Dr ZHU, Yanzhen

Dr Zhu Yanzhen (朱彥臻) is a Post-doctoral Fellow. Her academic interests include globalisation of higher education, comparative education, philosophy of education, culture and education, and qualitative research.

Her doctoral study theoretically and empirically explored how Chinese humanities and social sciences scholars transform their intellectual traditions in practice. Currently, she is working on the higher education policies and practices in Hong Kong, various non-Western knowledge and traditions in the global era, and the development of humanities and social sciences. She wants to explore broader unknown educational and epistemic landscapes with historical awareness, a comparative perspective, and an open mind. 

1. 2019-2023    University Postgraduate Fellowships (HKU)
2. 2017-2018    Wang Yongquan Scholarship, Excellent Social Service Prize, Hong Cai Scholarship (PKU)
3. 2016-2017    Wang Yongquan Scholarship, Excellent Social Service Prize (PKU)
4. 2014-2015    May Fourth Scholarship, Excellent Academic Performance Prize (PKU)
5. 2013-2014    May Fourth Scholarship (PKU)
6. 2012-2013    Excellent New Student Scholarship (PKU)

1. Zhu, Y. *, Shen, Y., & Yang, R. (2024). Transforming traditions into academic resources: A study of Chinese scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Higher Education(ahead of print). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01297-9

2. Shen, Y., Zhu, Y. , & Yang, R. (2024). Integrating traditional knowledge of non-Western humanities and social sciences: A research agenda through the Chinese lens. Studies in Higher Education (ahead of print), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2407051

3. Zhu, Y. *(2023). Rethinking ignorance through Confucianism and Daoism: Propriety, transcendence, and their educational implications. ECNU Review of Education (ahead of print) https://doi.org/10.1177/20965311231180219

4. Zhu, Y. (2023). Traditions as ‘Tacit Knowledge’ in Global Asymmetries: The Case of Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences Scholars (conference paper). CIHE Perspectives, No. 22, 16-18.
5. Zhu, Y. & Shen, Y. (2023). Transforming Traditions into Resources: Pains and Gains of Chinese Scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences (working paper). Centre for Global Higher Education. https://www.researchcghe.org/publications/working-paper/transforming-traditions-into-resources-pains-and-gains-of-chinese-scholars-in-the-humanities-and-social-sciences/
6. Shen, Y. & Zhu, Y. (2023). Incorporating Traditional Chinese Knowledge in Research: The Case of Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences (working paper). Centre for Global Higher Education. https://www.researchcghe.org/publications/working-paper/incorporating-traditional-chinese-knowledge-in-research-the-case-of-chinese-humanities-and-social-sciences/
7. Zhu, Y. & Jiang, K. (朱彥臻，蔣凱) (2022). A Depiction of Contemporary Higher Education through the Lens of Institutionalism: Burton Clark’s Higher Education Theories (制度主義透鏡下的當代高等教育圖景——伯頓·克拉克的高等教育理論). Journal of Higher Education (高等教育研究), 43(9), 92-109. 
8. Jiang, K. & Zhu, Y. (蔣凱，朱彥臻) (2019). A Review of Burton R. Clark’s Academic Profession Theory (伯頓·克拉克學術職業理論評析). Tsinghua Journal of Education (清華大學教育研究), 40(6), 33-41.
9. Zhu, Y. & Jiang, K. (朱彥臻，蔣凱) (2019). On the Government’s Role in Higher Education: Interference vs. Supervision (政府如何管理高等教育?——控制模式與監督模式的比較研究). Modern University Education (現代大學教育), 34(1), 81-89. 
10. Jiang, K. & Zhu, Y. (蔣凱，朱彥臻) (2018). The Logic of Institutional Autonomy: Ashby’s Institutional Autonomy Theory and Its Contemporary Significance (高校辦學自主權的邏輯——阿什比的大學自治理論及其當代意義). China Higher Education Review (中國高等教育評論), 10(2), 156-171. 

1. Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC) Management Committee, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (elected member)
2. Higher Education for the Global Common Good (HEGCG) Community (organised by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) (project coordinator)

Selected Conference Presentations & Attendance

1. ‘(Re-)reading Tradition in Education: What is Tradition and Why does it Matter?’. Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong Annual Conference (held in The University of Hong Kong during 22-24 November 2024). (panel chair and conference oral presentation)
2. ‘To be Cosmopolitan with Indigenous Roots? The Experiences of Ethnic Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences Scholars’. HKU-APERA International Conference 2023 (held in The Chinese University of Hong Kong during 8-10 December 2023). (conference oral presentation)
3. ‘Chinese Intellectual Traditions in Global Asymmetries: Perceptions of China’s Scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences’. 2023 WES-CIHE Summer Institute & The 2023 Biennial Conference on International Higher Education (organised by Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, U.S. during 6-10 June 2023).(conference oral presentation)
4. ‘Transforming Chinese Intellectual Traditions into Explicit Knowledge: Pains and Gains of China’s Scholars’. CGHE Webinar (organised by Centre for Global Higher Education, Oxford University, U. K. on 14 February 2023)(webinar oral presentation)
5. ‘Can We Really Prepare Learners for The Future?’ Global Education Deans’ Forum: Series of GEDF Deans’ Vision of Shared Education Futures (organised by Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, China on 6 June 2023) (invited online discussant)