Ke Yu is an associate professor at the Education Faculty at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.She previously worked as senior research specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council.She holds PhD from Educational Management and Policy Studies department at the University of Pretoria, Master in International Business from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, and Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in China.She has published widely, and her primary research interest includes knowledge production, research governance and impact, as well as comparative studies on oriental, occidental and African culture and society.