Ke Yuan is Lecturer at Institute of Education and Economy Research, which was co-founded by the Ministry of Education of China and University of International Business and Economics(UIBE).

At SHLC project, Ke concerns education development of the two case cities — Datong and Chongqing — in China. Besides, his interests are extensive, he currently focus mainly on the urban community conflicts and governance, and education policy, especially urban community education, private education policy, smart and learning city, etc.