Shuai Cao

Hometown: Shandong Province, China

Research Interests: My research interests focus on network analysis, policy process, public management, and causal inference in the context of energy and environment.

Publications:

• Cao, Shuai, and Hongtao Yi. "What shapes the formation of interstate benchmarking networks?." Review of Policy Research (2024).
• Suo, Liming, Xue Li, and Shuai Cao. "How governance boundaries affect regional collaboration on atmospheric governance—Evidence from China's Yangtze River Delta." Review of Policy Research (2023).
• Yi, Hongtao, and Shuai Cao. “Climate Governance and Quasi-Federalism in China.” Climate Governance and Federalism: A Forum of Federations Comparative Policy Analysis, edited by Alan Fenna et al., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2023, pp. 86–108.
• Zhu, Demi, and Shuai Cao. "Decision-making and risk sources: Key to source governance for social stability." Chinese Political Science Review 5 (2020): 95-110.

Conference Presentations:

• “What shapes the formation of interstate benchmarking networks?”, presented at the 80th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 14~April 16, 2023.
• “River & Lake Chief System in China: Institutional Design, Mechanism, and Technology”, presented at the 3rd Tsinghua University Forum for Young Scholars of Public Administration, Nov 3, 2019.

Honors and Awards:

• ENGIE-Axium Curricular Practical Training Scholarship Award, 2024
• Service Excellence Award by CPSG (Chinese Policy Scholars Group), 2022
• University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2021
• ENGIE-Axium Supplemental Incentive Recruitment Scholarship Award, 2021