Conference Program

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Opening Remarks

East Asian Higher Education and Global Order

Simon Marginson is Professor of Higher Education at the University of Bristol, Professor of Higher Education (emeritus) at the University of Oxford and Joint Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education. He is also Honorary Professor at Tsinghua University, Visiting Research Professor at the University of Hong Kong, Guest Chair Professor at Peking University, and Professorial Associate of the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and has served as the Clark Kerr Lecturer on Higher Education at the University of California. Simon’s research is focused primarily on global, international and comparative higher education, global science, higher education in East Asia, and the social contributions of higher education. His scholarship in higher education studies is widely published and cited (Google h-index 96). His most recent book is the sole authored Global higher education in times of upheaval: On common goods, geopolitics and decolonization, published by Bloomsbury Academic early this year. In 2025 Peking University Press published Higher education, global science, common goods: Simon Marginson’s lectures at Peking University in Chinese, with translation by Wenqin Shen, Xiaona Wang, Jialu Wang and Jiayu Wang.

Between Past and Future

Jianhua LIN served as President of Chongqing University from December 2010 to June 2013, President of Zhejiang University from 2013 to 2015, and President of Peking University from February 2015 to October 2018. Drawing on extensive university management experience, his research centres on university governance, undergraduate liberal education reform, talent cultivation, Double First-Class development and comparative higher education. He has yielded fruitful research outcomes, steered pivotal undergraduate teaching reforms and won the National First-Class Teaching Achievement Award, while offering policy consultancy for national higher education development.

Panel 1 Geopolitics and higher education: China and the world

Panel 2 Reshaping Higher Education Research: Emerging Perspectives and Methodologies

Panel 3 Institutional Strategies of Internationalization under Geopolitical Change: Comparative Evidence from Asia and the United States

Panel 4 Higher Education Research: Perspectives from Journal Editors

Panel 5 Global Mobility of Students and Highly Skilled Individuals: New Dynamism in and Beyond Asia

Panel 6 Sustaining the Asian Academic Profession: Work, Well-Being, and Career Development of Early-Career Faculty in Chinese Universities

Panel 7 Governing Non-local Student Mobility in Hong Kong: Access, Engagement, Graduate Outcomes and Leadership in International Higher Education

Panel 8 Fractured Journeys and Shifting Desires: Reimagining Chinese International Student Mobility in Turbulent Times

Panel 9 Demographic Shifts and the Impact on Higher Education in East Asia

Comparative HE and Educational Aspiration

1. Building an Influential World Education Center: Pathways and Reflections
   Xiaoyang Wang
   (Capital Normal University)
2. Mapping Higher Education in Asia: Context, characteristics, capabilities
   Hamish Coates
   (Australian National University;
   Tsinghua University);
   Angel Calderon
   (RMIT University);
   Soth Meas
   (Australian National University);
   Muhammad Hali Aprimadya
   (Flinders University)
3. Hope as a vehicle for peace: a culturally sensitive approach to understanding British Pakistani and Bangladeshi students’ higher education aspirations
   Md Sahariar Rahman
   (University of Oxford)
4. Communiversity as Borderless Practice: Design Principles for Community-Embedded Higher Education Transformation in Nepal
   Bhawana Shrestha
   (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)

GenAI Assessment and Literacy

1. Beyond Performance to Cognition and Responsibility: Preservice Teachers’ and Faculty Members’ Judgment Structures Regarding the Recognition of Learning in Generative AI–Enabled Contexts
   Jiyoung Moon
   (Korea National University of Education);
   Jaeduck Lee
   (Korea National University of Education)
2. “I'm the Editor Now”: Reconceptualising Evaluative Judgement as a Core Competency in GenAI-Integrated Assessment
   Austin Yifeng Zhao
   (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University);
   Dawn Lo
   (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University);
   Leo Chon
   (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University);
   Julia Chen
   (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
3. Higher education student voices on academic integrity in the age of Generative AI: a research synthesis
   Ji Ying
   (The Education University of Hong Kong)
4. On the Generation of Competence: A Study on the Cultivation of Artificial Intelligence Literacy among College Students
   Wen Jing
   (Xiamen University)

AI Pedagogy and Doctoral Development

1. Can I remain an independent researcher? A comparative analysis of GenAI’s perceived influence on doctoral students’ identity development in Russia and China
   Huan Li
   (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University);
   Evgeniy Terentev
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Danila Pavliuk
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Evgenia Shmeleva
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Irina Shcheglova
   (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
2. Breaking Language Barriers: How GenAI Affects International Publications among HSS PhDs
   Wenqin Shen
   (Peking University);
   Yue Zhao
   (Shenzhen University)
3. Higher Education Teaching and Learning in the Era of AI : Faculty Perspectives on from Humanities and Social Sciences in Universities in China and UK
   Xiaoqiao Zhang
   (Shanghai Jiao Tong University);
   Leping Mou
   (University of Glasgow)
4. Digital Leadership for Innovation-Driven Talent Development: Evidence from Chinese Language Learning Classrooms
   Lei Mee Thien
   (Universiti Sains Malaysia);
   Xiaoran Xu
   (Lingnan Normal University);
   Jiling Lin
   (Guangdong University of Science and Technology);
   Yuan Li
   (Chengdu Normal University)

