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Dr Hiu Man Chan

Job: Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries

Faculty: Arts, Design and Humanities

School/department: School of Humanities and Performing Arts

Address: Room 2.05, Clephan Building , º£½ÇÉçÇø, Oxford Street, Leicester, LE1 5XY

T: 0116 255 3945

E: hiu-man.chan@dmu.ac.uk

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Personal profile

Dr Hiu Man Chan sepcialises in international collaboration in the creative and cultural industries, particularly the film sector.

In parallel to her teaching and research, she has been an active practitioner involving in a wide range of projects with over 15 years of industry experience. These include co-production film development, film distribution and exhibition, film festival, film related IP concept design and creative enetprise development. 

Hiu Man's teaching style is engaging. She regularly brings her own experience from the industry into teaching. At the same time, she encourages students to develop their own critical thinking with a forward looking and entrepreneurial attitude. She believes in empowering students and is committed to helping each individual student to actualise their own potentials.  

Hiu Man's research style is dynamic, collaborative, proactive and solutions-driven. She believes in the democratisation of knowledge and is passionate about knowledge exchange. She is active in disseminating her research and testifying her ideas in different creative ways. She is a regular media commentator and public debate curator. Her public-facing articles have been published by international media such as The Conversation, The Diplomat, World Economic Forum, South China Morning Post, CGTN and many more. 

Originally from Hong Kong SAR, Hiu Man has an intensive industry network in the creative industries across Greater China and ASEAN. In the UK, her research, knowledge exchange and advocacy have gained attention from stakeholders such as DCMS, Department for International Trade, British Council, the British Film Institute and local city councils.

Research group affiliations

Member, Research & Innovation Institute for Sustainable Futures

Publications and outputs

 Please click for Google Scholar Profile. 

Key research outputs

 

Research interests/expertise

Hiu Man's current research interests focus on the following topis: 

  • UK film industry’s internationalisation beyond Hollywood and Europe. It particularly investigates and orchestrates opportunities in new rising markets, such as China. 
  • Chinese cinema culture, film industry and its internationalisation, particularly around international collaboration with the UK, EU, the Middle East and Africa. 
  • International co-production films with China
  • The future of Hong Kong’s film industry
  • Film and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
  • Film diplomacy as conflict mediator and peacebulding

Her other interests include contextual and historical research which support above themes, soft power, cultural policy, film and international relations, film (criticism) as journalism as well as a long-life philosophical thinking about "Imagination and Institution".

Dr Chan welcomes potential PhD project enquiries that are related to topics above. 

Areas of teaching


  • PhD supervision

Qualifications

  • PhD, Cardiff University
  • MA, University College London
  • BA (Hons), Oxford Brookes University

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Global Arts Management, BA
Cultural Events Management, MSc

Membership of external committees

  • Founder & Director, 2020 - present, UK-China Film Collab (Not for profit)
  • Exco Member, The British Malaysian Society and Chair of its culture group, 2023-present
  • Trustee Board Member, Indpendent Cinema Office, May 2024 - persent
  • Review College Member, 2020 - present, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships, UK Researcn Innovation
  • Advisory Member, ,2020 - present, tve Global Sustainability Film Awards
  • Artistic Director, 2021 - present, Odyssey film festival
  • Series Editor, 2015 - 2024, Intellect China Library

Membership of professional associations and societies

  • Hong Kong Society (UK)
  • The British Malaysian Society
  • Cinema Theatre Association

Consultancy work

Dr Chan has conducted consultancy work for both commercial and government bodies in the UK and Greater China. She is currently working on several live projects for clients based in both countries.

Externally funded research grants information

  • 2025-2029: First Supervisor, "Bertie on Screen: An inquiry into the Bertrand Russell Archives and their screen adaptations potential for the East Asian market", M4Cities Doctoral Collaborative Awards, Arts and Huamnities Research Council 
  • 2023: Academic Supervisor, KTP Management Project with FABRIC, Innovate

  • 2022: Principal Investigator, Accelerated KTP, “To build an intelligent content management for international film distribution in the UK”, Innovate

  • 2020: Principal Investigator, To Search for an Operating Model and Commercialisation Strategies for Theatre Spaces within the Shanghai Theatre Academy, International Placements, Arts and Humanities Research Council

  • 2019: Principal Investigator, “To Search for a Sustainable UK-China Film Collaboration: Unlocking Issues around Film Distribution Mechanisms”, UK-China Creative Industries Partnership Development Grants, Arts and Humanities Research Council

Internally funded research project information

2024, Participatory Research Funding Award (to work with charity tve)

2023/2024, Knowledge Exchange Award (to reverse Innovate's KTP project)

Published patents

2024, Trademark, "Global Stage on Screen", IPO
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Case studies

ORCID number

0000-0002-5335-3833

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