{"id":36078,"date":"2023-02-15T10:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T02:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/ss\/about\/people\/faculty-2\/dr-emilie-tran\/"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T02:09:40","slug":"dr-emilie-tran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-uat.hkmu.edu.hk\/ss\/tc\/about\/people\/faculty-2\/dr-emilie-tran\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Emilie Tran"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr Emilie Tran<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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    Biography<\/h3><\/div>

    Dr Emilie Tran joined the School of Arts and Social Sciences, HKMU, in January 2023.<\/h5>

    Research<\/strong><\/h4>
    Driven by international and multidisciplinary collaborations, Dr Tran's research investigates global China: China's engagement in global public health; health diplomacy; digital diplomacy; the external relations of the EU, France, the Middle East and Africa. She also researches on public policy, administration, and management (training of civil servants and political elite; the smart city; public -private partnership), and public governance (China's transnational governance of its diaspora, re-creating an extra-territorial space). She has published in the\u00a0Journal of Contemporary China; Mediterranean Politics; China Perspectives; China: An International Journal;\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0International Migration<\/em>.<\/h5>
    Testimony of her impact and engagement with policy- and decision-makers, includes roundtable discussions in renowned venues, such as Chatham House, The Brookings Institution, and The Doha Forum.<\/h5>
    She has a track record of winning competitive grant-funding, having secured six research grants as principal investigator since 2013.<\/h5>

    Teaching\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>
    Since 2004, she has been teaching a wealth of subjects in political science, public policy, international relations, core and common courses, and European studies at the undergraduate, master's and doctorate levels. She enjoys including transcultural experiential learning, transnational service-learning and transdisciplinary inquiries in her teaching.<\/h5>
    She won the President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching 2021 (Hong Kong Baptist University) for the positive and transformative impacts she had made on her students.<\/h5>
    In recognition of her 20 years of remarkable service to education, research and community service, including the creation of transnational double degree programmes, the French Republic bestowed upon her in 2020 a \u201cKnighthood\u201d [Chevalier] of\u00a0L'Ordre des Palmes Acad\u00e9miques<\/em>, a national merit order that honours distinguished academics.<\/h5>

    Service to the University<\/strong><\/h4>
    Prior to joining HKMU, Dr Tran held two permanent positions, at the University of Saint Joseph Macao (USJ, 2008-2016), and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU, 2016-2023). At USJ, she rose through the ranks, from Assistant to Associate Professor, and from Programme Coordinator of Government Studies and International Relations to Department Head, and Dean of the Faculty of Administration of Leadership. At HKBU, she was the French stream coordinator, then Director of the entire European Studies programme; eventually she became the Director of Transdisciplinary undergraduate Programmes.<\/h5>

    Service to the Community<\/strong><\/h4>
    Since 2018, Dr Tran is an elected representative of the French living abroad [Conseill\u00e8re des Fran\u00e7ais de l'\u00e9tranger].<\/h5>
    She is a role model for Inspiring Girls Hong Kong, a not-for-profit program that aims to overcome gender and cultural stereotypes, by connecting 10-18 year-old students with professional leaders from all walks of life and industry backgrounds.<\/h5>
    Committed to fight domestic violence, she is a patron of SAVE YOU and Mots et Maux de Femme, two platforms dedicated to help French women living abroad facing intra-familial abuse.<\/h5><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Teaching Areas & Research Interests<\/h3><\/div>
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    Contemporary Chinese politics<\/h5>
    Comparative politics<\/h5>
    Chinese diaspora<\/h5>
    China's foreign relations<\/h5>
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    Academic & Professional Experience<\/h3><\/div>

