Digital technologies are increasingly central to contemporary political life. Across Southeast Asia, political actors—from state officials to grassroots movements—use digital platforms to construct narratives, mobilize publics, and shape political discourse. These developments raise important questions about how digital infrastructures, data, and technological systems influence democratic processes and political contestation.

My current research at CSEAS examines the dynamics of political narratives on digital platforms in Southeast Asia. As part of a collaborative research team, I analyze how politicians and political actors construct and circulate narratives within four countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. The project employs computational and qualitative methods, including semantic analysis, document analysis, and discourse analysis, to investigate how political messages evolve within digital ecosystems and how technological platforms shape the circulation and amplification of political narratives.

This research builds on my broader work at the intersection of technology, politics, and environmental governance. My previous work combines political ecology, civic technology, and data science to examine how technological tools—from drones to digital mapping and data platforms—can reshape power relations between communities, states, and corporations. Through projects involving community-based mapping, environmental monitoring, and grassroots data collection, I have explored how technology can both reproduce and challenge existing political structures.

By connecting computational analysis of digital political narratives with grounded experiences in civic technology and environmental activism, my research seeks to better understand the politics of digital infrastructures and the role of technology in shaping contemporary governance, public discourse, and social-ecological struggles.