Ly Tran is a Professor in the School of Education, Deakin University, and a former Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow on the New Colombo Plan. Her work focuses on international education, student mobilities, the education-migration nexus and the New Colombo Plan. She was named as one of Australia and ASEAN ‘Top 50’ voices on international education 2023 and awarded the Inaugural Melbourne Asia Game Changer Award from the Asia Society Australia.