Dr Takao Terui
- Lecturer in Global Cultural Industries (School of Culture & Creative Arts)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0657-4027Biography
Takao Terui is Lecturer in Global Cultural Industries at the University of Glasgow. Prior to this, he served as an Assistant Professor in Cultural and Creative Industries at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, a UK–China joint institution.
His research has been published in leading international journals, including Media, Culture & Society, International Journal of Cultural Policy, and Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society.
Research interests
Drawing on his experience of growing up in Japan, studying in the UK, and working in China, Takao adopts a comparative and international approach to examine how emerging technologies are reshaping creative industries and cultural policy.
His current research focuses on the implications of generative AI for cultural production, with particular attention to de-Westernising perspectives and cross-cultural differences.
He is currently preparing a monograph that explores the interactions between creative workers, platforms, policymakers, and fan communities in Japan in response to generative AI. The project seeks to broaden existing debates by foregrounding geographical and cultural diversity in understandings of AI within cultural policy and the creative industries.
Publications
Prior publications
Article
Takao Terui, Jiayu Chen (2025) Generative AI, copyright, and cultural policy: understanding the mechanisms behind Japan and Singapore’s AI-friendly approaches International Journal of Cultural Policy Crossref. (doi: 10.1080/10286632.2025.2588195)
Takao Terui (2025) ‘Typically British’ Growth of Film Regulation The Roles of Film Industry Organisations in Formulating Censorship Agency in Pre-War Britain Media History Takao Terui. ISSN 1469-9729 (doi: 10.1080/13688804.2025.2481074)
Takao Terui (2025) Culture, commerce and crowdfunding: Artists’ experiences of crowdfunding and lessons from Japan Media, Culture & Society Crossref. (doi: 10.1177/01634437241282902)
Takao Terui (2025) Digital cultural policy in Japan: decentralised digitalisation initiatives and their associated challenges International Journal of Cultural Policy Takao Terui. ISSN 1477-2833 (doi: 10.1080/10286632.2025.2460569)
Takao Terui (2024) State–business–civic partnerships in children’s film policy: the roles of the CFD/CEF Advisory Council in post-war Britain International Journal of Cultural Policy Crossref. (doi: 10.1080/10286632.2023.2244511)
Takao Terui (2024) Historical Perceptions about Children and Film: Case Studies of the British Board of Film Censors, the British Film Institute, and the Children’s Film Foundation from the 1910s to the 1950s Open Cultural Studies Takao Terui. ISSN 2451-3474 (doi: 10.1515/culture-2022-0205)
Takao Terui (2023) The Advocacy Coalition in the British Film Institute in Its Early Days The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society Crossref. (doi: 10.1080/10632921.2023.2227183)
Takao Terui, Kaori Takahashi (2022) Activating the legitimacy of culture by fundraising: The use of cultural crowdfunding in Japan during the COVID-19 crisis Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy / Zeitschrift für Kulturmanagement und Kulturpolitik Takao Terui. ISSN 2701-8466 (doi: 10.14361/zkmm-2022-0102)
(2021) The Covid-19 crisis and ‘critical juncture’ in cultural policy: a comparative analysis of cultural policy responses in South Korea, Japan and China International Journal of Cultural Policy Takao Terui. ISSN 1477-2833 (doi: 10.1080/10286632.2021.1938561)
Report
Takao Terui, Josepha Bertolini, Hye-Kyung Lee, Nobuko Kawashima (2024) AI and the reformulation of cultural labour: Three perspectives King's College London /Doshisha University Takao Terui.
Takao Terui, Takao Terui, Takao Terui (2021) Decolonising the CMCI Curriculum: A Report and Resource for Change Takao Terui.
Book Section
Takao Terui (2024) Lost in Translation: Japan Heritage and the New Direction of Heritage Policy in Japan Cultural Heritage in Japan and Italy Takao Terui. (doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-1499-5_4)
Other
(2021) Navigating disruption in the Southeast Asian arts and cultural sectors: the ANCER Conference, 17 to 19 September 2020 (online) Cultural Trends Takao Terui. ISSN 1469-3690 (doi: 10.1080/09548963.2021.1929076)
Supervision
Takao welcomes PhD applications in areas related to his research on creative industries and cultural policy.
Teaching
Takao is leading the MSc Global Cultural Enterprise, a new programme launching in September 2026 that aims to provide a global and critical perspective on cultural enterprise and creative industries.