Since 2023, Oscar Truong has held a doctorate in sociology from Lyon Normal School (ENS de Lyon). His dissertation examines socially engaged practices and cultural activism in China, with a focus on the emergence of independent artistic spaces in Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan. His research highlights the role of transnational influences in shaping place-making, facilitating activist exchanges, and fostering network formation. Positioned at the intersection of urban sociology, youth sociology, and globalization studies, his work examines the rise of new transnational connections between critical actors sharing dissenting aspirations, resistant identities, and critical representations to navigate their authoritarian and capitalist environments.

Between 2023 and 2025, Oscar Truong has been based in Taipei, where he has conducted postdoctoral research funded by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy and the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on transnational youth activism, the geopolitics of social movements, and the mapping of transcritical archipelagos.

Contact : oscar.truong@ens-lyon.fr