Suet Leng Khoo, Associate Professor at Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been involved in research related to creative cities for ten years. She has undertaken research projects funded by the Sumitomo Foundation and also the Newton Fund. Suet Leng has published extensively on creative cities in both international and local journals. Nicole Shu Fun Chang studied the contributions of the arts sector as part of the creative economy in local economic development for her PhD research. Her research looks into the potential of the art sector, focusing on the visual art industry as a core creative industry, in developing a creative city.