Yuzhuo Cai
Biographic Data
| ID | 3802918 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yuzhuo Cai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yuzhuo |
| FAMILY NAME | Cai |
| SIGNATURE | CAI Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7934-3828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Role models in policy learning
In Hong Kong’s higher education landscape, where traditional academic pathways prevail, recent reforms seek to address skills gaps and align vocational education with industry demands through the establishment of Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs). However, the adaptation of international UAS models to Hong Kong’s unique socio-economic context remains underexplored. While policy borrowing is widely discussed in the literature, there is a not…
Beyond Cudos and Decay
The normative landscape of academic research is increasingly fragmented. Classical CUDOS norms and counternorms coexist across profession, market, corporation, state and community logics, yet existing scholarship rarely explains how these norms are patterned, how they interact, or how tensions between them are mediated. This conceptual article develops an institutional logics wheel of research norms: a relational, spatial heuristic grounded in in…
Navigating Risks in University Research
This article integrates Triple-helix and institutional logics perspectives to diagnose how professional, market and state logics generate risks in university research, and how hybrid governance can mitigate them. Conceptually, it advances a cross-level risk analysis (individual, organizational, system) and a triple-temporal mitigation design that aligns short-term relational routines, mid-term interface infrastructures and long-term institutional…
Institutional logic relationships and sustainable change in healthcare
Institutional logics are an important conceptual tool when designing and navigating public sector change. Our systematic review discovers how institutional logics clash or combine during healthcare change efforts. We identify logics that are more, or less compatible with each other and offer a framework that map logic relationships. We offer a typology of relationships between institutional logics: independent (constellations, loose coupling), in…
Navigating Shifts in Europe-China Higher Education Cooperation
Understanding the changing dynamics of Europe-China cooperation is essential, particularly against the backdrop of recent geopolitical shifts that have added layers of complexity to this relationship. This shifts underscore the need for a nuanced analysis of the drivers of such international collaboration, which represents a gap in both theoretical and empirical research. Our study explores the complex nature of this cooperation from the perspect…
Rethinking EU-China Higher Education Cooperation in a Dynamic Global Environment
In an era of global challenges and shifting geopolitical landscapes, higher education cooperation between the European Union (EU) and China plays a crucial role in fostering mutual understanding and addressing shared concerns related to innovation, sustainability, and global governance. This editorial introduces a special issue examining the evolving dynamics of EU-China collaboration in a changed global environment that is leading to disrupted g…
Entrepreneurialism Meets Sustainability
Despite widespread reports indicating that universities adopting an entrepreneurial model face escalating and diversified tensions in contemporary society, especially concerning sustainable development, limited attention has been given to how different higher education contexts influence these tensions. This paper addresses this research gap through a conceptual analysis and empirical examination of how a university’s profile, shaped by internal …
University managers or institutional leaders? An exploration of top-level leadership in Chinese universities
In China, higher education institutions (HEIs) have a governance arrangement in which the university president and the party secretary occupy key roles. However, their legal roles as institutional leaders are vaguely specified in existing legal frameworks. Based on a four-dimensional theoretical model, this paper (i) clarifies the leadership roles in the dual governance structure, (ii) explores how HEI leaders (i.e. presidents and party secretari…
Rethinking internationalization of higher education for society from an outside-in perspective
Amid increasing criticism of the internationalization of higher education (IoHE) for its Anglo-centric tendencies, there has been discussion of the need to reconsider the rationales for and approaches to IoHE. Specifically it has been argued that there is an urgent need to focus IOHE more sharply on addressing the many complex and persistent issues faced by local and global communities. As part of the discussion, a new model of IoHE, ‘internation…
Towards a Triple Helix based efficiency index of innovation systems
This article presents a novel application of a two-phase Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for evaluating the efficiency of innovation systems based on the Triple Helix neo-evolutionary model. The authors identify a niche to measure Triple Helix-based efficiency of innovation systems scrutinizing different methodologies for measuring Triple Helix performance and indicating different perspectives on policy implications. The paper presents a new Trip…
Institutional logics analysis in higher education research
While institutional logics theory has increasingly been applied in higher education research, especially in the past five years, agreement is lacking on how to approach institutional logics analysis. This results in proliferating institutional logics in higher education studies and often confuses newcomers to the field as to how to use institutional logics in their empirical research. As a response to this situation, our study outlines the state-…
Innovations in an institutionalised higher education system
This paper explores how a novel university governance model at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), largely learned from the West, has been implemented in the highly institutionalised and centralised Chinese higher education system. For this purpose, we first constructed an analytical framework, integrating the conceptualisation of an innovation process in higher education and the concept of embedded agency. This framework was…
Overcoming the Barriers to Establishing Interdisciplinary Degree Programmes
From an Entrepreneurial University to a Sustainable Entrepreneurial University
Triple Helix or Quadruple Helix
While the Triple Helix and Quadruple Helix models are popular in innovation studies, the relations between them have not been addressed extensively in the literature. There are diverse interpretations of helix models in empirical studies that apply them, but these sometimes deviate from the original theses of the models. Such a situation can confuse newcomers to the field in terms of which helix model to apply in their empirical research. We disc…
