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Dr. Yuzhuo Cai is a Professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership and Co-Director of the Global Research Institute for Finnish Education at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). He has studied in Mainland China, Norway, and Finland. Before joining EdUHK, he spent over two decades at the Higher Education Group, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland, undertaking various roles, including Assistant Professor, Senior Researcher, Senior Lecturer, Research Director, and Acting Professor. He is currently an editor for the Journal of Studies in International Education, Triple Helix, and the Journal of the Knowledge Economy. His research is internationally recognised in areas such as institutional theory analysis of higher education, the internationalisation of higher education, the Triple Helix model of innovation, universities' engagement in innovation ecosystems, and graduate employability. Ranked among Stanford’s Top 2% Scientists in Education, Dr. Cai has significantly advanced the field through over 150 impactful academic publications and his leadership as Principal Investigator of the Horizon Europe project NEXT-UP, which secured a 2.9 million euro grant.