Lili Yang

University of Hong Kong

Lili Yang is an assistant professor at Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. Previously, she was a PhD researcher and then a postdoctoral researcher at CGHE. Her research interests include higher education, cross-cultural comparison of higher education, and higher education policy. Her forthcoming book is titled ‘Higher Education, State and Society: Comparing the Chinese and Anglo-American Approaches’ (Bloomsbury).

Lili worked as a PhD researcher on the Global Higher Education Engagement Programme of CGHE between 2017 and 2020, and then a postdoctoral researcher of Project 8 of CGHE in 2021. Since 2022, Lili continues to be involved in Project 8 of CGHE as a researcher.

Lili has strong interests in Eastern-Western comparison in higher education, especially how universities are shaped by social, political and educational cultures in Eastern and Western contexts. More broadly, her interests include higher education, cross-cultural comparison of higher education, and higher education policy. Her forthcoming book is titled Higher Education, State and Society: Comparing the Chinese and Anglo-American Approaches (Bloomsbury).

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