Thuy Tran

Thuy Tran is a PhD Researcher at the School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, and the School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures, Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester. Her PhD studies the translation of internationalized cultural policy concepts, narratives, and knowledge in Vietnam through UNESCO designations and projects. Thuy is interested in researching arts/media/cultural policy, policy translation, urban cultural governance, and creative work.

Publications:
Tran, T. (2025). On and beyond the Creative City: performative narratives, policy translation, and frontiers of ‘splashing’ acts. City, Culture and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2025.100654

Tran. T (2023). Cultural policy on the move: between the paradigmatic and the pragmatic.
International Journal of Cultural Policy. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2023.2241875

De Beukelaer. C & Tran. T (2022). Between cultural trade and cultural development: examining the first decade of UNESCO’s International Fund for Cultural Diversity. Cultural Trends. https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2022.2124365