School of International Communications

Research Bio

My doctoral thesis research revolves around representations of contemporary female experience, in particular sexuality, in South Korean cinema and television. I am especially interested in the relations between forms of neo-liberal feminist thought and patriarchal ideals of femininity as examined through the discourse of genre hybridisation. My other academic pursuits involve examination of gender in East and South East Asian cinematographies, fandom cultures and analysis of recent South Korean popular culture trends.

Research Bio

I am a fully-funded PhD researcher at the AHRC Centre for Digital Copyright and IP Research in China at UNNC. My primary research interests are in cultural and creative industries, computer-mediated communication, IP and copyright, journalism and public relations. My research papers have been presented at international conferences in the UK, Australia and China. Apart from research, I am an award-winning communications and marketing professional in international higher education. I have extensive working experience in the media, consultancy, IT and the finance industry where my industry-focused research gets nurtured and developed.

More works of other genres, including journalism, PR and media releases can be found on my profile page. http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/ahrc/phd-projects/troy-zhen-chen.aspx

Awards and Nominations

1. Dream Scholarship of Year 2014, Professor Yang Fujia, Chancellor of Nottingham
2. Vice-Chancellor's Medal Award Nomination 2016, Professor Sir David Greenaway, Vice-chancellor, Nottingham University
3. China Top 10 Sino-Foreign University Weibo 2013, Sina Education Channel
4. Ningbo Top 10 Most Influential Weibo in HE 2014, Ningbo Education Bureau
5. Ningbo Top 10 Most Influential WeChat in HE 2014, Ningbo Education Bureau
6. Chinese Higher Education Top 40 Influential WeChat 2015 (ranked 17th and 34th), South Weekly and China Youth Daily

Grant

Developing New Business Models for Content Creation in the Chinese Creative Industries £2,300 grant from the Creative & Cultural Industries Research Priority Area Scheme (Joint-project, CI)

Publication List

Chapters in books

1. Chen, Troy Zhen (2018) ‘Policy, locality and networks in a cultural and creative countryside: The case of Jingdezhen, China’ In Luckman, Susan & Thomas, Nicola (Eds.) Craft Economies: Cultural Economies of the Handmade. Bloomsbury Academic, UK.
2. Chen, Troy Zhen (2017) 'Trauma report and its impact on journalists – a case study of Chinese leading news outlets’ In Hodgson, Guy (Eds.) Conflict, Trauma and the Media. Cambridge Scholars, UK.

Conference papers and presentations

1. 'Copyright and business models in China's music industry', Outdustry & China Music Business Magazine Working Week, Beijing, 24 August, 2016.
2. 'How to utilise social media for low-budget marketing campaigns in higher education', based on an interview with Ningbo New Media Research Centre. University of Nottingham, Ningbo, 25 August, 2015.
3. New Mode of Production and Consumption: A Case of Bilibili. Cultures of Knowledge: Creative Economy and China, Curtin University, Perth, West Australia, 7-11 Feb, 2017
4. China's music industry in transformation. AHRC Project Sharing Event, University of Nottingham-Ningbo, China. 27 June, 2016.
5. A New model for creative cities? Sanbao, Jingdezhen, China. Digital-Cultural Ecology and the Medium-Sized City, AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics and Society) conference, UWE Arnolfini Campus, Bristol, UK. 1st – 3rd April, 2016.
6. Trauma report and its impact on journalists – a case study of Chinese leading news outlets. Conflict, Trauma and the Media Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. 31st March, 2016.