GenAI Identity, Analytics, and Humanities

1. Do we need a new definition of creativity in GenAI-rich higher education? Insights from the AI Creativity Paradox
   Akhtar Jalbani
   (Holmesglen Institute);
   Aneela Yasmin
   (East Preston Islamic College);
   Rashikala Weerawarna
   (Holmesglen Institute);
   Akrati Jain
   (Holmesglen Institute)
2. Mapping the Global Research Landscape of Generative AI in Higher Education: A Bibliometric Review through the Lens of Multipolarity (2022-2025)
   Kun Dai
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong);
   Yabing Liu
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong);
   Xiaofan Zhang
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
3. Generative AI use patterns and doctoral innovation performance: Disciplinary differences across AI-related and non-AI STEM fields
   Lina Wei
   (Hangzhou Normal University)
4. Artificial Intelligence and the Challenges of Humanities Education
   Wen Wen
   (Tsinghua University)

Student Experience and Institutional Impact

1. Disruptor or Mediator? A Cultural-Historical Analysis of AI Integration in a Transnational Learning Ecosystem
   Danyue Su
   (Xi'an Jiaotong University);
   Yan Gao
   (Xi'an Jiaotong University);
   Rongwei Li
   (Xi'an Jiaotong University)
2. Beyond Adaptation: Chinese Students' Engagement Continuity, Trajectory Divergence, and Subjectivity Formation Across the High School–to–University Transition
   Wanyi Xie
   (Peking Univeristy);
   Xiting Zhou
   (Tsinghua University);
   Fei Guo
   (Tsinghua University)
3. International Student Policy in Ageing Societies: Balancing Expansion, Quality Assurance, and Regional Retention in South Korea
   Yon-Soo Tak
   (Osaka University)
4. University Brand Identification among International Students in Malaysia: Examining Its Drivers and Outcomes
   Siwei Liu
   (Universiti Sains Malaysia);
   Lei Mee Thien
   (Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Integration, Mobility, and International Students

1. Individual Strategies and Agency in Social Integration Among International Students in China’s Greater Bay Area
   Yingxin Liu
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen);
   Yushi Cong
   (Lingnan University)
2. Reflexive Agency and Self-Formation in Transition: A Longitudinal Study of Chinese Students Entering Anglophone Higher Education
   Yu Hao
   (Peking University)
3. Institutional Constraints and New Public Governance in the Digitalization of International Admissions: Evidence from a Japanese Government Scholarship Program
   Yan Li
   (Osaka University)
4. Beyond the ‘Cash Cow’ Narrative: Chinese International Students’ Negotiated Belonging and Learner Identities in a Marketised Higher Education Landscape
   Jiqiong Sheng
   (University of York)

Student Mobility and Geopolitics

1. Chineseness as Spatial Affordance: Cultural Proximity and Affective Mobility in Chinese Students’ Study-Abroad Choices in Singapore
   Qian Huang
   (Singapore University of Technology and Design);
   Wenqin Shen
   (Peking University)
2. Reimagining Geopolitical Spaces in China-Africa Higher Education: From Affective Discourse to Relational Power in Partnership Practices
   Zhongyu
   (Krystal) Wang
   (University of Oxford);
   Mo Xu
   (Beijing Foreign Studies University)
3. Education Arbitrage in Southeast Asia: Chinese Students as a Case of South-South Educational Mobility
   Jiankun Gong
   (Universiti Malaya);
   Weishan Miao
   (Renmin University of China);
   Yu Zuo
   (Universiti Malaya);
   Run Li
   (Universiti Malaya)
4. Space-Making Under the Geopolitical Turn: International Scholars' Mobility and Lived Academic Experiences in China
   Jiexiu Chen
   (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Mobility, Global Talent, and Collaboration

1. Academic mobility under geopolitical influences: A systematic review based on a DIMGIAM framework
   Yanru Xu
   (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences);
   Boquan Huang
   (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2. A Rising Power in Global Science? Mobility, Knowledge Production, and China's Changing Role
   Liyuan Chen
   (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
3. From “Asia-Pacific” to “Indo-Pacific”: Germany-India Higher Education Cooperation in a Geopolitical Perspective (2011–2026)
   Le Zhang
   (Peking University)
4. International Research Collaboration in the Age of Metrics: An Attitude-Process-Proxy Analysis with Implications for China
   Xinzi Ow Yong
   (The Education University of Hong Kong);
   Yusuf Ikbal Oldac
   (The Education University of Hong Kong)

Internationalisation and Research Cooperation

1. Advancing Organizational Change in Higher education via Institutional Logics Bundling: The Case of Sustainability and Sustainable Development
   You Zhang
   (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education);
   Elizabeth Buckner
   (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
2. Fostering Academic Excellence in Chinese Universities: The Role of Internationalization
   Qiang Zha
   (York University);
   You Zhang
   (University of Toronto)
3. Transnational Research Cooperation Models at CREATE: A Comparative Study of NUS-SJTU and NUS-MIT
   Mei Li
   (East China Normal University);
   Wenjie Ruan
   (East China Normal University)
4. Knowledge Crossing Borders: A systematic review on Hong Kong- Chinese mainland educational cooperation
   Yunyun Qin
   (Beijing Foreign Studies University);
   Alice Y.C. Te
   (The University of Hong Kong);
   Yingyan Li
   (The University of Groningen);
   Xingyi Huang
   (Beijing Foreign Studies University)

Graduate Futures and Academic Networks

1. When global imaginary meets local realities: understanding contradictory negotiation in students’ education-work transition
   Mei Lai
   (Soochow University)
2. Stronger Together: 25 Years of Knowledge Production in Northeast Asia
   Lizhou Wang
   (Waseda University);
   Yusuf Ikbal Oldac
   (The Education University of Hong Kong)
3. East Meets West: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and Italian PhD Students' Job Preferences
   Wangyi
   (Monique) Dai
   (The University of Hong Kong);
   Hugo Horta
   (The University of Hong Kong);
   Giulio Marini
   (University of Catania)
4. Escaping or self-empowering? Career inspiration and development of Chinese mainland students in Hong Kong self-financed taught postgraduate programs
   Weiyan Xiong
   (The Education University of Hong Kong)

Graduate Futures and Doctoral Motivation

1. What are the determinants of Chinese PhD student participation in conferences?
   Li Yang
   (Tsinghua University);
   Chuanyi Wang
   (Tsinghua University);
   Hugo Horta
   (The University of Hong Kong)
2. Motivation Profiles of Mainland Chinese PhD Students in Hong Kong: A Self-determination Theory Analysis
   Sook Mun Sim
   (The University of Hong Kong);
   Yonghe Ti
   (The University of Hong Kong);
   Li-fang Zhang
   (The University of Hong Kong)
3. Higher Education Expansion and Equality: Evidence From China's Stratified Senior High School System
   Yuqi Zhang
   (University College London);
   Yue Yin
   (Sun Yat-sen University)
4. Liberal Arts Education Curriculum in Asian Universities: From Internationalization to Indigenization?
   Leping Mou
   (University of Glasgow);
   Lu Li
   (University of Glasgow)

Doctoral Well-Being and Reform

1. Echoes of Doubt: Exploring the Link Between PhD Experience and Impostor Phenomenon among Russian Doctoral Students
   Svetlana Zhuchkova
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Evgenii Terentev
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Elena Tarasova
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

   * Supported by the Joint Research Project 'Transformation of Doctoral Education in China and Russia' at HSE University.
2. Prepared but Not Empowered: Exploring the Role of Pre-Doctoral Research Experience in a Doctoral Journey
   Elena Tarasova
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Svetlana Zhuchkova
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics)
3. Perceived social support and doctoral students’ subjective well-being: The mediating role of future time perspective
   Fei Cao
   (Nanjing Normal University);
   Xiaoshi Li
   (Nanjing Normal University)
4. Pandemic Shock and Gendered Academic Career Trajectories: Evidence from STEM Doctoral Graduates in China
   Fen Cai
   (University of Science and Technology Beijing)

Doctoral Reform and Engineering Graduate Education

1. Measuring the Effects of Doctoral Reform Using Bibliometric Data
   Anna Panova
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Victoria Slepyh
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics)
2. Bridging the operational gap: decoding and operationalizing the recurring myth-understandings in intercultural doctoral supervision
   Yanjuan Hu
   (Southwest University)
3. Doctoral supervisor training in the ecology of university education, research and management
   Bing Lu
   (University of Warwick);
   Gaoming Zheng
   (Tongji University);
   Jing Qi
   (RMIT University);
   Li Tang
   (Lingnan University)
4. Towards a National Innovation System: The Reform of University-Industry Joint Engineering Graduate Program in China
   Yaqiong Lin
   (Huazhong University of Science and Technology);
   Hui Guo
   (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

Early-Career and Doctoral Pathways

1. From Apprentice to Academic: Shimen Networks and Early Career Identity Formation in Chinese Universities
   Jiajie Liu
   (University College London)
2. Between “Survival” and “Calling”: A Study on the Generative Mechanism of Role Stress Among Pre-Tenured Faculty in Chinese Universities
   Taoli Wang
   (Huazhong University of Science and Technology);
   Ziyi Cao
   (Zhengzhou University)
3. How Early-Career Researchers Develop Their Research Agendas: The Roles of Identity and Reference Group Transformations
   Naoko Motohama
   (Hitotsubashi University);
   Shuoyang Meng
   (The University of Tokyo);
   Riho Tanaka
   (Kanda University of International Studies)
4. From Academic Qualification Safeguard to Skill Upgrading: A Study on the Dual-tier Pricing Mechanism of Starting Salaries for Undergraduate Majors in China’s Labor Market
   Niu Wang
   (Peking University);
   Yanqing Ding
   (Peking University);
   Yihang Sun
   (Central University of Finance and Economics)

