Talks
Invited Talks and Guest Lectures
2023
University of LiverpoolLGBTQ+ young people’s digital citizenship in the Asia Pacific
DigiPol Research Seminar
Digital Boom: Discussing the Political Climate of Southeast Asia in the Age of Social Media
Guest speaker - US-Asia Institute (USAI) Southeast Asia in Focus Webinar Series
How theory predicted Donald Trump: And why this should bother you
Guest talk
2022
International Committee of the Red CrossMisinformation, Disinformation and Hate Speech: What Are The Consequences
Moderator - Human Matters with ICRC Facebook Live series
To watch: https://fb.watch/goKyWygi9_/
Going Global Roundtable
Panelist - Digital Humanities Speaker Series inaugural event
Politisation of Hate Speech
Panelist - Regional Convening: Challenging Hate Narratives in Asia
Understanding the Job Market Inside and Outside Academia in the Post-Pandemic Era
Panelist
The Problem with Communications in the Digital Age
Panelist
All your memes are belong to us: Memetics, Politics and Popular Culture
Guest Lecturer - International Faculty Lecture Series
It's feeling chilly in Malaysia: Internet-led political journalism, 'fake news' and conpiratorial publics
Centre for Participatory Culture Seminar Series
2021
King's College LondonBefore ‘fake news’: Cybertroopers, the opposition playground and internet-led political journalism in Malaysia
Going Global Seminar Series
Online disinformation in Southeast Asia
Guest Lecture
2019
University of Nottingham MalaysiaDemystifying Cybertroopers
Guest Lecture
2018
IACT College MalaysiaMedia Convergence in Journalism
Guest Lecture
2017
University of Tampere, FinlandWeeding the grass: Social media astroturfing in Malaysia
Tampere Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Communication (COMET) Lecture Series
2015
Rightscon ManilaLightning Talk - Cybertrooping
Rightscon Summit Manila, The Philippines
The Great Debate: Everything in Moderation
Panelist at the event co-organised by the Global Movement of Moderates
2013 & 2014
Monash University MalaysiaIssues in International Communication
Guest Lecture
2012
Walter Conkrite School of Journalism and Mass CommunicationSocial Media and Journalism
Guest talk for participants of the Conkrite Global study abroad session (in London) organised by Arizona State University’s Walter Conkrite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Conference Presentation
November 2022
TU Dublin, Ireland'Queering' Digital Citizenship? Reflections on Research with ‘LGBTQ+’ Youth in the Asia Pacific
Association of Internet Researchers annual conference 2022 - #AoIR22
Co-presented with Dr. Amelia Johns and Dr. Paul Byron (University of Technology Sydney)
One-to-many: SMS messaging as ‘means of control’ in the digital age of Covid-19
Political Studies Association's Media and Politics Group Annual General Conference 2022
October 2019
Queensland University of TechnologyDecoding the Weaponisation of Popular Culture on WhatsApp in Singapore and Malaysia
Association of Internet Researchers conference 2019 - #AoIR2019
June 2019
Facebook HQDecoding the Weaponisation of Popular Culture on WhatsApp in Singapore and Malaysia
Facebook Integrity Research Academic Workshop
November 2018
University of NottinghamClouded by euphoria: Freedom to express following the 14th Malaysian General Election
Political Studies Association’s Media and Politics Group Annual General Conference 2018
October 2018
Lugano, SwitzerlandOf troops and turf: What can Malaysian cybertroopers tell us about political astroturfing disrupting democracy
ECREA 2018 – 7th European Communication Conference
September 2018
Oxford UniversityOf Troops and (Astro)Turf: The Malaysian Case
The Internet, Policy & Politics Conference 2018
October 2017
University of TurkuFrom a ‘tsunami’ of hope to the flattening of hopelessness: Mapping networked affect in Malaysia’s Bersih 2.0 movement
Affective Politics of Social Media Symposium
Co-presented with Dr Amelia Johns (Australia)
May 2017
University of AmsterdamFaking It: Astroturfing, Twitter and Political Communication
Public Lives/Private Platform: The Politics of Twitter conference
December 2016
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Beware the AstroTurf: Why we can’t trust social media in times of crisis
Political Studies Association’s Media and Politics Group Annual General Conference
My paper received an Honourable Mention (for the doctoral students prize competition)
December 2015
Monash University MalaysiaPower of Social Ties: Twitter, Trust and Troopers
Internet in Southeast Asia Symposium