Academia
Working in Langkawi, Malaysia
I am a researcher and writer on the Political Economy of Southeast Asia. I recently submitted my PhD thesis at Durham University where I was supervised by Dr Gordon Cheung. In 2004 I went to Singapore to gather data for my undergraduate dissertation and have since completed an MA by research on Vietnamese development. My PhD thesis looks at tourism as a development tool in Malaysia.
My method is very a much 'soft' approach to political economy and focuses on the motivations of both governments and citizens. By examining the sociological and psychological factors at play I seek out the stories that lie behind the numbers. When combined with the 'hard' statistics of more traditional approaches to the subject, my work contributes to the field by contextualising and expanding existing knowledge.
While living in Malaysia I became interested in the politics of ethnicity and the concepts surrounding what determines one ethnic groups rights to a geographical area. I maintain a profile at academia.edu but my portfolio pages provide a more comprehensive overview of my academic work.
My method is very a much 'soft' approach to political economy and focuses on the motivations of both governments and citizens. By examining the sociological and psychological factors at play I seek out the stories that lie behind the numbers. When combined with the 'hard' statistics of more traditional approaches to the subject, my work contributes to the field by contextualising and expanding existing knowledge.
While living in Malaysia I became interested in the politics of ethnicity and the concepts surrounding what determines one ethnic groups rights to a geographical area. I maintain a profile at academia.edu but my portfolio pages provide a more comprehensive overview of my academic work.
