Wang Pusheng

Professor Wang Pusheng is a professor at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS), a nationally recognized teaching expert in curriculum-based ideological and political education (first batch by the Ministry of Education), and the Chief Expert of Social Governance and Innovation at the Shenzhen Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences at SIGS. He serves as a doctoral supervisor for both the Information and AI Leading Engineering Ph.D. program and the Sociology of Science and Technology Ph.D. program. He is also a scholar of the Shenzhen Talent Hub Double Hundred Plan and has been selected as a University Town Master Scholar in Shenzhen. His research primarily focuses on the sociology of technology and engineering ethics. He has published 8 academic monographs and translations, and over 100 papers. Notable works include the nationally planned textbook Engineering Ethics Casebook (as editor-in-chief), the monograph Critique of Automobile Traffic, which won the First Prize for Outstanding Young Scholar Works from the Chinese Society of Dialectics of Nature, and The Founding of the British Geological Survey and the De la Beche School, which received the Science Times Reading Cup Best Popular Science Book Award. His research report Promoting Equal Access to Basic Public Services and Improving Public Service Management for the Actual Population won the First Prize of the Shenzhen Mayor's Research Project. His policy report Shenzhen's Strategic Support for Becoming a World Science Center and Talent Center was adopted by the Shenzhen Municipal Government and commended by the Organization Department of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee. His study Research on the University-Enterprise Joint Training Base Model for New Full-Time Master of Engineering Students won the Outstanding Achievement Award of the National Engineering Professional Degree Graduate Education Self-Selected Research Project. He has led numerous national research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China special project Reader on Research Integrity, the project commissioned by the National Engineering Degree Education Steering Committee Development of the Engineering Ethics Case Bank, and the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund projects Organ Donation Research from the Perspective of the Sociology of Technology and Conflicts of Interest in Scientific Activities and Case Studies. His course Professional Ethics has been recognized as a prestigious course at Tsinghua University and a national model for curriculum-based ideological and political education. His course Marxism and Contemporary China is also a prestigious course at Tsinghua University and has won first prize for Shenzhen ideological and political model courses. He has received honors such as Advanced Individual in Scientific Research Management in Higher Education Institutions from the Ministry of Education, Shenzhen Outstanding Teacher, and Tsinghua University Outstanding Teacher.

1995.9-1998.7Peking UniversityPhilosophy of Science and TechnologyPh.D.

1988.9-1991.7Shanxi UniversityPhilosophy of Science and TechnologyM.A.

1979.9-1983.6Lanzhou UniversityPhysical Geography, Department of Geology and GeographyB.S.

1998.8-2000.8 Institute of Science, Technology and Society, School of Humanities, Tsinghua UniversityAssociate Professor

2000.9-2005.10Office of Humanities and Social Sciences Administration, Tsinghua UniversityDeputy Director

2005.10-2012.2Division of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua UniversityProfessor

2012.2-2020.12Office of Academic Affairs, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua UniversityDirector (Joint Appointment)

2021.1 - PresentDivision of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate SchoolDirector

Member, Shenzhen Social Construction Advisory Committee

Standing Director, Shenzhen Public Finance Society

Deputy Secretary-General, Shenzhen Soft Science Society

Member of Shenzhen Decision Advisory Committee;

Member of Shenzhen Social Construction Advisory Committee;

Executive Director of Shenzhen Finance Society, Deputy Secretary General of Shenzhen Soft Science Society

   Philosophy of science and technology; Scientific sociology

Professional Ethics / Engineering Ethics

Introduction to Dialectics of Nature

Marxism and Contemporary China

Critical Thinking

Guided Reading of Cultural Classics

    Philosophy of science and technology; Scientific sociology

Professor Wang's research focuses on the interaction between science, technology, industry, and social development. He has led over 30 research projects. Key projects include:

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Special Project: Reader on Research Integrity

2. National Education Science Tenth Five-Year Plan Project: Research on Research Ethics Education in Universities

3. Ministry of Education (MOE) Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund Project: Conflicts of Interest in Scientific Activities and Case Studies

4. 2018 MOE General Humanities and Social Sciences Project: A Technological Sociology Study of Organ Donation in China from Multiple Perspectives

5. Commissioned Project of the National Engineering Degree Education Steering Committee: Development of the Engineering Ethics Case Bank

6. MOE Overseas Study Fund Project: Research Ethics and Social Responsibility of Scientists

7. Beijing Education Science Tenth Five-Year Plan Project: Research on the Institutionalization of Research Ethics in Universities

8. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Project: Research on Self-Organization Planning Theory and Methods

9. NDRC Project: Research on Inter-regional Population Migration in the Development of Main Functional Zones

10. Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Tenth Five-Year Plan Project: 20th Century Scientific and Technological Development and the Transformation of Human Lifestyles

11. NSFC Soft Science Project: Improving the Peer Review System and Regulating Peer Review Behavior

12. Shenzhen Philosophy and Social Science Eleventh Five-Year Plan Category I Key Project: Strategic Research on Shenzhen Taking the Lead in Achieving a Fundamental Transformation of Economic Growth Mode

13. Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission Project: Research on Shenzhen's Research Integrity System

14. Shenzhen Municipal Publicity Department Project: Lianhua Mountain Spiritual Totem Special Study

15. Shenzhen Talent Bureau Project: The Law of World Science Center Migration and Talent Flow Trends

16. Shenzhen Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Fund Project: Thoughts and Models for Shenzhen's Transformation of Economic Development Mode

17. Shenzhen Urban Planning Bureau Project: Research on Industrial Development Transformation under the Evolution of Global Production Modes

18. Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission Project: Research on Industrial Guidance Catalog and Binding Indicators

19. Shenzhen Economic, Trade and Information Commission: Research on Shenzhen's Future Industrial Development

20. Shenzhen Trade and Industry Bureau: Shenzhen Industrial Enterprise Comprehensive Evaluation System

21. Shenzhen Land and Resources and Housing Administration Project: Research on the Modernization Development Strategy of Shenzhen's Housing Industry

22. Shenzhen Development and Reform Bureau Project: Research on Shenzhen's Equipment Manufacturing Industry Development Policy

23. Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission Twelfth Five-Year Preliminary Research Project: Research on Shenzhen's Urban Equalization Strategy

24. Shenzhen Science and Technology Bureau Soft Science Project: Research on the Current Status and Planning of Shenzhen's Public Technology Development Platform

25. Shenzhen Soft Science Program Project: Research on the Equalization of Basic Public Services in Shenzhen

26. Shenzhen Social Work Committee Project: Research on the Urbanization of Migrant Workers

27. Shenzhen Social Work Committee Project: Research on Shenzhen's Public Service Evaluation Mechanism

28. Shenzhen Municipal Government Development Research Center Project: Research on the Coordinated Development of Population and Employment in Shenzhen

Ongoing Research Projects:

1. Shenzhen Science and Technology Strategy Research Project: A Study on the History of Technological Innovation Development in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

2. Tsinghua University Education Reform Project: Engineering Ethics Case Studies

National-Level Research Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Special Project: Reader on Research Integrity

2. National Education Science Tenth Five-Year Plan Project: Research on Research Ethics Education in Universities

3. Ministry of Education (MOE) Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund Project: Conflicts of Interest in Scientific Activities and Case Studies

4. MOE General Humanities and Social Sciences Project: A Technological Sociology Study of Organ Donation in China from Multiple Perspectives

5. MOE Overseas Study Fund Project: Research Ethics and Social Responsibility of Scientists

6. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Project: Research on Self-Organization Planning Theory and Methods

7. NDRC Project: Research on Inter-regional Population Migration in the Development of Main Functional Zones

8. NSFC Soft Science Project: Improving the Peer Review System and Regulating Peer Review Behavior

9. Commissioned Project of the National Engineering Degree Education Steering Committee: Development of the Engineering Ethics Case Bank

1. De la Beche: Pioneer of Scientific Professionalization in Britain, Outstanding Geologist, Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 1996(4)

2. A Unique School of Geological Research, Studies in Science of Science, 1996(1)

3. Social Effects of Automobile Traffic, Studies in Science of Science, 1999(1)

4. Unfairness: The Political and Ethical Implications of Automobile Traffic, Science Technology and Dialectics, 1999(1)

5. On the Professionalization of British Geology, Studies in Science of Science, 2001(3). (This paper won the Excellent Paper Award at the 8th Annual Conference of Geoscience Philosophy)

6. Philosophical Reflections on the Epidemic of Traffic Accidents, Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2001(5). (Reprinted in full in Contemporary Literary Digest(formerly Social Science Information Digest) and Renmin University Copying Materials B2: Philosophy of Science and Technology, Issue 12, 2001)

7. Origins, Current Status, and Debates on Conflict of Interest Policies in U.S. Research Institutions, Studies in Science of Science, 2005(3)

8. Evolution and Characteristics of Global Production Modes from the Perspective of Industrial Philosophy, Science Technology and Dialectics, 2008(3). (Included in Renmin University Copying Materials, Issue 8, 2008)

9. Correlation Analysis of Shenzhen's Industrial Structure and Population Structure – A Comparison with Shanghai, Economic and Social Development, 2009(3)

10. A Sociological Perspective on Conflicts of Interest in Scientific Activities, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2009(7)

11. Correlation Analysis of Technological Innovation and Economic Development in Shenzhen, Science & Technology Progress and Policy, 2010(5)

12. Research on Balanced Economic Development within Cities, Economic Review, 2011(10)

13. Gong Yuzhi's Scientific Translation Work and Thought, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2012(6)

14. Research on the Relationship between Shenzhen's Three Industrial Sectors and Resident Income Growth – Based on Co-integration Analysis and Granger Causality Test, Statistics and Decision, 2013(6)

15. Research on Gong Yuzhi's Thoughts on Scientific Translation, Science Popularization, 2013(4)

16. Preliminary Exploration of the Event-based Science Popularization Marketing Model, Science Popularization, 2013(2)

17. Identifying Conflicts of Interest in Scientific Activities, Philosophy of Science and Technology, 2014(5)

18. The Revolving Door Mechanism in Industry-University-Research Collaboration, Science & Technology Progress and Policy, 2015(1)