Doctoral Pathways, Belonging, and Engagement

1. Assessing the Effectiveness of Indigenous Talent Development in Basic Disciplines: A Longitudinal Study of Students in the “Pilot Reform Program of Enrollment for Basic Disciplines” at X University
   Xinchun Niu
   (Fudan University);
   Yantong QI
   (Fudan University);
   Huihui FAN
   (Fudan University)
2. A New Practice-Based Training Vehicle for Innovation-Driven Talent Development: Effects, Participation Differentiation, and Institutional Constraints of Internships in Supervisor-Founded Start-ups
   Jiang Linhao
   (South China Normal University);
   Zhang Ruizhe
   (South China Normal University);
   Hu Qintai
   (Guangdong University of Technology)
3. The Power of Friendship and Study Collaboration on the Development of Students` Sense of Belonging: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study at Russian universities
   Kseniia Vilkova
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Oksana Dremova
   (CYENS Center of Excellence & Cyprus University of Technology
   (Cyprus Interaction Lab));
   Irina Shcheglova
   (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
4. Standing Out or "Fitting In"? International Lessons and Local Reflections on the Integrated Bachelor-Postgraduate Education Model
   Ying Ma
   (Fudan University);
   Chenhui Yuan
   (Fudan University);
   Xinchun Niu
   (Fudan University)

Motivation, Curriculum, and Lifelong Learning

1. Higher Education as a Protective Factor? NEET Risks among Young Adults in Post-Expansion China
   Jin Jiang
   (Hong Kong Baptist University);
   Gezhi Deng
   (Hong Kong Baptist University)
2. Lifelong Learning through Alternative Degree Pathways: An Empirical Analysis of Japan’s Unit-Accumulation Bachelor’s Degree System
   Min Li
   (National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education)
3. From Intention to Action: Behavioural Determinants of Student Engagement in University Governance
   Suping Shen
   (Renmin University of China);
   Hongzhan Zhu
   (Renmin University of China)
4. Undergraduate Education Focused on Resolving Social Issues: Interdisciplinary Curriculum and Global Citizenship
   Hideto Fukudome
   (University of Tokyo)

Employability and Transition

1. Transforming Public Universities in the Knowledge Economy: Intellectual Property Governance as an Institutional Change Mechanism
   Jefferson Flores
   (Leyte Normal University)
2. Graduate Employability Paradox in the Greater Bay Area: An Empirical Study of STEM Master’s Students from Sino-foreign Collaborative Universities
   Ti Shi
   (Lingnan University);
   Keyu Zhai
   (Lingnan University)
3. Graduate Employability in an Emerging Higher Education Sector: The Case of China's Undergraduate Vocational Education
   Jia Li
   (The Education University of Hong Kong);
   Jianjing Tang
   (The Education University of Hong Kong);
   Ewan Wright
   (The Education University of Hong Kong)
4. From ‘Fixing Graduates’ to Expansive Systems: Conceptualising (employability formation in) Graduate-to-Work via Third-Generation Activity Theory and Expansive Learning-
   Yuzhuo Cai
   (The Education University of Hong Kong);
   Yrjö Engeström
   (University of Helsinki);
   John Chi-Kin Lee
   (The Education University of Hong Kong);
   Tao Lin
   (The Education University of Hong Kong)

Governance, Policy, and Equity

1. Towards more bureaucracy? An empirically informed reflection on the digital transformation of university administration
   Peter Woelert
   (University of Melbourne)
2. From Policy Recipient to Agenda Contributor: China’s role in the Decadal Evolution of Sustainability Discourse in UNESCO’s GEM Reports (2016–2025)
   Yishan Du
   (University College London);
   Conrad Borchers
   (Carnegie Mellon University);
   Mutlu Cukurova
   (University College London)
3. The Distribution of Strength and Policy Pathways in the Pursuit of Excellence in East Asian Higher Education
   Dongfang Wang
   (Tianjin Normal University);
   Ziyi Jing
   (Tianjin Normal University);
   Ni Juanjuan
   (Tianjin Normal University)
4. Narrow in official discourse, rich in university practices: The public good of higher education in Hong Kong
   Lili Yang
   (The University of Hong Kong);
   Yanzhen Zhu
   (Peking University)

AI Governance and Ethics

1. Future Ready or Ethically Ready? AI and Digital Transformation in Asian Universities
   Michael Reskiantio Pabubung
   (Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta)
2. Navigating the Threat Landscape: Institutional Blind Spots and Governance Deficits in Higher Education AI Deployment
   Asha Elizabeth Thomas
   (La Trobe University)
3. Institutional Responses of Universities toward the Dissemination of GenAI
   Anna Panova
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Evgeniy Terentev
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Evgeniya Belova
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Isak Frumin
   (Constructor University);
   Daria Platonova
   (Constructor University)
4. Visual and Actual Racial Representation in East Asian Higher Education: AI Analysis of Korean University Websites
   Takeshi Yanagiura
   (University of Tsukuba);
   Radomir Ray Mitic
   (William & Mary);
   SooJeung Lee
   (Sejong University)

Evaluation, Autonomy, and Leadership

1. The interlocking directorates of Board of Editors in global leading journals: unequal regional recognitions?
   Giulio Marini
   (University of Catania);
   Cyrine Turki
   (SMU - South Mediterranean University Business School)
2. The Influence of New Public Management on Cross-institutional Collaboration: Evidence from Faculty in Chinese Research Universities
   Xi Yang
   (Shanghai Jiao Tong University);
   Xin Ma
   (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
3. Rethinking Academic Autonomy through Faculty Evaluation Regimes: China as a Lens on the Global Shift toward Hybrid Governance
   Yu Meng
   (Central China Normal University);
   Xiaopei Peng
   (Independent researcher);
   Haijing Liu
   (East China Normal University)
4. Diversity and Convergence: Action Pathways and Practical Challenges in Building World-Class Universities in ASEAN Countries
   Wei Wu
   (Xiamen University)

Leadership and the Academic Profession

1. Leadership Development Through Experience in Japanese Universities: A Longitudinal Study of Four University Presidents
   Akiko Morozumi
   (The University of Tokyo);
   Shuai Wang
   (The University of Tokyo)
2. Future Imaginaries Beyond Entrepreneurialism: Re-envisaging the Academic Profession in East Asia's Global Cities
   Hei-hang Hayes Tang
   (The Education University of Hong Kong)
3. Uneven Integration: International Faculty and China's Higher Education Transformation
   Jie Ding (The University of Hong Kong)

Vocational Higher Education and Innovation

1. Skill Formation Intermediaries in China's Vocational and Applied Education
   Po Yang
   (Peking University)
2. Academic Drift or Mission Creep: How Doctoral Faculty Transform Higher Vocational Education?
   Shiyue Wang
   (Nanjing University);
   Ji Xu
   (Nanjing University)
3. University-Industry Collaboration at the Phase of Post-doc: Training Young Talents for Tech Innovations
   Liping Wang
   (Peking University);
   Zhengtao Zhang
   (Peking University);
   Yizhou Kong
   (Peking University)
4. Blurring Boundaries in Tertiary Education: Vocationalisation and Institutional Pathways between VET and Higher Education in Russia and China
   Maksim Nikitin
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Vera Maltseva
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics);
   Po Yang
   (Peking University)

Innovation, Careers, and Institutions

1. The Conflicting Roles of Chinese Universities in Technology Commercialization
   Hanyu Qin
   (The University of Hong Kong);
   Qin Tan
   (Tongji University);
   Zhiyang Zhong
   (Tongji University)
2. National Policy, Regional Economic Development, and University Knowledge Spillovers: Insights from China’s Research-Intensive Institutions
   Lingqin Zeng
   (Peking University);
   Bihai Gao
   (University of California, Berkeley);
   Hantian Wu
   (Zhejiang University)
3. Through revolving doors: students' decision-making and transition at transnational higher education in China
   Yang Hang
   (Soochow University);
   Rong Wang
   (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
4. Rebalancing China’s Talent Map: What Makes PhD Students Choose Tier 3 Cities over Superstar Metropolises?
   Wangyi
   (Monique) Dai
   (The University of Hong Kong);
   Hugo Horta
   (The University of Hong Kong)
5. The Impact of the Convergence Management of International Students on the Intercultural Competence of Domestic Science and Engineering Students in China: Based on Peking University, Nanjing University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology
   Xiaoqing Wang, Jie Huang, Guangxiang Yu
   (Huazhong University of Science and Technology);
   Kun Dai
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Institutions, History, and Comparative Systems

1. A Comparative Study on the Higher Education Structures in China and Japan in the Context of Demographic Transition
   Juan Hu
   (Renmin University of China);
   Boyuan Duan
   (Renmin University of China);
   Haoyun Gong
   (Renmin University of China)
2. Three Centuries Behind: Why Science Arrived First while Universities Emerged Late in China
   Sunna Park
   (Seoul National University)
3. The Partnership between “Organized Research Unit” and Research University in the Postwar American Social Science A Comparative Study of the Institutional Histories of NORC and BASR
   Geng Tian
   (Peking University);
   Zhenyu Liao
   (Peking University)
4. Regional Comparison and Influencing Factors Analysis of Basic Research Competitiveness of Young Scholars in Chinese Universities
   Fang Fang
   (Beijing Normal University)
5. Chinese-Medium Doctoral Education Abroad: Innovation or Degradation in East Asian Higher Education Cooperation?
   Xiaoshuai Zhao
   (Shanghai Lida University);
   Chengshi Li
   (Gachon University)

