Research area & interests
Hello world! I am an interdisciplinary social scientist, and I am most fascinated by knowledge production in our digital world. The big question that drives me: how do digital technologies shape the ways in which we come to know and interact with the world around us.
My key research interests include technologies for wildlife conservation; digitally-enabled environmental participation; diversity, inclusion and representation in virtual landscapes; ‘digital afterlives’; and contemporary knowledge production discourses and practices, including interdisciplinarity. I am always on the lookout for collaborative research & hands-on work in these areas, so please feel free to contact me.
My PhD research (2012-2016) with the University of Aberdeen was on the role of digital technologies in human – nature relationships. In 2016, I had the wonderful opportunities of lecturing in Sociology at the world’s oldest business school, and of working on the novel Citizen Sense project. An ongoing postdoc with Newcastle University sees me conducting an ethnographic study to understand the interdisciplinary knowledge production processes occurring within the Creative Fuse North East project.
When not being a social scientist and minor activist, I can almost definitely be found outdoors looking for birds and bugs. The nature blog I co-write is Winging It.
Formal education
- 2016: PhD in Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen; affiliated with dot.rural RCUK Digital Economy Hub and The James Hutton Institute (Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences group) [see my post-graduation interview here]
- 2011: Master’s in Sociology (M. Soc. Sci.), National University of Singapore
- 2007: Bachelor’s (first class honours) in Sociology (B. Soc. Sci. Hons), National University of Singapore
Languages
- spoken and written: English and Malay
- spoken: Mandarin and Hindi/Punjabi
- beginner: Arabic
21/09/2016 at 08:28
Hi Dear Audrey, I am currently doing a research on the domestic helper and employer in Singapore.
I am a student teacher in NIE
I am very interested in reading your thesis on this subject.
I would sincerely request for a copy of it for reference.
Thank you.
21/09/2016 at 08:41
Hi there Hwei Ling, thanks for getting in touch. My thesis is available online for free public access via NUS Scholarbank, using this link: http://www.scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/22855. My research and publications page also hyperlinks the thesis, and gives some details of the edited chapter that arose from the thesis. All the best with your research, and do feel free to email me if you would like to chat about your work!
21/09/2016 at 10:40
Thank you so much but i am unable to download from this link.
May I know if you can advice me on how .?
21/09/2016 at 11:02
Hi Hwei Ling, not sure if you are still having issues downloading. You should get a terms and conditions page first if you click on the link I gave. If you accept, it will take you to the thesis item record, and if you scroll down to files, you will see the download link for the thesis. Alternatively, I believe you can request for the hard copy via interlibrary loan through NIE library. If easier for you, you can also drop me an email directly, I will be happy to send you a copy.
21/09/2016 at 10:47
thanks a lot
I managed to download it