Projects & Initiatives

2025-2026: AI and Society in the Asia Pacific: Power, Politics, and Public Life in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Routledge. Sole editor. – The project brings together scholars from China, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and Australia to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping power, politics, and public life across the Asia Pacific.

2024-2026: AI and political propaganda in Southeast Asia: Comparative studies between Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Supported by ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore

2025: Social Media and Disaster Management: MOOC Development. Collaborator. Project led by Data & Democracy Research Hub, Monash University Indonesia. Funded by AHA Centre, ASEAN

2024: Media and Information Literacy Mexico – US 2024 Summer Program. Funded by US Department of State

2024: Media and Information Literacy Training 2024 in Sarawak, Malaysia. Funded by Oklahoma State University

*Klick Cerdik Fakta* was a community media literacy workshop held at Pustaka Miri, Sarawak in July 2024. The workshop was free to attend and focused on helping older Miri residents become more critical media users. It was a collaboration with JomCheck Malaysia at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and was supported by the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma State University through a Summer Community Engagement Award.

2024: Workshop – Leveraging Social Media for Disaster Management in Southeast Asia: Bangkok, Thailand. Funded by AHA Centre, ASEAN