HE Hubs, Internationalisation, and Collaboration

1. 'Let Modern Scholarship Speak Chinese': Reflections on Grounding Higher Education Research
   Rui Yang
   (The University of Hong Kong)
2. Constructing Academic Identity in an Internationalised System: Early Career Researchers in Hong Kong
   Zijun Zhang
   (The Education University of Hong Kong);
   Yabing Liu
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong);
   Anatoly Olekiyenko
   (The Education University of Hong Kong);
   Xinran Liang
   (Sichuan University)
3. Questing for Higher Education Hubs: Challenges and Opportunities for Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia
   Joshua Mok Ka-ho
   (The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong)
4. The Quintuple Helix Model of “Government-Corporate-University-Startups-Finance” Collaborative Innovation with Chinese Characteristics: Conceptual Framework and Evolutionary Pathways
   Wei Ha
   (Peking University)

Young Scholars Academic Night

1. Session 1: Introduction to International Journal of Chinese Education (IJCE) & Navigating Academic Careers and Employment
   Prof. SHI Jinghuan (Tsinghua University)
   Prof. Hamish Coates (Australian National University)
2. Session 2: Q&A — face-to-face discussion with the editors
3. Session 3: Small-Group Discussions & Open Networking – share research and exchange ideas freely

Opening Ceremony

1. Introduction to the 15th THU SE Forum
   LUO Renjie (Chairperson of the Organizing Committee)
2. Opening Remarks for the 15th THU SE Forum
   Prof. ZHANG Yu (Party Secretary of School of Education, Tsinghua University)

Keynote Speech (First Half)

1. Doctoral Education as a Socialization Process
   Prof. Jung Cheol Shin
   (Department of Education, Seoul National University)
2. Exploring an Integrated Model of Assessing and Improving College Student Learning in China
   Prof. SHI Jinghuan
   (School of Education, Tsinghua University)

Keynote Speech (Second Half)

1. Bridging Cultures and Traditions for the Future of Higher Education in Asia
   Prof. Michael Crossley [Online]
   (Emeritus Professor of Comparative and International Education Michael Crossley; School of Education, University of Bristol)
2. Making Comparative Claims in Higher Education: Clarity, Evidence, and Responsibility
   Prof. Maia Chankseliani
   (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
3. Cultivating Global Competence in Chinese Universities: Confucian Cosmopolitanism as an Alternative View of World-ness
   Prof. ZHANG Donghui
   (School of Education, Renmin University of China)

Institutional Governance and Transformation

1. Analyzing the Content of University Self-Governance
   Li-yun Wang, Ming-feng Liu
   (Taiwan Normal University)
2. How Is Knowledge Structured and Produced? A Systematic Review of Chinese–Foreign Cooperative Running Schools (CFCRS) in International Publications
   Hong-Yi Tao
   (Tsinghua University);
   Yung Chi Hou
   (Chengchi University);
   Zi-Wei Zhou
   (Lingnan University/ Chengchi University);
   Hung Cheng Su
   (Chengchi University);
   Ying Chen
   (Minjiang University);
   Fang Yu Lin
   (Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan)
3. From world “classness” to SDGs engagement-Can Asia’s Top Universities serve as catalysts driving higher education system reform?
   Yung Chi Hou
   (Chengchi University);
   Ying Chen
   (Minjiang University);
   Fang Yu Lin
   (Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan);
   Hung Cheng Su
   (Chengchi University);
   Zi-Wei Zhou
   (Lingnan University/ Chengchi University);
   Hong-Yi Tao
   (Tsinghua University)

Panel 10 Convergence or Divergence: Roles of Professional Associations in Quality Assurance Frameworks in East Asia

Internationalization, Cross-Border Mobility, and Global HE Landscapes

1. Exploring Students’ Rationales for Pathway Choice in Transnational Higher Education
   HU Mingzheng
   (University of Edinburgh)
2. Repositioning International Graduates in a Changing Global Landscape: A Systematic Review of Home-Country Employability
   ZHOU Mingrui, DAI Kun
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
3. Reconfiguration of the Asian Higher Education Attraction Field and Talent Circulation in the Context of Generative AI——Based on OECD EG 2025 and DEO 2026 Data
   WANG Jiawei, TONG Rugen, CHEN Yalan
   (South China Normal University)
4. Chinese Scientific Power in Multipolar Global Science: Glonacal Learning and In-Between Agency Among STEM International Doctoral Students in China
   XU Jie, DAI Kun, LIU Yabing, LIANG Xinran
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Sichuan University)

Generative AI, Digital-Intelligent Education, and Responsible Governance

1. Regulation versus Trust: A Comparative Policy Analysis of China’s and U.S.’s Governance of AIED
   WANG Siqi
   (University of Edinburgh)
2. Fairness Auditing of Generative AI Feedback in Education: An Embedding-Based Benchmarking Framework for Responsible Deployment in Asian Schools
   DU Yishan, Conrad Borchers, Mutlu Cukurova
   (University College London; Carnegie Mellon University)
3. How Teacher-GenAI Integrated Feedback Shapes Undergraduate Academic Writing: A Quasi-Experimental Study
   LI Sihui, HUANG Yating
   (Zhejiang University)
4. Living with Generative AI: The Remaking of Doctoral Knowledge Production in the Humanities and Social Sciences
   YUAN Xuhang
   (Beijing Normal University)

