Zhijian Wang

ZHIJIAN WANG, Ph.D. School of Law Hohai University 1 Xikang Road Nanjing, P.R.C 210098 Tel: +86(25) 83787295; Fax: +86 (25) 83787295 E-mail: lawaid@hhu.edu.cn Zhijian Wang is an associate professor of International Law at Hohai University. He has an M.S. in Law (2001, emphasizing Jurisprudence) and a Ph.D. in International Relations (2010, emphasizing Regional Security) from the Hohai University and Nanjing University of International Relations respectively. He received his Post Doc certificate in hydraulic engineering (2013, emphasizing Water Rights of International Rivers). His research focuses on issues relevant to international rivers’ environmental protection and regional basin development, as well as hydro politics and international river law. Wang has authored three books: International River and Regional Security (Hohai University Press, 2011); International River Law (Law Press, 2012), Hydro-hegemony, Security Order and Institution Construction: On International Rivers Political Complex (Social Sciences Academic Press, 2000). He has also published nearly thirty journal articles, book chapters, and meeting proceedings on political and legal aspects of international rivers. As an Adjunct Professor in the Institute for International Research at the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, he teaches “Water Resources and Water Environment” to international graduate students every fall term. His former experience includes work as a laborer, local government judicial assistant, TV news reporter and practicing lawyer. He came from a poor rural farm family in China. All these contributed many first-hand experiences of struggle. He directs the International River Law Network (IRLN, http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/hhlawaid/) under the Capacity for Development program of the European Commission website, through which he uses E-meetings, surveys, and feedback to discuss how to improve international water cooperation throughout the world. He developed the Basin Rights of International Rivers Database, which includes 276 international river basins nature rights; basin/country human rights to water; and basin/country water rights. He strives to give substantial indication of reasonable and equitable utilization of international rivers, aiming at promoting international basin development without damage to water environment and local human rights. Wang has received a special financial grant from the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2013); two grants from the Chinese National Social Science Foundation (2011, 2013); and several Teaching/Research advance awards at the national and province levels. A full academic CV is available at: http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/hhlawaid/minisite/wangcv