19. Privacy Risks and Coping Strategies for Big Data Credit Reporting, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2016(7)

20. The Mutual Construction of Technology and Society, Journal of Peking University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2016(5)

21. Informed Consent in the Age of Big Data, Medicine and Philosophy, 2016(5)

22. The Matthew Effect and Preferential Attachment in Scientific Research Networks, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2019(35) (Cover Article)

23. Out-group Trust, Cross-boundary Activities, and Entrepreneurial Success, Journal of Industrial Technological Economics, 2019(38)

24. Qualitative Assessment of Sustainable Infrastructure in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative: A Case Study of the Kenya C12 Road Reconstruction Project, China Soft Science, 2020(6)

25. Realist Stances in the Three Waves of STS, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2020(2)

26. Centrality in Research Collaboration Networks and Academic Impact: A Case Study of Science (2000-2018), Library Tribune, 2020(3)

27. Typical Problems and Countermeasures for Emerging Industry Development during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period, Economic Review, 2020(7)

28. Engels' Thought on Science and Technology in the Outline of the Critique of Political Economy and Its Contemporary Significance, Contemporary Economic Research, 2020(10)

29. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 2020

30. Cost-effectiveness analysis of renal replacement therapy strategies in Guangzhou city, southern China, BMJ Open, 2020

31. How narratives of RRI is translated and contribute to nurture RRI: Comparative Study Based on the Case of Smart Pharmacy in Shenzhen, China

32. Interpretation of Rules and Contractual Approaches to Patient Informed Consent from the Perspective of the Civil Code, 2021(03)

33. Evaluation of Sustainable Infrastructure in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative: A Case Study of the Kenya C12 Road Reconstruction Project[J]. China Economist, 2021(16)

34. Characteristics of Paper Mills and Identification Methods, Chinese Journal of Scientific and Technical Periodicals, 2022(8)

35. Analysis of the Causes of Scientific and Technological Talent Convection between Developed Chinese Cities[J]. Science and Technology Management Research, 2025(4). (CSSCI Extended Edition, Peking University Core Journal)

36. Correlation Analysis between the Structure of Scientific and Technological Talent and R&D Output Efficiency: A Case Study of Shenzhen[J/OL]. Studies in Science of Science, 1-20[2024-08-21]

37. The Spatial Matthew Effect of Scientific and Technological Talent Flow[J]. Western Journal, 2024(24): 59-64

38. Brokerage Power and Knowledge Integration: The Mechanism of Social Capital in Scientific Research[J]. Studies in Science of Science, 2024, 42(11)

1. Crossing Quadrants: The History of Technological Innovation in Shenzhen, Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, 2025

2. Introduction to Research Norms and Research Integrity Education, Science Press, 2023

3. Engineering Ethics Casebook, Tsinghua University Press, 2022

4. Conflicts of Interest in the Interaction of Science, Technology and Society, Intellectual Property Publishing House, 2013

5. Shenzhen's Industrial Transformation under the Evolution of Global Production Modes, People's Publishing House, 2010

6. Norms of Conduct in Scientific Activities, Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House, 2006

7. The Founding of the British Geological Survey and the De la Beche School, Wuhan Publishing House, 2002

8. Critique of Automobile Traffic, Tsinghua University Press, 2001

9. Science and National Interests (co-translated with Zeng Guoping), Scientific and Technical Documents Publishing House, 1999

1999.10-present: Tsinghua University

1991.08-1995.09: Department of Social Science, Shanxi Medical University

1986.05-1988.09: Department of Environmental Science, Shanxi University

1983.06-1986.05: Shanxi Institute of Environmental Protection

1. Engineering Ethics Casebook won the Second Prize of National Outstanding Textbook Award, 2025

2. Professional Ethics was selected as a National First-Class Undergraduate Course, 2024

3. Engineering Ethics Casebook was selected as a National Planned Textbook, 2023

4. Professional Ethics was selected as one of the First Batch of National Online Exemplary Courses for Professional Degree Graduate Students, 2024

5. Professional Ethics was selected as a National Model for Curriculum-Based Ideological and Political Education by the Ministry of Education, and Professor Wang was awarded the title of National Teaching Expert in Curriculum-Based Ideological and Political Education by the MOE, 2021

6. Introduction to Research Norms and Research Integrity Education won the Second Prize for Excellent Teaching Achievements of the Guangdong Society of Degree and Graduate Education, 2024

7. Engineering Ethics Casebook won the Shenzhen Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023

8. Marxism and Contemporary China won the First Prize for Shenzhen Ideological and Political Model Courses (ranked 2nd), 2022

9. Tsinghua University's 18th Good Teacher and Helpful Friend, 2023

10. Shenzhen Outstanding Teacher, 2014

11. Advanced Individual in Scientific Research Management in Higher Education Institutions, Ministry of Education, 2001

12. Outstanding Graduate of Peking University, 1998