Projects

Last updated: August 2022. I'm working on providing more information, please check back for updates.

Research projects permalink

Grouped under themes, click to find out more:

• Digital rights and communication

  • 2021/2022: "Stories in/around the Machine" (Grant provided by Oxford University and Minderoo Foundation; collaboration with researchers Yung Au, kat azali, and Srujana Katta)
  • 2021/2022: "To What Extent Does Malaysia’s National Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Policy Address AI Security Risks?" (Commissioned book chapter by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Tandem Research/Digital Future Lab)
  • 2020/2021/2022: AI Governance in Southeast Asia (Collaboration with EngageMedia)
  • 2020: Discourses on AI safety in Southeast Asia: Bridging the gap between civil society and the tech community (International Research and Collaboration Award on the Histories of AI, by University of Cambridge - the cross-country study did not happen because of pandemic restrictions)
  • 2019/2020: Artificial intelligence and human rights in Southeast Asia (Collaboration with EngageMedia)
  • 2019: Digital rights movement in Southeast Asia: Conceptual framework and movement building (Commissioned research paper by SHAPE-SEA)
  • 2016: Freedom of assembly and association online in Malaysia (Commissioned by Empower Malaysia, as part of the APC-IMPACT project)
  • 2012: Trust-building on electronic-to-face social network sites: Case study of Couchsurfing.com (This was my PhD thesis)
  • 2008: Blogs and democratisation in Malaysia: a new civil society in the making? (My master's thesis which became published as a book, co-authored with Prof Wan Zawawi)

• Sustainable development

  • 2021/2022: "Securing Our Future: Net Zero Pathways for Malaysia" (Joint study by WWF Malaysia and Boston Consulting Group, I was project manager)
  • Circa 2015/2016: SDG-SSE.org
  • Circa 2015/2016: Social and Solidarity Economy (Various outputs)
  • 2014 - Social protection in the informal economy in Malaysia (Commissioned by JIIA Japan)

Nonprofit projects/work permalink

• MESYM.com - a crowdsourced environmental platform for Malaysia
• TPPDebate.org - a platform for encouraging discussions on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

Other projects permalink

• Writeup for my good friend Komeil Zarin's art exhibition, Here Beyond