    Research Grants
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    European Commission Erasmus+ (Team Member\/Junior Expert) HKD98,491 (2022-2026) Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence<\/span><\/em>\u00a0– Improving Institutional Trust in Times of Pandemics (IITTP)\u00a0<\/i>(Project ID 101085026)<\/h5>
    Hong Kong University Grants Committee General Research Fund\u00a0(Principal Investigator until Dec 2022, Co-Investigator in 2023-2025)\u00a0HKD762,687\u00a0(2022 -2025)\u00a0How China Speaks To The World In The Covid-19 Era: China's Political Communication and Mobilisation in Europe<\/em><\/h5>
    Hong Kong Research Grants Council Research Matching Grant Scheme\u00a0(Principal Investigator)\u00a0HKD22,500\u00a0(2021-2023)\u00a0The Climate Collage and Hong Kong's Contribution to Mitigate Climate Change<\/em><\/h5>
    PROCORE \u2013 France\/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme\u00a0(Principal Investigator)\u00a0HKD125,963\u00a0(2021-2022)\u00a0Transnational and Transdisciplinary Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/em><\/h5>
    Aarhus University Research Foundation \u2013 AUFF NOVA\u00a0(Co-Investigator)\u00a0DKK570,500\u00a0(2021-2022)\u00a0China's Twitter Diplomacy: Content and Impact\u201d<\/em><\/h5>
    Hong Kong Baptist University Faculty Niche Research Areas\u00a0(Co-Investigator)\u00a0HKD933,792\u00a0(2020-2022)\u00a0Trust and the Smart City<\/em><\/h5>
    Aarhus University, Denmark\u00a0(Co-Investigator)\u00a0EUR1,500\u00a0(2020)\u00a0Chinese Twitter<\/em><\/h5>
    Hong Kong Baptist University Faculty of Social Sciences Research Grant\u00a0(Principal Investigator)\u00a0HKD50,000.00\u00a0(2018)\u00a0The Overseas Chinese in France and Hungary \u2014 What Role Do They Play in Expanding China's Political Influence in Europe?<\/em><\/h5>
    Macau Foundation\u00a0(Principal Investigator)\u00a0MOP403,300\u00a0(2014-2015)\u00a0Impact Assessment of the Macao Forum's Seminars on the Economy and Public Policy-Making in Portuguese Speaking Countries \u2014 An Illustration of South-South Cooperation<\/em><\/h5>
    Macau Foundation\u00a0(Co- Principal Investigator)\u00a0MOP340,000\u00a0Survey on public environmental consciousness in Macao, a Pearl River Comparison<\/em><\/h5>

    Academic & Teaching Experience<\/strong><\/h4>
    2016-2023 Director of Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Programmes, Division of Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Programmes (2022-2023).\u00a0Assistant Professor Coordinator European Studies | French Stream\u00a0(2016-2022). Director of\u00a0BSocSc (Hons) in European Studies,\u00a0 Department of Government & International Studies (2021-2022) |\u00a0Hong Kong Baptist University<\/h5>
    2008-2016\u00a0Associate Professor, Head of Department of Public Administration and International Relations,\u00a0Dean of\u00a0Faculty Administration and LeadershipUniversity of Saint Joseph, Macao<\/h5>
    \u200b2004-2007\u00a0Part-time Lecturer, the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau<\/h5>
    \u200b2000-2005\u00a0Research Fellow, the French Centre for Research on Contemporary China\u00a0(Centre d'\u00c9tudes Fran\u00e7ais sur la Chine contemporaine, CEFC), Hong Kong<\/h5>

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    Selected Publication<\/h3><\/div>

    Books<\/strong><\/h4>
    Baker, J. S. (Ed.), Gao, Y. (Ed.), Cole, A., Tran, \u00c9. (Ed.), & Yue, X-G. (2022). Transnational and Transdisciplinary Lessons of COVID 19 From the Perspective of Risk and Management. MDPI AG. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/books978-3-0365-5703-8<\/h5>

    Book Chapters<\/strong><\/h4>
    Tran E. & Sautede, E. (forthcoming). The Role of Catholic Organizations and Catholic Figures in the Rise of Civil Society in Macao. J. Derrick Lemons and S.-h. Chan (eds.) Rapid Religious Cultural Change. Amsterdam University Press.<\/h5>
    Tran, E. & Yahia H. Zoubir (February 2023). China's Health Diplomacy: A Cold-War-Style Battle of Narratives. In K. P. Tan (Ed.) Asia in the Old and New Cold Wars: Ideologies, Narratives, and Lived Experiences. Palgrave Macmillan.<\/h5>
    Zoubir, Y. & Tran, E. (February 2023). China's 'Health Silk Road' Diplomacy in the MENA. In Y. H. Zoubir (Ed.). Routledge Companion to China and the Middle East and North Africa. Routledge.<\/h5>
    Zoubir, Y. & Tran, E. (2022 in press). The Maghrib and Outside Powers. In G. Joffe (Ed.). Routledge Handbook on The Modern Magrib. Routledge.<\/h5>
    Cole, A., Lai Ming Tsun, C., Stivas, D., & Tran, E. (2022). Chapter 7: The 'Smart City' between urban narrative and empty signifier: the case of Hong Kong. In Constructing Narratives for City Governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4337\/9781800374454.00013<\/h5>
    Tran, E\u0301. (2021). The Yellow Vest Movement: Causes, Consequences and Significance. In Helen Drake, Alistair Cole, Sophie Meunier, Vincent Tiberj (Eds.). Developments in French Politics 6 (6th edition). London: Macmillan.<\/h5>
    Tran. E. (2016). \u201cLusofonia and Francophonie: The Challenges of Diversity in the Era of Cultural and Economic Globalization\u201d, in Vera Borges (ed), Between Demystification and Utopia: An Inquiry into Lusofony, University of Saint Joseph Press, 2016, pp. 141-152.<\/h5>
    Tran. E. (2016). \u201cEchoing Alternative Voices: The East Timorese in Macao\u201d, in Sarah Smith, Antero B. da Silva, Nuno Canas Mendes, Alarico da Costa Ximenes, and Clinton Fernandes (eds.), Timor Leste 2015, Hawthorn, Swinburne Press, 2016, Vol. I, Chp 37, pp. 230-237.<\/h5>
    Quadros, T. S., and Tran, E. \u201cSocial Transformation in the Eyes of Contemporary Chinese Cinema and Dogme 95.\u201d Edited by Susana Gon\u00e7alves and Suzanne Majhanovich. Comparative and International Education Art and Intercultural Dialogue, 2016, 113-27.<\/h5>
    Tran. E. (2015). \u201cIn The Red 2.0: Online Reactivation of Maoist Mobilisation Methods and Propaganda\u201d, in Joseph Cheng (ed.), The Use of Mao and the Chongqing Model, Hong Kong, Hong Kong City University Press.<\/h5>

