New publication release in #openaccess: “#COVID19 in #Southeast#Asia: Insights for a Post-Pandemic World”. All chapters and the entire volume can be downloaded free of charge.Excited to see the release of this new edited volume that has been result of hard labour by SEAC colleagues and collaborators during the pandemic.The volume brings together 38 contributors altogether, […]
December turning into January marks the start of a new year, and I’ve been thinking of how to mark this transition this time round. While the year 2020 is likely to be remembered as a difficult year due to the COVID-19 pandemic (which continues into 2021), I would like to bid farewell to 2020 by […]
I am honoured and humbled to be elected by the editorial board of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (@IJURResearch) to serve as its new editor, starting from 1 January 2021 (see the link here). I’ll be working closely with brilliant two other fellow editors, Mustafa Dikeç and Liza Weinstein (@lizaweinstein). The journal’s […]
Today marks one year since the passing of my dear colleague, Sylvia Chant, who had been my mentor and supporter. Professor of Development Geography, she was an enthusiastic educator, a critical intellect and a kind mentor to a countless number of students and colleagues. I was often jealous of how she was able to place […]
For (Asia) urbanists, there is an exciting virtual symposium taking place this Friday 6 November 2020, organised by jointly by York University, Canada and by the Centre for the Study of Korea at the University of Toronto. The symposium, rescheduled from its original March 2020 schedule due to COVID-19, is to address ‘Making and Unmaking […]
I haven’t had a moment to put together PhD success of my former doctoral students. Here is a summary of those celebratory memories in recent years, together with my wholehearted congratulations to all of them and best wishes to their career. The oral examinations in 2020 under COVID-19 constraints were particularly challenging, as they had […]
A postgraduate course I teach, titled Cities and Social Change in East Asia (Course code: GY438), has blog writing as an assignment. This course is an interdisciplinary course that encourages students to develop a criticalunderstanding of how urban space is transformed in diverse social, economic and political settings. The course is comparative in nature, taking […]
Pleasure to announce the release of a new discussion paper as part of the Discussion Paper Series published by the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE. Co-authored with Dr Mara Nogueira, PhD alumna in Human Geography and Urban Studies, the paper investigates the relations between work and urban space, focusing on the struggles of […]
Each year, SEAC hosts Southeast Asia Forum on campus, but because of the restrictions on mobility in light of COVID-19 pandemic, SEAF in 2020 will be held as a week-long series of online discussions titled LSE Southeast Asia Week between 26 and 30 October. The events will offer a unique opportunity to inform and network with policymakers in […]
Park, S-H., Shin, H.B. and Kang, H-S. (eds.) (2021) Exporting Urban Korea? Reconsidering the Korean Urban Development Experience. Routledge I’m pleased to see the cover design and the publisher proofs of a new forthcoming book that I co-edited with Dr Se Hoon Park and Dr Hyun Soo Kang. This book is A detailed examination of the “Korean […]