Su Dan is also professor of Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, deputy dean of Tsinghua University Institute for Cultural Economy, and director of Key Lab of Traditional Crafts and Materials Research, Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He is mainly engaged in the research of contemporary design education transformation, industrial heritage protection and cultural creative industry development.
As a writer and critic, professor Su Dan has published more than ten academic works in recent years. As a curator, professor Su Dan curated and planned the “2018 Tsinghua University Art and Capital Forum”, the sound installation “Sounds of Granary: Mouths” to participate in the 2017 Shanghai Urban Space Art Season and many exhibitions. As a designer, Professor Su Dan has served as the project leader of the design of China Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015, the environmental art design of the Chinese diplomatic missions abroad, and the landscape planning and design of Beijing Qianmen Street.