Overview
Background
Shoufeng Cao is an ARC research fellow on the "Deadly Solution: Towards an Indigenous-led Bush Food Industry" project. His research expertise lies in blockchain for business digitalisation, blockchain for supply chain solutions and blockchain for industries. Currently, Shoufeng focuses on exploring and demonstrating the transformative potential of blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the booming bushfood industry.
Shoufeng obtained his doctoral degree from The University of Queensland (UQ), with his thesis on system-wide data-driven risk analysis and management in global fresh produce value chains for the strategic competition of "value chain to value chain". After completing his PhD, Shoufeng started his postdoc research journeys at UQ and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), where he completed three digital transformation projects in agri-food supply chains and the industry funded by three industry-led CRCs including the CRC for developing Northern Australia (CRCNA), the Food Agility CRC, and the Future Food Systems CRC.
His research areas span from the identification of digital transformation strategies in complex multi-industry and multi-region contexts to the design, implementation, and evaluation of blockchain solutions with end users for industrial transformation and real-world disruptive impacts. His completed projects won two Good Design Australia Awards 2020 and one of them was a runner-up of the 2021 ACS Digital Disruptors Awards in the ICT Research Project of the Year Category.
Availability
- Dr Shoufeng Cao is:
- Not available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Farm Management and Agribusiness, The University of Queensland
Research impacts
The data-driven risk analysis and management project funded by the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) was described by the Australian Table Grape Association (ATGA) and industry sponsors as “the right project at the right time” to address industry-faced risk and resilience challenges along the export supply chain via risk-related data and information communication and collaborative risk management.
The Digital Transformation for Horticultural Exports from Northern Australia project funded by CRCNA (2018-2020) worked together with Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF), Northern Territory Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (NTDPIR) and Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (WADPIRD) and Hort Innovation Australia with evidence-based industry investment and regional development.
The BeefLedger project funded by Food Agility CRC in which I am a key research contributor received two 2020 Good Design Australia Awards in the commercial services category, and the design strategy category for demonstrating tangible benefits of blockchain for the Australian beef industry.
The Smart Trade Hubs project funded by Future Food Systems CRC in which I am an associate investigator, and a key research contributor was a runner-up for the 2022 ACS Digital Disruptors Awards for the ICT Research Project of the Year Category.
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Collaborative risk management in decentralised multi-tier global food supply chains: an exploratory study
Cao, Shoufeng, Bryceson, Kim and Hine, Damian (2021). Collaborative risk management in decentralised multi-tier global food supply chains: an exploratory study. International Journal of Logistics Management, 32 (3), 1050-1067. doi: 10.1108/IJLM-07-2020-0278
2021
Journal Article
Strengthening consumer trust in beef supply chain traceability with a blockchain-based human-machine reconcile mechanism
Cao, Shoufeng, Powell, Warwick, Foth, Marcus, Natanelov, Valeri, Miller, Thomas and Dulleck, Uwe (2021). Strengthening consumer trust in beef supply chain traceability with a blockchain-based human-machine reconcile mechanism. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 180 105886. doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2020.105886
2020
Other Outputs
Evaluation of the potential to expand horticultural industries in northern Australia
Cao, Shoufeng, Hine, Damian, Henry, Robert, Shaw, Lindsay and Mitter, Neena (2020). Evaluation of the potential to expand horticultural industries in northern Australia. Hermit Park, QLD, Australia: CRC for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA).
2020
Other Outputs
China's blockchain services network: A new global emerging infrastructure
Cao, Shoufeng, Deane, Felicity, Foth, Marcus, Powell, Warwick and Robb, Lachlan (2020, 07 30). China's blockchain services network: A new global emerging infrastructure ACS Informationage
2020
Book Chapter
Community group buying, vulnerable communities and COVID-19 in China
Sigley, Gary, Powell, Warwick and Cao, Shoufeng (2020). Community group buying, vulnerable communities and COVID-19 in China. State Responses to COVID-19: A Global Snapshot on 1 June 2020 . (pp. 50-51) edited by Nichole Georgeou and Charles Hawksley. Penrith, NSW Australia: Western Sydney University. doi: 10.26183/5ed5a2079cabd
2020
Other Outputs
BeefLedger blockchain-credentialed beef exports to China: early consumer insights
Cao, Shoufeng, Dulleck, Uwe, Powell, Warwick, Turner-Morris, Charles, Natanelov, Valeri and Foth, Marcus (2020). BeefLedger blockchain-credentialed beef exports to China: early consumer insights. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland University of Technology. doi: 10.5204/rep.eprints.200267
2020
Journal Article
Improving supply chain risk visibility and communication with a multi-view risk ontology
Cao, Shoufeng, Bryceson, Kim and Hine, Damian (2020). Improving supply chain risk visibility and communication with a multi-view risk ontology. Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 21 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/16258312.2020.1717990
2020
Journal Article
Assessing the rigour of empirical research in supply chain risk management
Cao, Shoufeng, Bryceson, Kim and Hine, Damian (2020). Assessing the rigour of empirical research in supply chain risk management. International Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience, 4 (2), 123-149. doi: 10.1504/ijscor.2020.10031119
2020
Other Outputs
Insights to market development of Australian mangoes in the dynamic and competitive Chinese market
Cao, Shoufeng (2020). Insights to market development of Australian mangoes in the dynamic and competitive Chinese market. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4289526
2019
Journal Article
An Ontology-based Bayesian network modelling for supply chain risk propagation
Cao, Shoufeng, Bryceson, Kim and Hine, Damian (2019). An Ontology-based Bayesian network modelling for supply chain risk propagation. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 119 (8), 1691-1711. doi: 10.1108/imds-01-2019-0032
2018
Other Outputs
System-wide risk analysis and management in global fresh produce value chains
Cao, Shoufeng (2018). System-wide risk analysis and management in global fresh produce value chains. PhD Thesis, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.590
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