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January 2012  -  I am co-organizing a conference on Modes of Activism and Engagement in the Chinese Public Sphere. The Call for Papers can be found here. The deadline for abstract submissions is approaching (31 Jan). Do contact me with any questions!

October 2011  -  The Asia's Civil Spheres workshop took place on 29-30 September 2011. The participants have made the workshop come alive beyond expectations!

August 2011  -  Preparations for the upcoming Asia's Civil Spheres workshop are in full swing. More here and here.

April 2011  -  I have updated my other website, Cybasia.net, to reflect recent changes I have made to my research foci. Thank you in advance for visiting.

March 2011  -  We have obtained funding to run the workshop Asia's Civil Spheres: New Media, Urban Public Space, Social Movements. Please refer to the ARI Website for further information. Do contact me with any questions!

November 2010  -  I just submitted funding applications for an exciting workshop with the tentative title Asia's Civil Spheres: New Media, Urban Public Space, Social Movements. Co-organizer Rita Padawangi and I hope to gather together scholars who work on the nexus of issues suggested by the title. The tentative timeline is 29-30 September 2011. Details upon request.

May 2010  -  Please visit Cybasia.net for information about my new research project Environmental Activism and the Internet in Asia.

January 2010  -  I have just been awarded a two-year ARI research fellowship and shall commence my new position and exciting new research in mid-May 2010.

July 2009  -  I have accepted the offer to stay in Singapore as a Postdoc for a second year, i.e. until November 2010.

May 2009  -  I have changed the website design and added information on my professional experience and current activities, mostly on the page "Research & Teaching."

November 2008 - I have commenced a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow Position at the Asia Research Institute, a university-level institute at the National University of Singapore.