Graduate Education, Academic Socialization, and Degree System Reform

1. From Apprentice to Academic: Shimen Networks and Early Career Identity Formation in Chinese Universities
   LIU Jiajie
   (University College London)
2. The Weight of Time: Synchronicity Dilemmas and Agentic Strategies in the Supervision of International Doctoral Students
   WANG Jialu, SUN Xiaoxiao
   (Peking University)
3. Motivation Profiles of Chinese Mainland PhD Students in Hong Kong: A Self-Determination Theory Analysis
   Sim Sook Mun, TI Yonghe, ZHANG Lifang
   (The University of Hong Kong)
4. The Effects of Negative Emotions on PhD Students’ Identity Construction in Academic Socialization: A Narrative Study in Transnational Universities
   CUI Cheng, WANG Qian, LI Huan
   (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)

University Governance, Strategic Transformation, and Talent Development Innovation

1. Strategies for Entrepreneurial University: Cases of Peking University and Tsinghua University
   LI Zhuping
   (Seoul National University)
2. Reevaluating Transformational Leadership through a Cultural Integration Lens: Historical Insights from Chinese University Presidents in the Republic of China
   WANG Pengjuan
   (The University of Hong Kong)
3. AI-Driven Policy Translation and Program Transformation in Resource-Constrained Universities: Equity Challenges for Educational Leadership
   WANG Ban, DING Yi
   (The University of Hong Kong; The Education University of Hong Kong)
4. Reconfiguring State Roles in Latin American Higher Education Governance: A Comparative Study of Hybrid Governance in the Global South
   HUANG Yiyi
   (Peking University)

Student Learning Experience, Agency, and Educational Choices

1. When Cyberloafing Helps or Hurts: The Bidirectional Moderating Role of College Students’ Time Management Skills
   SONG Yifan, GUO Yirong
   (Xiamen University)
2. Feedback Literacy in Transition: How Chinese Mainland Students Navigate Programme Ecologies in Hong Kong Universities
   LIU Xin, ZENG Min
   (The University of Hong Kong)
3. Simulating Intergroup Contact among University Students: The Pedagogical Potential of Culturally Profiled Generative AI in Fostering Intercultural Readiness
   WU Chenxi, Nigel Mantou Lou
   (University of Victoria)
4. The Deficit of Asian Culture in Student Agency Scholarship: A Systematic Review
   Lee Soyoung, XIE Wanyi, WANG Jialu
   (The Education University of Hong Kong; Peking University)

Educational Equity, Academic Careers, and Interdisciplinary Capacity Building

1. Identification of Common Prosperity Effect of Higher Education Expansion: Structural Changes of Mediating and Masking Effects
   CHEN Chao, CHEN Yuzhuo, ZHANG Rongxin
   (Anhui Normal University; East China Normal University)
2. Pluralism under Asymmetry: China’s International Research Collaboration in Economics and Education
   YU Kexin
   (Southern University of Science and Technology)
3. Bridging Borders and Building Capital: What Do Early Career Faculties Gain from Transnational Postdoctoral Mobility?
   ZHANG Kexin, ZHU Jiani, ZHAO Xin
   (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
4. Does Financial Aid Convert into Employability Capital Among Low-Socioeconomic-Status Tertiary Education Students in Chinese Mainland?
   CHEN Jiayi
   (The University of Hong Kong)

Internationalization, Cross-Border Mobility, and Global HE Landscapes

1. Return Recalibration: Mobility, Social Capital and Class Positioning Among Chinese UK Master’s Returnees
   MA Xiaolin
   (University of Manchester)
2. Discursive Decoupling in the Internationalization of Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Short-Term Mobility Programmes in China, Japan, and Malaysia
   LEE Shien Wei, PAERHATI Naifeisai, SI Jiangmiao
   (Hiroshima University)
3. Navigating Careers amid Uncertainty: The Impacts of Geopolitical Tensions on the Career Decisions of U.S.-Trained Chinese Doctoral Graduates
   LIN Fengyi, XIE Wanyi, WANG Jialu
   (Peking University)
4. The Evolution, Controversies, and Local Adaptation of Elite Higher Education in China amid Global Transformation
   QIU Mengzhen
   (Tsinghua University)

Generative AI, Digital-Intelligent Education, and Responsible Governance

1. Beyond Individual Accountability: A Relational Model of Generative AI Ethics Governance for Innovation-Driven Doctoral Education in East Asia
   ZHANG Rui
   (Beijing Foreign Studies University)
2. Artifact-Process Decoupling in GenAI-Embedded Coursework: Response-Process Evidence from Auditable Dialogue Traces
   ZHU Jianhua, SUN Jianrong
   (Macau University of Science and Technology; Xi’an Eurasia University)
3. The Asymmetric Impact of GenAI Usage Patterns on University Students’ Identification with Core Values
   YANG Yuqian, MA Ying
   (Fudan University)
4. AI-Driven Higher Education Transformation in China and Russia: Policy Responses, Platform Governance, and University-Level Collaboration in a Changing Socioeconomic Development
   CAO Ruoqi
   (Tsinghua University)

