Takao Terui is an Assistant Professor at the Academy of Film and Creative Technology. Takao completed his PhD in Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College London and earned an MA with Distinction in International Cultural Policy from the University of Warwick.

His research adopts an international and comparative approach to examine the impacts of new technologies on state-market-civic relations in creative industries and cultural policies.

Takao's work has been published in leading journals, including Media, Culture & Society, International Journal of Cultural Policy, and Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society.

His current research focuses on the implications of generative AI for cultural production, approached from an East-West comparative perspective.

Before joining XJTLU, Takao worked as a research expert at Doshisha University (Japan) and the Cultural Relations Platform (an EU-based think tank). He also led the curriculum development project Decolonising the Culture, Media and Creative Industries Education and served as an adjunct lecturer at King's College London.

cultural policy history

crowdfunding in creative industries

state-business-civic partnerships in cultural policy

cultural diplomacy

External Expert, Cultural Relations Platform, EU Delegation to Japan (2022)

PI in Decolonising the CMCI (Culture, Media and Creative Industries) Education Project (2020-2021)

Takao Terui, ‘Between State and Market: Conceptualising the British Film Policy from Historical Perspectives’. The University of Hong Kong, November 2020. (Guest lecturer in Cultural Policy: A Complex Marriage of Business, Politics and Culture module at Global Creative Industries Programme). [invited]

Takao Terui, ‘Lost in Translation? New Direction of Heritage Policy in Japan’, Birkbeck, University of London, May 2022. (Guest lecturer in Comparative Cultural Policies module at School of Arts Policy and Management [MA]). [invited]

Takao Terui, ‘The Covid-19 Crisis and Critical Juncture in Cultural Policy’. King’s College London, December 2021. (As a speaker in CMCI Research Winter Workshops). [invited]

Takao Terui, ‘Rethinking Cultural Policies in East Asia’, Birkbeck, University of London, May 2021. (Guest lecturer in Comparative Cultural Policies module at Arts Policy and Management (MA)). [invited]

FTA 422 Cultural and Media Policies

FTA 428 Intellectual Property Design and Development

FTA 429 Research Design and Planning

FTA 440 Commercialisation Project