Mengwenting

2016-2021    Ph.D. International Relations, Peking University, Beijing, China

2015             Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, New York, USA

2013-2016    M.A. International Relations, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

2024-  Assistant Professor (Chenhui Scholar), School of Politics and International Relations, East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China

2023-2024  Project Coordinator & Fundraising Officer, United Nations University (UNU-Macau), Macau SAR, China

2021-2023  Junior Professional Officer, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France

2021-2024  Postdoctoral Researcher (Part-time, UN Revolving Door Position), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

United Nations, Peacekeeping, China and International Organizations, International Organizations Staffing

Grants

1. 2021-2023 “International Organization Competency Research”, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (RMB 50,000)

2. 2022-2023 “Competency Assessment Indicators for International Civil Servants”, China Higher Education Strategic Society's International Competency Committee (RMB 50,000)

3. 2018-2020 “Effectiveness of China’s Peacebuilding in South Sudan,” US Social Science Research Council (USD 10,000)

4. 2016-2020 China’s Participation in UN Peace Operations, National Social Science Fund of China (RMB 200,000, key contributor)

Books

1. Developmental Peace: Theorizing China’s Approach to International Peacebuilding, Ibidem-Verlag, 2013

2. Six Years with the United Nations (Chinese), Current Affairs Press, 2018

Articles

1. “Is Power Shifting? China’s Evolving Engagement with UNESCO,” Global Policy,  2024, 15 (S2)

2. “The International Experience and Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Promoting the Digital Transformation of Education: A Review of the 2022 International Forum on AI and Education,” (Chinese) Journal of Distance Education, 41(1), 2023

4. Privacy Concern and Online Learning of Postgraduate Students through the Lens of Stimulus-Organism-Response Model, Sustainability, 14(18), 2022 co-authored with Misbah Majeed and Usman Ghani

5. “Developmental Peace: China’s Engagement in South Sudan,” Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 29 May 2019

6. “Chinese Peace: Untold Stories on the Ground in South Sudan,” China Daily, 6 October 2019

7. “A Review on China’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping,” (Chinese) Journal of International Studies, 38(4), 2017

8. “The Current UN Research in China and its Prospects,” (Chinese) Journal of International Studies, 38(3), 2017 co-authored with Dongyan Li

2021 Peking University Outstanding Doctoral Graduate

2019 U.S. Social Science Research Council Peace Fellow Award

2018 Peking University Academic Innovation Award

2012 Peking University Challenge Cup Academic Competition, First Prize