Graduate Education, Academic Socialization, and Degree System Reform

1. Professional Identity Formation and Employability among International PhD Students: A Mixed-Methods Study in Australian Higher Education
   ZHANG Liwen
   (Monash University)
2. Decentralization in Action: Has the Russian Doctoral Degree-Awarding Reform Improved Dissertation Quality?
   Danila Pavliuk
   (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

   * Supported by the Joint Research Project 'Transformation of Doctoral Education in China and Russia' at HSE University.
3. Negotiating Researcher Identities in Transnational Communities of Practice: A Comparative Study of Chinese Doctoral Students in China, the US, and Germany
   WANG Jialu, LI Xinyi
   (Peking University; China University of Geosciences Wuhan)
4. Research on the Qualifying Examination System for Doctoral Students in Science and Engineering at Macao Universities
   YANG Wudi
   (Tsinghua University)

University Governance, Strategic Transformation, and Talent Development Innovation

1. Aligning Academic Career with National Strategy: Practices and Experiences of Chinese University Faculty in the Commercialization of Scientific and Technological Achievements
   MA Xin, YANG Xi
   (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
2. Incommensurable “Profession” and Defensive “Performance”: A Multiple-Case Study on the Cultivation Dilemmas of Eight-Year Clinical Medicine Programs
   SHEN Ziyue, WU Hongbin
   (Peking University)
3. Aligning Global Citizenship Education with Malaysian Education Blueprint 2026-2035: Bridging SDG 4.7 Policy Gaps through ICT-Enabled Curriculum Reform in Higher Education
   OO Cheng Keat, Norazzila SHAFIE, Mohd Lokman ABDULLAH, Hamidah MAT, Zahari HAMIDON
   (Open University Malaysia)
4. Shi-men Organizational Culture and Academic Aspirations of Master’s Degree Students: A Chain Mediation Study in China
   LIU Jie
   (Tsinghua University)

Student Learning Experience, Agency, and Educational Choices

1. Mandate to Motivation: International Students’ Engagement with Chinese at Hong Kong Universities in the AI Era
   WANG Yi
   (Hong Kong Baptist University)
2. Visual Analytics of Educational Matching Market Behavior via LLM-Based Multi-Agent System Simulation: Evidence from Gaokao Admissions Decision Surveys
   QIN Yuxuan, LI You, GUO Yuetong, CHEN Siming
   (Fudan University)
3. Seeing the Unseen Stagnation: Why Standard Curricula Often Limit Knowledge Transfer for Adult Learners in Higher Education
   Chiaw Gee Ng
   (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
4. Innovation Competitions vs Faculty-Mentored Research: Heterogeneous Links to Academic Ability among Chinese Undergraduates
   WANG Yajing
   (Tsinghua University)

Educational Equity, Academic Careers, and Interdisciplinary Capacity Building

1. How Interdisciplinarity Emerges: Development Trends and Structural Characteristics of University-Initiated Cross-Disciplinary Programs in China (2020–2025)
   LIAO Jinglin
   (Beijing Institute of Technology)
2. Higher Education and Human Capital Development for Future Challenges: A Systematic Review
   Panjapa Sookkoe, Sornnate Areesophonpichet
   (Chulalongkorn University)
3. Navigating a Career Ecosystem: Sustainable Careers of Vocational College Teachers in China
   ZHOU Zhiying, LAN Jinlin, DAI Kun
   (The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University)
4. How Faculty Interdisciplinary Competence Is Formed in Asian Research Universities: Interview Evidence from AUA Member Universities
   XU Huilin, ZHONG Zhou
   (Tsinghua University)

Future-Ready: How AI is Reshaping Teaching and Learning in Asian Higher Education & Navigating Academic Careers and Employment

Closing Ceremony

1. Closing Remarks for the 15th THU SE Doctoral Student Forum
   Associate Prof. of Research QIAO Weifeng
   (Deputy Party Secretary of School of Education, Tsinghua University)
2. Awarding Ceremony for the 15th THU SE Doctoral Student Forum
3. Closing Remarks (HERA 2026)
   Assoc. Prof. SHEN Wenqin
   (Assistant of Dean of Graduate School of Education, Peking University; Chairperson of HERA 2026 Conference Organizing Committee)
4. Closing Remarks (HERA 2026)
   Assoc. Prof. GUO Fei
   (Vice Director of Higher Education Research Division of School of Education, Tsinghua University; Chairperson of HERA 2026 Conference Organizing Committee)
5. Introduction to HERA 2027
   Assoc. Prof. Lei Mee Thien
   (Director of the National Higher Education Research Institute at Universiti Sains Malaysia)

Poster Viewing of Young Scholar & Doctoral Student Forum