He holds a PhD from the University of Antwerp, Belgium, and a Master’s degree from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. His research interests include recontextualisation and discourse (especially the [mis]representation of research activities among postgraduate students), the material and semiotic aspects of “doing crisis” as a social practice and more recently, the complex interactions among urban Malaysians’ online activities, their participation in traditional local settings and the diversity of their social networks. With Zuraidah Mohd Don (University of Malaya), he edited Discourse and Crisis: Critical Perspectives (John Benjamins, 2013).