Tran Thanh Phong Trang
Doctoral Student
Department of Education, Communication and LearningAbout Tran Thanh Phong Trang
Phong is a doctoral student at the Department of Education, Communication and Learning (IPKL), University of Gothenburg, and a member of GRAITE, the graduate school for AI and teacher education.
His research concerns teacher educators’ professional work in relation to generative AI, with a particular interest in professional judgement and responsibility. He explores teacher educators’ experiences, the questions they encounter, and what they want and need regarding these technologies in their work. The project examines how the use of generative AI is considered, discussed and negotiated within teacher education.
His professional background includes language teaching in Ho Chi Minh City, work in analytics of human-machine interaction, and four years as a product manager at Volvo Cars, where he worked on generative AI decision support. These experiences inform his interest in the relationship between technology, professional knowledge and everyday work.