Innovation in Innovation’
China-Europe Higher Education Cooperation
Promoting University and Industry Links at the Regional Level
This paper intends to learn from international experiences in order to facilitating China’s ongoing regional university transformation with an ultimate goal to enhance the role of university in regional economic development and innovation. In so doing, this paper compares major models of universities of applied sciences (UAS) around the world from the perspective of the Triple Helix Model with an emphasis on the nature of university-industry rela…
A comparative study of the beliefs of teachers in research universities in China and the Netherlands
Seeking solutions though the mirror of Finnish experience
China has recently launched a radical reform to transform over 600 regional universities into application and technology oriented institutions. The reform is a response to diverse labour market demands, regional economic development and the suboptimal structure of the higher education system, and uses international experiences as a reference. While China is still struggling to identify proper international models to follow, this article offers a …
What contextual factors shape 'innovation in innovation'? Integration of insights from the Triple Helix and the institutional logics perspective
While the Triple Helix relationship between university, industry and government, called 'innovation in innovation' by Etzkowitz, has frequently been a key concept guiding national and regional innovation policies around the world, there is an emerging awareness that no one-size-fits-all approach can be used in developing innovation systems. Criticism has been expressed that the conceptualization of the Triple Helix model in the most recent litera…
Enhancing Overseas Chinese Graduate Employability
Responses to Yang Rui’s “China’s Strategy for Internationalization of Higher Education
Triple Helix or Quadruple Helix
While the Triple Helix and Quadruple Helix models are popular in innovation studies, the relations between them have not been addressed extensively in the literature. There are diverse interpretations of helix models in empirical studies that apply them, but these sometimes deviate from the original theses of the models. Such a situation can confuse newcomers to the field in terms of which helix model to apply in their empirical research. We disc…
Institutional logics analysis in higher education research
While institutional logics theory has increasingly been applied in higher education research, especially in the past five years, agreement is lacking on how to approach institutional logics analysis. This results in proliferating institutional logics in higher education studies and often confuses newcomers to the field as to how to use institutional logics in their empirical research. As a response to this situation, our study outlines the state-…
From an Entrepreneurial University to a Sustainable Entrepreneurial University
Overcoming the Barriers to Establishing Interdisciplinary Degree Programmes
What contextual factors shape 'innovation in innovation'? Integration of insights from the Triple Helix and the institutional logics perspective
While the Triple Helix relationship between university, industry and government, called 'innovation in innovation' by Etzkowitz, has frequently been a key concept guiding national and regional innovation policies around the world, there is an emerging awareness that no one-size-fits-all approach can be used in developing innovation systems. Criticism has been expressed that the conceptualization of the Triple Helix model in the most recent litera…
Rethinking internationalization of higher education for society from an outside-in perspective
Amid increasing criticism of the internationalization of higher education (IoHE) for its Anglo-centric tendencies, there has been discussion of the need to reconsider the rationales for and approaches to IoHE. Specifically it has been argued that there is an urgent need to focus IOHE more sharply on addressing the many complex and persistent issues faced by local and global communities. As part of the discussion, a new model of IoHE, ‘internation…
Seeking solutions though the mirror of Finnish experience
China has recently launched a radical reform to transform over 600 regional universities into application and technology oriented institutions. The reform is a response to diverse labour market demands, regional economic development and the suboptimal structure of the higher education system, and uses international experiences as a reference. While China is still struggling to identify proper international models to follow, this article offers a …
Enhancing Overseas Chinese Graduate Employability
Responses to Yang Rui’s “China’s Strategy for Internationalization of Higher Education
A comparative study of the beliefs of teachers in research universities in China and the Netherlands
Seeking solutions though the mirror of Finnish experience
China has recently launched a radical reform to transform over 600 regional universities into application and technology oriented institutions. The reform is a response to diverse labour market demands, regional economic development and the suboptimal structure of the higher education system, and uses international experiences as a reference. While China is still struggling to identify proper international models to follow, this article offers a …
What contextual factors shape 'innovation in innovation'? Integration of insights from the Triple Helix and the institutional logics perspective
While the Triple Helix relationship between university, industry and government, called 'innovation in innovation' by Etzkowitz, has frequently been a key concept guiding national and regional innovation policies around the world, there is an emerging awareness that no one-size-fits-all approach can be used in developing innovation systems. Criticism has been expressed that the conceptualization of the Triple Helix model in the most recent litera…
Promoting University and Industry Links at the Regional Level
This paper intends to learn from international experiences in order to facilitating China’s ongoing regional university transformation with an ultimate goal to enhance the role of university in regional economic development and innovation. In so doing, this paper compares major models of universities of applied sciences (UAS) around the world from the perspective of the Triple Helix Model with an emphasis on the nature of university-industry rela…
China-Europe Higher Education Cooperation
Innovation in Innovation’
Innovations in an institutionalised higher education system