    Journal Articles<\/strong><\/h4>
    Cole, A. & Tran, E. (2022). Trust and Smart City. China Perspectives 2022\/3. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4000\/chinaperspectives.14024<\/h5>
    Cole, A. & Tran, E. (2022). Trust and the Smart City: The Hong Kong Paradox. China Perspectives, 2022\/3. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4000\/chinaperspectives.14039<\/h5>
    Cole, A.; Baker, J.S.; Tran, E.; Gao, Y. Introduction to the Special Issue 'Transnational and Transdisciplinary Lessons of COVID-19 from the Perspective of Risk and Management'. J. Risk Financial Manag. 2022, 15, 210. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/jrfm15050210<\/h5>
    Tran, E.; Tseng, Y.-c. To Trust or Not to Trust? COVID-19 Facemasks in China\u2013Europe Relations: Lessons from France and the United Kingdom. J. Risk Financial Manag. 2022, 15, 187. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/jrfm15040187<\/h5>
    Tran, E. (2022). Role Dynamics and Trust in France China Coopetition. Mediterranean Politics. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13629395.2022.2035138<\/h5>
    Tran, E & Zoubir, Y. H. (2022) INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE China in the Mediterranean: An Arena of Strategic Competition?, Mediterranean Politics. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13629395.2022.2035138<\/h5>
    Yahia H. Zoubir & Emilie Tran (2022) China's Health Silk Road in the Middle East and North Africa amidst COVID-19 and a Contested World Order, Journal of Contemporary China. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10670564.2021.1966894<\/h5>
    Tran, E\u0301. and Chuang, Y. H. (2020). \u201cSocial Relays of China's Power Projection? Overseas Chinese Collective Actions for Security in France\u201d. International Migration, 58(3): 101-117. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/imig.12627<\/h5>
    Tran, E\u0301. (2019). \u201cMarseille: biento\u0302t un comptoir chinois?\u201d. Confluences Me\u0301diterrane\u0301e, 109(2): 33-46. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3917\/come.109.0033<\/h5>
    Ho, W.-C., & Tran. E. (2019). \u201cHong Kong\u2013China Relations over Three Decades of Change: From Apprehension to Integration to Clashes\u201d. China: An International Journal, 17(1): 173-193. http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1353\/chn.2019.0009<\/h5>
    Tran, \u00c9. & Matias Dos Santos, J.C. (2015). The Seminars of the Macao Forum: An Illustration of China's Soft-Power Diplomacy towards the Portuguese-Speaking Countries. China: An International Journal 13(1), 93-112. http:\/\/doi:10.1353\/chn.2015.0006.<\/h5>
    Tran. E. (2009). Entry on \u201cElite Groups\u201d in Pong David (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Modern China, 4 vols., Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Gale \/ Cengage Learning, Detroit, MI., 2009. The Encyclopedia of Modern China received three awards: 2010 Dartmouth Medal Honorable Mention; Library Journal's Best Reference Sources of 2009; Outstanding Reference Sources for 2010 by the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).<\/h5>
    Chang, K., Van Schalkwyk, G., & Tran, E. (2006). The Impact of Macao's Gaming Industry on Family Life. China Perspectives 64 March \u2013 April 2006. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4000\/chinaperspectives.603<\/h5>
    Tran. E. (2003). From Senior Official to Top Civil Servant. China Perspectives [Online], 46 | march-april 2003, Online since 09 August 2012, connection on 19 January 2023. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4000\/chinaperspectives.257<\/h5><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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