Stefan Gruber is a Professor at Wuhan University and based at the School of Law. He is further an Adjunct Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Social Sciences of Waseda University in Tokyo, and a Hakubi Researcher of Kyoto University. Until 2013, he taught at the Faculty of Law of the University of Sydney, where he inter alia coordinated all legal research units for the undergraduate and graduate law degrees. He was also visiting professor inter alia at the University of Hong Kong, Goethe University Frankfurt, Duke University, Seoul National University, and Renmin Law School of China. Stefan is further active as a consultant, international arbitrator, and legal practitioner, and is a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law. He was educated at the Universities of Sydney, Frankfurt, Mainz, and at Harvard Law School, and holds degrees in law, philosophy, and political science.

Stefan’s regional focus is on East and Southeast Asia and particularly China. His current research concentrates on the protection of cultural heritage; international law; human rights; sustainable development law and policy; environmental law; armed conflicts, regional security, and cooperation. Another major focus is on illicit trafficking operations, and any forms of art crime, their prevention and prosecution, and the restitution of illegally exported cultural objects.