic direction for the University’s medium- and long-term engagement in China and with Chinese partners. While CSWG’s remit is on the Academic University, it will also aim to increase alignment with the University’s subsidiaries and the Colleges, whose activities will however not be directed by the Working Group.  

 

CSWG Membership 

Owing to the broad remit of the CSWG, it includes members from a wide range of stakeholders, including subject matter experts and academics with strong connections to Chinese partners, and administrative staff from offices relating to strategic partnerships, philanthropic development, student admission, public affairs/communications and others as relevant.  

Name 

Affiliation  

 Chair 

To be confirmed (formerly Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and International Partnerships) 

Dr. Jingchen Hou (Secretary) 

Strategic Partnerships Manager (Eastern Asia), Strategic Partnerships Office 

Sonita Alleyne 

Master of Jesus College 

Tammy Au 

Head of International Support Services, Strategic Partnerships Office 

Prof. Daping Chu 

Academic Director of Cambridge University - Nanjing Centre of Technology and Innovation (CUNJC) 

Nanjing Chair of Technology and Innovation 

Director of the Cambridge Centre for Photonic Devices and Sensors (CPDS) 

Director of Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) 

Stephen Davison 

Deputy Director of Cambridge Zero 

Prof. William Hurst 

Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 

Co-Director, Centre for Geopolitics 

Dr. Karen Kennedy 

Director of the Strategic Partnerships Office 

Prof. Christopher Marquis 

Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management, Judge Business School 

Olivia Matthewson 

Regional Manager East Asia, Cambridge Admissions Office 

Dr. Matthew Norton 

Head of Strategic Communications/Deputy Director, Office of External Affairs and Communications  

Peter Phillips 

Chief Executive, Cambridge University Press & Assessment 

Renata Schaeffer 

Head of the Public International Partnerships, Strategic Partnerships Office 

Prof. Henning Sirringhaus 

Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory 

Academic lead of Tsinghua – Cambridge Joint Research Initiative  

Prof. Roel Sterckx 

Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science and Civilization at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 

Amy Trotter 

Director of Development — International and Regional Programmes 

Prof. Hans van de Ven 

Professor of Modern Chinese History at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies 

Prof. Sir Mark Welland 

Deputy Vice-Chancellor 

Special Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor on China 

 

Meetings 

The CSWG meets once per term every academic year but may hold ad-hoc meetings or make decisions by circulation if urgent matters require. For further information regarding the CSWG, please contact Dr Jingchen Hou.