Prof. Dr. Edward S. Steinfeld studied Government and Political Science at Harvard University (US) and holds a PhD in Political Science. From 1996 to 2013, he was a Professor of Political Economy and Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US). He also served as a visiting scholar at the Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management in Beijing from 2012 to 2013. From 2005 to 2013, he was Director of the China Energy Program at the MIT Industrial Performance Center. In 2013, Prof. Dr. Edward S. Steinfeld moved to Brown University (US), where he currently directs the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs as well as the Brown China Initiative and is a Professor of the Department of Political Science. Besides his university engagement, Prof. Dr. Edward S. Steinfeld is a member of various boards of directors, and academic and advisory boards in the US, Asia, and Europe. In 2012, he was appointed as a member of the China Advisory Board of Bühler Group. Prof. Dr. Edward S. Steinfeld was born in 1966 and is American.
