Zhihang Wu
Doctoral Researcher in International Relations
School of Social and Political Sciences
406, PGR Hub, Adam Smith Building
Email: zhihang.wu@glasgow.ac.uk
Research title: Principles or Pragmatism? Social Standards in FTAs
Research Summary
Research Summary
The research tries to address a cutting-edge question in International Political Economy: explaining the growing efforts to impose policy conditionality around normative issues as part of trade treaties, and whether it can succeed under the rising of geoeconomics. In particular, it sheds lights on the booming trade interactions between the European Union (EU) and Southeast Asian countries, where are increasingly gaining the relevance in the EU global strategy.
The research will explore how the EU purses the balance between pragmatic interest and normative goal in incorporating social standards into free trade agreements with Southeast Asian countries.
Research Interest
- International political economy
- Trade Politics and economic governance
- EU-Southeast Asian countries trade relations
- Social standards in trade agreements
- Trade and sustainable development
Supervisors
Conference
- August 2024, ‘The rise of geoeconomics: unpack the transformation of EU trade policy in Southeast Asia’, European International Studies Association Annual Conference (EISA), Lille, France.
- July 2024, ‘The rise of geoeconomics: unpack the transformation of EU trade policy in Southeast Asia’, European Association for Southeast Asian Studies Annual Conference (EUROSEAS), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- April 2024, 'Principles or Pragmatism: Social Standards in Free Trade Agreements between EU and ASEAN countries', Association of Southeast Asian Studies PhD Workshop, Malang Indonesia.
- June 2023, ‘Economic Interactions between European Community and Indonesia in the 1970s and 1980s’, British International Studies Association Annual Conference (BISA), Glasgow, UK.
- June 2023, ‘Environmental Standards in EU-ASEAN countries FTAs: Case of EU-Indonesia FTA negotiation’, British International Studies Association Annual Conference (BISA), Glasgow, UK.
- November 2020, The 2nd High-Level Forum of Philippine National Development, School of International Relations and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Sun Yat-sen University.
Teaching
- Politics 1A: Introduction to Politics
- Research Method: Qualitative Methods
Additional Information
PhD Representative in Politics and International Relations
