WANG Chuanyi

Dr Wang Chuanyi serves as Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education–Tsinghua University Research Center for Education Strategic and National Planning, Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Graduate Education Strategy, Tsinghua University, Director of the Division of Education Policy and Management. He leads several key projects as Chief Expert for the National Social Science Foundation (Education) and for the National Development and Reform Commission’s major commissioned projects in Social Fields. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Education Policy and Planning Association under the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Academic Committee of the Association of Chinese Graduate Education

Office location: Room 329, Wennan Building

Email: wcy1985@tsinghua.edu.cn

Tel: 010-62783429

Education Background

Ph.D. in Educational Economics and Management, Wuhan University (2012)

Work Experience

Tenured Associate Professor, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University (2023.08-present)

Tenure-Track Associate Professor, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University (2018.09-2023.07)

Secondment Deputy Director of Development and Planning Office, Tsinghua University (2020.05-2021.05)

Associate Professor, Institute of Educational Sciences, Wuhan University (2014.12-2018.08)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Information Science, Wuhan University (2015.09-2018.07)

Lecturer, Institute of Educational Sciences, Wuhan University (2014.09-2014.11)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Higher Education, Tsinghua University (2012.09-2014.09)

Professional Societies and Positions

Vice Chairman of the Education Policy and Planning Association under the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy

Deputy Secretary-General of the Academic Committee of the Association of Chinese Graduate Education

Editorial Board Member and Handling Editor of Humanities & Social Sciences Communication (SSCI)

Editorial Board Member of Higher Education Policy (SSCI)

Editorial Board Member of European Journal of Education (SSCI)

Director of the Youth Editorial Board of Academic Degrees and Graduate Education (CSSCI)

Teaching

Educational Policy and Leadership (for undergraduates at Tsinghua University)

Educational Policy Analysis (for master’s and doctoral students at Tsinghua University, selected as Tsinghua University’s Excellent Course)

Degree and Graduate Education (for master’s and doctoral students at Tsinghua University)

Research Areas

Graduate Education; Higher Education Evaluation; Education Policy

Academic Achievements

As of September 2022, Chuanyi Wang has published over 100 papers in academic journals. His work includes more than 10 papers indexed by SCI/SSCI/AHCI and more than 80 papers indexed by CSSCI (including extended journals).

He has led more than 40 major projects, including National Social Science (Education) Key Projects, Major Commissioned Projects in the Social Field of the National Development and Reform Commission, Youth Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, Youth Projects of the Ministry of Education of the National Education Science Planning, Humanities and Social Science Projects of the Ministry of Education, and Commissioned Projects of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance; as the Second Completer, he participated in two Major Research Projects of Philosophy and Social sciences of the Ministry of Education, “Research on the Structural Adjustment of Graduate Education in China” and “Research on the Reform of the Evaluation System of Universities under Double First-class Construction”; as a core member, he participated in providing research support for and the drafting of numerous major national policies for higher education.

Representative Publications (in chronological order):

1. Graduate Education

Wang Chuanyi, Zhao Shikui. (2017) Eight major trends in the reform of global doctoral education in the 21st century: review and reflection[J]. Educational Research, 2: 142-151

Wang Chuanyi, Yang Jiale.(2019) The expansion of China's doctoral education: necessity, feasibility and path selection[J]. China Higher Education Research, 1: 79-85.

Wang, C., Guo, F., & Wu, Q.* (2021). The influence of academic advisors on academic network of physics doctoral students: Empirical evidence based on scientometrics analysis[J]. Scientometrics, 126, 4899-4925.

Yang, J., Wu, Q., & Wang, C.* (2022). Research networks and the initial placement of PhD holders in academia: Evidence from social science fields. Scientometrics, 127, 3253-3278.

Wang Chuanyi, Wang Tao. (2022). The evolution of interdisciplinary disciplines: stages and characteristics - also on the development of interdisciplinary disciplines in the United States [J]. Academic Degrees and Graduate Education, 9:23-30.

2. Education Policy

Wang Chuanyi, Yang Lili, Yang Jiale. (2020) Evaluation of the implementation effectiveness of the "Excellence Plan" of German universities: Based on the PSM-DID method [J]. China Higher Education Research, 1: 5-11.

Yang, L., Yang, J., & Wang, C. * (2021). The research-intensive university in a glonacal higher education system: The creation of the world-class university in China. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 43(4), 415-434.

Wang Chuanyi, Li Fulin, Cheng Zhe.(2021). Is the quality of doctoral students in the “application-assessment” system higher?—Based on the “Graduate Student Satisfaction Survey” [J]. Higher Education Management, 15(01): 18-28.

Wang Chuanyi, Gu Liujian, Yu Yinwei. (2022) The impact of the “three-child policy” on the scale of education: predictions for 2035 [J]. Educational Research, 43(11): 124-135.

Yang, L., Li, S., Ikbal Oldac, Y., & Wang, C.* (2023). The agency-structure complex in international research collaboration: evidence from a Chinese elite university. Studies in Higher Education, 1–14.

3. Higher Education Evaluation

Wang, C., & Zha, Q. * (2018). Measuring systemic diversity of Chinese universities: A clustering-method approach. Quality & Quantity, 52, 1331–1347.

Wang Chuanyi, Yang Jiale, Cheng Zhe. (2022) Evaluation of graduate education quality: methods and applications [M]. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.

Croucher, G., Wang, C., & Yang, J. (Eds.). (2022). The Performance of Asian Higher Education: Understanding Productivity Across Institutions and Systems (1st ed.). Routledge.

Wang Chuanyi, Qiao Weifeng, Cheng Zhe. (2022) Engineering Master Education Certification: General Standards and Measurement Methods[J]. Degree and Graduate Education, 5:16-23.

Wang Chuanyi, Yu Yinwei. (2022) F Index: An Improved Method for Measuring Academic Influence[J]. Journal of Information Resources Management, 12(04):24-32.

Awards and Honors

Research on the Adjustment of Graduate Education Structure in China, Second Prize of National Outstanding Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences, Issued by: Ministry of Education, 2021. (Rank:2/5)

Research on the Adjustment of Graduate Education Structure in China, First Prize of National Outstanding Achievements in Educational Science Research, Issued by: Ministry of Education, 2016. (Rank:2/5)

Difference and Coordination: Regional Structure of Graduate Education in China, Third Prize of the 10th Hubei Provincial Outstanding Achievements in Social Sciences, Issued by: Hubei Provincial People’s Government, 2016. (Rank:1/1)

Research on the Regional Structure of Graduate Education in China, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Hubei Province, Issued by: Academic Degree Committee of Hubei Provincial People's Government, 2013. (Rank:1/1)