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Research Interests
Science, Technology, and Innovation; Technological Entrepreneurship; Talent Migration; Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods.
Personal profile
Educated in both China and the U.S. and in both the natural and social sciences, Professor Cao has worked at the University of Oregon, the National University of Singapore, the State University of New York, and the University of Nottingham before joining the University of Nottingham Ningbo China in 2015.
As one of the prolific scholars in the social studies of science, technology, and innovation in China, Professor Cao has published extensively in scientific elite; human resources in science and technology; innovation and entrepreneurship in nanotechnology and biotechnology; and the reform of science and technology system. He is the author of China’s Scientific Elite (RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 and 2012) and GMO China: How Global Debates Transformed China’s Agricultural Biotechnology Policies (Columbia University Press, 2018). He also is a co-author of China’s Emerging Technological Edge: Assessing the Role of High-End Talent (with Denis Fred Simon, Cambridge University Press, 2009) and Innovation in China: Challenging the Global Science and Technology System (with Richard Appelbaum, Xueying Han, Rachel Parker, and Denis Fred Simon, Polity, 2018). His papers have appeared in international leading journals of science, technology, and innovation and edited volumes.
Professor Cao’s research has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), European Union, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), among others.
Teaching
Globalisation and Innovation in China
Person Types
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Norms of Science with the "Chinese Characteristics": Evolution, Dynamics and Implications
Cao, C. (PI)
1/01/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Government Funded Projects › Vertical-National Government Funded Projects
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A tale of two ties: the impact of a focal city’s direct and indirect collaboration networks on regional innovation
Yang, Q., Zhu, Z., WANG, J. & Cao, C., 2024, In: Journal of Technology Transfer.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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From contributors to boundary spanners: Evolving roles of government agencies in China's innovation policy network (1980–2019)
Sun, Y., Jiang, L., Cao, C. & Tseng, F. M., Apr 2024, In: Technovation. 132, 102974.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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A two-fold evaluation in science: the case of Nobel Prize
Chen, L., Sun, Y. & Cao, C., Nov 2023, In: Scientometrics. 128, 11, p. 6267-6291 25 p.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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China must draw on internal research strength
Cao, C., 9 Nov 2023, In: Nature. 623, 7986, p. S14Research output: Journal Publication › Comment/debate
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FOREIGN CORPORATE R&D IN CHINAA: Strategic Perspective
Simon, D. & Cao, C., 1 Jan 2023, Routledge Handbook of Chinese Business and Management. Taylor and Francis, p. 346-370 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Book Chapter › peer-review
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First prize of 16th Ningbo excellent achievement award of philosophy and social sciences
Cao, C. (Recipient), 2 Dec 2019
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Merit prize of the 18th Ningbo excellent achievement award of philosophy and social sciences
Cao, C. (Recipient), 14 Dec 2023
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