Björn Jerdén

Björn Jerdén is Director of the Swedish National China Centre. Björn has a PhD in Political Science from Stockholm University and a master’s degree in International Relations from Malmö University. He has been a guest researcher at National Chengchi University, National Taiwan University, National Chengkung University and Harvard University. From 2016 to 2020, Björn was the head of the Asia Programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.  

Areas of expertise: Security politics, great power politics, China, Japan, the United States