SEAC's Spotlight On.... Series is a way to get to know our Visiting Fellows and Professors, Staff, and Affiliates a little better. Learn more about their research, their plans at SEAC, and what they do in their spare time.
Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Thitinan Pongsudhirak (Visiting Professor) is Professor of International Relations at Chulalongkorn University’s faculty of political science and Senior Fellow at its Institute of Security and International Studies in Bangkok. Learn more here.
Professor Dan Slater
Dan Slater (Visiting Professor) is James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Emerging Democracies (@umichDemocracy) at the University of Michigan. He specializes in the politics and history of democracy and authoritarianism, especially in Southeast Asia. Learn more here.
Dr. Vilashini Somiah
Dr. Vilashini Somiah (Visiting Fellow) is a Feminist Anthropologist from Sabah, Malaysia, and a Senior Lecturer at the Gender Studies Programme, Universiti Malaya. Learn more here.
Professor Deepanshu Mohan
Professor Deepanshu Mohan (Visiting Professor) is Professor of Economics and Dean, IDEAS, Office of Interdisciplinary Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), New Delhi, India. Learn more here.
Prof John T. Sidel
Professor John T. Sidel is the Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, and Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Learn more here.
Dr Benjamin Lawrence
Dr Ben Lawrence is a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Asian Legal Studies (CALS). Ben is at SEAC as Visiting Fellow from 1 May to 31 July 2023. Learn more here.
Dr Ofita Purwani
Dr Ofita Purwani is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia. Ofita was at the Centre as Visiting Senior Fellow from 1 April to 30 June 2023. Learn more here.
Dr Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz
Dr Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz is a Research Fellow in the Arts and Sciences, Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge and formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. Nicole was at the Centre as Visiting Fellow from 1 February to 31 July 2023. Learn more here.
Dr Kanokrat Lertchoosakul
Dr Kanokrat Lertchoosakul is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Government, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University. Kanokrat is at the Centre as Visiting Fellow from 1 February to 30 April 2023. Learn more here.
Dr Andy Chang
Dr Andy Scott Chang is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University. Andy was at the Centre as Visiting Senior Fellow from 30 January to 24 April 2023. Learn more here.
Dr Helena Varkkey
Dr Helena Varkkey is Associate Professor of Environmental Politics at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, Universiti Malaya. Helena was at the Centre as Visiting Fellow from 30 January to 12 March 2023. Learn more here.
Professor Tamaki Endo
Prof Endo is Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saitama University. Prof Endo was at the Centre as Visiting Senior Fellow from 1st October 2022 to 31st January 2023. Learn more here.
Professor Julio Teehankee
Prof Teehankee is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at De La Salle University and was at SEAC as Visiting Senior Fellow from 19 September - 19 December 2022. Learn more here.
Dr Gerard McCarthy
Dr Gerard McCarthy is Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and was at SEAC as Visiting Fellow from 5 September - 2 September 2022. Learn more here.
Dr Lin Hongxuan
Dr Lin Hongxuan is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and was at the Centre as Visiting Fellow from 31st January 2022 for a year. Learn more here.
Dr Joseph Scalice
Dr Joseph Scalice was a Postdoctoral researcher at Nanyang Technological University and was at the Centre as Visiting Fellow from 15 November 2021 - 30 April 2022. Learn more here.
Dr Junjia Ye
Dr Junjia Ye is Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Nanyang Technological University, and was at the Centre as Visiting Fellow from 4 October 2021 - 3 January 2022. Learn more here.
Dr Jayde Roberts
Dr Jayde Roberts is Senior Lecturer in the School of Built Environment at UNSW Sydney and was at the Centre as Visiting Fellow from 27 September - 31 December 2021. Learn more here.
Dr Emma Colven
Dr Emma Colven is Assistant Professor of Global Environment at the University of Oklahom, and was at the Centre as Visiting Fellow from 27 September - 17 December 2021. Learn more here.
Dr Shanthi Thambiah
Dr Shanthi Thambiah is Associate Professor in the Gender Studies Program, at the University of Malaya, and was at the Centre as Visiting Senior Fellow from 15 July - 15 October 2021. Learn more here.