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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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Projects
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Norms of Science with the "Chinese Characteristics": Evolution, Dynamics and Implications
1/01/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Government Funded Projects › Vertical-National Government Funded Projects
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Remaking the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Under pressure to reinvent itself, the CAS should concentrate on managing large-scale research infrastructures
Yang, X., Zhou, X. & Cao, C., 20 Jan 2023, In: Science. 379, 6629, p. 240-243 4 p.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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Remaking the Chinese Academy of Sciences: under pressure to reinvent itself, the CAS should concentrate on managing large-scale research infrastructures
Yang, X., Zhou, X. & Cao, C., 19 Jan 2023, In: Science. 379, 6629, p. 240-243 4 p.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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Employer branding and talent recruitment: a systematic literature review
CHEN, X., Lemanski, M. & Cao, C., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Prospects and challenges: Introduction to the special issue on “Global governance of emerging technologies”
Tang, L. & Cao, C., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Global Public Policy and Governance.Research output: Journal Publication › Editorial
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Big data challenges in overcoming China’s water and air pollution: relevant data and indicators
Zhang, B., Hughes, R. M., Davis, W. S. & Cao, C., 18 Mar 2021, In: SN Applied Sciences. 3, 4Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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First prize of 16th Ningbo excellent achievement award of philosophy and social sciences
Cao, Cong (Recipient), 2 Dec 2019
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