I work for the Victorian Department of Education as Senior Project Advisor on cutting-edge Victorian school STEM facilities to fulfill my sustained passion at the integration of digital technologies, arts and built environments in the public sector.

Prior and during completing my PhD with the University of Melbourne, I have been teaching and researching digital media communications. I research digital engagement, urban analytics, platform economy and disinformation operations, focusing on Australia, China and Taiwan.
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My monograph, Reassembling Digital Placemaking: Participation and Politics, is expected to be published with Routledge (forthcoming), which explores the participatory practices of digital placemaking and their implications on blurring formal and informal boundaries of decision-making and urban politics. My co-edited book with Nikos Papastergiadis, Place without Borders: Arts Precincts and Public Culture in Victoria, is forthcoming with Surpllus (Melbourne) in 2025.

While upholding democracy as a continuous negotiation amongst governments, businesses and civil societies, I value everyday community action, knowledge and storytelling. My interdisciplinary research has always been propelled by an urgency to understand urban complexities and digital ambiguities and help build a multicultural, pluralistic and inclusive social environment.
 
I am an Accredited Mental Health First Aider with Mental Health First Aid Australia, with International Association of Public Participation Australasia (IAP2) engagement and PRINCE2 Project Management certificates. I work, write and teach in English and Mandarin.
 
In my free time, I write about philosophy with PhiloMedium as a contributor. I am particularly fascinated by the writings of Hannah Arendt and Bruno Latour. I am actively mentoring via Ask Alumni program in the University of Melbourne. I also manage small art projects, go on hikes and outback camp in #Straya.