Dr. Truong Minh Huy Vu
From 2015 to 2018, he was the inaugural Director of Center for International Studies (SCIS) and Vice Dean as well as Head of International Political Department of Faculty of International Relations, University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Ho Chi Minh City. Dr. Vu has also been a senior fellow of The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) since 2018. He received his PhD in Political Economy from University of Bonn, Germany (magna cum laude) in 2014 with full scholarship from Germany's Federal Foreign Ministry. Dr. Vu's publications have been featured in scholarly journals and policy discussion papers including The National Interest, The Asan Forum, Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Global Asia, East Asia Policy, The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and RSIS Commentaries. He is a co-editor for the edited volume of "Power Politics in Asia’s Contested Waters Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea" published by Springer in 2016. Apart from his academic engagement, Dr. Vu has also involved in policy consultation in various international organizations such as World Bank, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), UNDP in Vietnam, German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and governmental agencies in central and provincial levels in different provinces in Vietnam.