This paper explores how a novel university governance model at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), largely learned from the West, has been implemented in the highly institutionalised and centralised Chinese higher education system. For this purpose, we first constructed an analytical framework, integrating the conceptualisation of an innovation process in higher education and the concept of embedded agency. This framework was…
Overcoming the Barriers to Establishing Interdisciplinary Degree Programmes
From an Entrepreneurial University to a Sustainable Entrepreneurial University
Triple Helix or Quadruple Helix
While the Triple Helix and Quadruple Helix models are popular in innovation studies, the relations between them have not been addressed extensively in the literature. There are diverse interpretations of helix models in empirical studies that apply them, but these sometimes deviate from the original theses of the models. Such a situation can confuse newcomers to the field in terms of which helix model to apply in their empirical research. We disc…
Towards a Triple Helix based efficiency index of innovation systems
This article presents a novel application of a two-phase Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for evaluating the efficiency of innovation systems based on the Triple Helix neo-evolutionary model. The authors identify a niche to measure Triple Helix-based efficiency of innovation systems scrutinizing different methodologies for measuring Triple Helix performance and indicating different perspectives on policy implications. The paper presents a new Trip…
Institutional logics analysis in higher education research
While institutional logics theory has increasingly been applied in higher education research, especially in the past five years, agreement is lacking on how to approach institutional logics analysis. This results in proliferating institutional logics in higher education studies and often confuses newcomers to the field as to how to use institutional logics in their empirical research. As a response to this situation, our study outlines the state-…
University managers or institutional leaders? An exploration of top-level leadership in Chinese universities
In China, higher education institutions (HEIs) have a governance arrangement in which the university president and the party secretary occupy key roles. However, their legal roles as institutional leaders are vaguely specified in existing legal frameworks. Based on a four-dimensional theoretical model, this paper (i) clarifies the leadership roles in the dual governance structure, (ii) explores how HEI leaders (i.e. presidents and party secretari…
Rethinking internationalization of higher education for society from an outside-in perspective
Amid increasing criticism of the internationalization of higher education (IoHE) for its Anglo-centric tendencies, there has been discussion of the need to reconsider the rationales for and approaches to IoHE. Specifically it has been argued that there is an urgent need to focus IOHE more sharply on addressing the many complex and persistent issues faced by local and global communities. As part of the discussion, a new model of IoHE, ‘internation…
Navigating Shifts in Europe-China Higher Education Cooperation
Understanding the changing dynamics of Europe-China cooperation is essential, particularly against the backdrop of recent geopolitical shifts that have added layers of complexity to this relationship. This shifts underscore the need for a nuanced analysis of the drivers of such international collaboration, which represents a gap in both theoretical and empirical research. Our study explores the complex nature of this cooperation from the perspect…
Rethinking EU-China Higher Education Cooperation in a Dynamic Global Environment
In an era of global challenges and shifting geopolitical landscapes, higher education cooperation between the European Union (EU) and China plays a crucial role in fostering mutual understanding and addressing shared concerns related to innovation, sustainability, and global governance. This editorial introduces a special issue examining the evolving dynamics of EU-China collaboration in a changed global environment that is leading to disrupted g…
Entrepreneurialism Meets Sustainability
Despite widespread reports indicating that universities adopting an entrepreneurial model face escalating and diversified tensions in contemporary society, especially concerning sustainable development, limited attention has been given to how different higher education contexts influence these tensions. This paper addresses this research gap through a conceptual analysis and empirical examination of how a university’s profile, shaped by internal …
Role models in policy learning
In Hong Kong’s higher education landscape, where traditional academic pathways prevail, recent reforms seek to address skills gaps and align vocational education with industry demands through the establishment of Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs). However, the adaptation of international UAS models to Hong Kong’s unique socio-economic context remains underexplored. While policy borrowing is widely discussed in the literature, there is a not…
Beyond Cudos and Decay
The normative landscape of academic research is increasingly fragmented. Classical CUDOS norms and counternorms coexist across profession, market, corporation, state and community logics, yet existing scholarship rarely explains how these norms are patterned, how they interact, or how tensions between them are mediated. This conceptual article develops an institutional logics wheel of research norms: a relational, spatial heuristic grounded in in…
Navigating Risks in University Research
This article integrates Triple-helix and institutional logics perspectives to diagnose how professional, market and state logics generate risks in university research, and how hybrid governance can mitigate them. Conceptually, it advances a cross-level risk analysis (individual, organizational, system) and a triple-temporal mitigation design that aligns short-term relational routines, mid-term interface infrastructures and long-term institutional…
Institutional logic relationships and sustainable change in healthcare
Institutional logics are an important conceptual tool when designing and navigating public sector change. Our systematic review discovers how institutional logics clash or combine during healthcare change efforts. We identify logics that are more, or less compatible with each other and offer a framework that map logic relationships. We offer a typology of relationships between institutional logics: independent (constellations, loose coupling), in…
Higher Education Governance and Development (15 works) · Political science (15 works) · Higher education (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models (11 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · China (8 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (6 works) · Public relations (6 works)