Dancing with Dragons: How Should Chinese and American Institutes of Higher Education Engage with each other
Time & Date: 15:00-17:00, January 9th, 2024 (Tuesday)
Venue: TB105
Abstract:
An evaluation of international scientific research partnerships that include China and leading research economies shows that China plays a critical role in global science, by some measures rivaling or even surpassing the United States both in the volume of scientific papers produced and the quality of the work as measured by citations.
These trends have coincided with, according to survey data, scientists of Chinese descent at American universities experiencing greater discrimination and increased fear regarding their academic pursuits.
Dan Murphy’s work explores what this means for higher education engagement with China. He argues for a rational approach that recognizes both the tremendous value of international academic collaboration and the need for firm boundaries around areas critical to national security.
Speaker’s Biography:
Dan Murphy is Executive Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Before joining M-RCBG, Dan served for nearly five years as executive director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Harvard China Fund, which together are world-leading research centers for the study of China. During his tenure Dan broadened awareness of the Fairbank Center and China Fund both within Harvard and beyond; reinvigorated programming and engagement with stakeholders; and played an important role in fundraising efforts which left both units in solid financial standing. In 2019, he was a key member of the team that traveled with Larry Bacow to Greater China for meetings with academic partners and government officials.