Yiran is a graduate student in the Arts Policy and Administration MA program with over a decade of experience in China’s performing arts and cultural tourism sectors. His research explores cultural policy, international cultural exchange, and evidence-based decision-making in arts organizations, with a focus on how social trends, economic transitions, and public policy shape the cultural sector’s strategic development. 

Fun fact: Yiran enjoys doing left-and-right-brain-exercises, such as sitting down and patting left hand on left thigh while rubbing the right hand back and forth on the right thigh, then quickly switching sides (left hand rubbing, right hand patting). He can also move his ears for some reason.

Research Interests

• Art and technology
• Cultural globalization
• Institutional theory of art
• Power dynamics