Qualifications: Education and Academic
1992
Habilitation: Venia Legendi in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
1984
Dr. Phil. (PhD, Political Science) Free University of Berlin, Germany (summa cum laude)
1969
Diploma (= MA) in Political Science, Free University of Berlin
Academic and Professional Experiences
1996 - 2003
Professor and Head of Department of Government and International Studies, Course Leader European Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
1994 - 1995
Visiting Scholar, Department of Government and International Studies, (HKBU)
1992 - 1994
Research Fellow at the Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong
1989 - 1992
Head of the Research Unit on Chinese and East Asian Politics, Free University of Berlin, Department of Political Science
1986 - 1988
Research Fellow, University of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
1984 - 1991
Guest Lecturer at East Asian Seminar, Free University of Berlin,
University of Konstanz, and University of the Saarland, Germany
1977 - 1982
Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, Free University of Berlin
Research Interests
Government and Politics of China, International Relations, Political Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Western Philosophy in China, relations between Europe and the People’s Republic of China, relations between Germany and the People’s Republic of China.
Other Major Professional Activities/Awards
1999 - 2003
Director: Europe-China Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University
1997 - 2001
President: Hong Kong and Macau Association for European Studies
1995 – 2003
Director: East-West Programme, David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU); Editor: East-West Dialogue, published by David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies and Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU
1992 - 1994
Fellowship for the research-project Western Philosophy in China since the 1980s (Volkswagen Foundation)
1986 - 1988
Fellowship for the project La Chine au XXe siècle. 1895-1990 German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
1985
Ernst-Reuter-Prize (Free University of Berlin) awarded for the outstanding dissertation
1972 - 1975
Volkswagen Foundation: Three years East-Asian Scholarship
Werner Meissner lives in Berlin. He is a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik. (German Council on Foreign Relations).