• Examining China’s factors in Indonesia and Malaysian general elections - with Miwa Hirono. Key preliminary findings have been disseminated at the Global China Workshop Series held in Ritsumeikan in 2023-2024. The project is funded by Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA).  For reference, see here.

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• Comparing how domestic politics and mining companies shape renewable energy project financing in Indonesia and Australia - with Lian Sinclair, the University of Sydney.

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• Examining the correlation between Chinese foreign policy and investment practices in the host country with a focus on the impact of Chinese capital on marginalized communities and labour relations - with Miwa Hirono. The project is funded by Asia-Japan Research Institute, Japan. 

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• Advancing militarised neoliberalism concept and analysing the geopolitical economy of supply chain and combined capitalism, with a focus on semiconductor and legacy chips. 

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• PhD-based book on the political economy of Chinese and Japanese infrastructure financing governance in Southeast Asia.