Xin Gu

Personal profile

Biography

Xin's research and teaching falls squarely within the following three areas – culture and creative industries, arts and cultural management and digital culture and society. Xin has published widely on subjects of urban creative clusters and agglomeration; cultural work, creative entrepreneurship; creative and cultural industries policy; media and city; maker culture and cyberculture in China.

External positions

Expert Facility for the implementation of the 2005 Convention, United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization

2019 → 2022

Research area keywords

cultural industries
creative industries
communication and media studies
cultural studies
creative clusters
culural economy
cultural policy
social networking
creative entrepreneurship
urban regeneration
Asia
maker culture

Network Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Projects 2017 2020

1 Active

Urban cultural policy and the changing dynamics of cultural production

Grodach, C., Gibson, C., O'Connor, J., Gu, X. & Warran, A.

21/02/17 → 20/02/20

Project: Research

Research Output 2010 2020

15 Chapter (Book)
14 Article
2 Other contribution
1 Other Report
3 More

From 'creative cities' to 'media cities': the case of Manchester and Shanghai

Gu, X., 2020, The Routledge Companion to Urban Media and Communication. Debrah, S. & Krajina, Z. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 255-264 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review

(Un)Design, commerce and artistic autonomy: site-specific art in China

Gu, X. & O'Connor, J., 2019, Undesign : Critical practices at the intersection of art and design. Coombes, G., McNamara, A. & Sade, G. (eds.). Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review

Creative Milieu in China - 'disjuncture' in the global cultural economy

O'Connor, M. J. & Gu, X., 2019, Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia. Lim, L. & Lee, H-K. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge, p. 177-192 16 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review

Special Issue: Teaching the Cultural and Creative Industries: An International Perspective

O'Connor, J. (Guest ed.), Gu, X. (Guest ed.) & vickery, J. (Guest ed.), 2019, In : Arts & Humanities in Higher Education. 18, 2-3

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review

Teaching the cultural and creative industries: An international perspective

O’Connor, J., Gu, X. & Vickery, J., 1 May 2019, In : Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. 18, 2-3, p. 93-98 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review

Activities 2018 2019

5 Contribution to conference
4 Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board

ZoneModa Journal (External organisation)

Xin Gu (Member)

15 Jul 2019

Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board

International Conference on Culture and Arts Management

Xin Gu (Keynote/plenary speaker)

22 Nov 2019 → 23 Nov 2019

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference

Re-Futuring Creative Economies

Xin Gu (Speaker)

5 Sep 2019 → 6 Sep 2019

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference

Creativity, Knowledge, Cities Conference 2019

Xin Gu (Speaker)

12 Sep 2019 → 13 Sep 2019

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference