Media Appearances: 

August 6, 2025. South China Morning Post. "Why Cambodia nominated Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize" by Maria Siow.

 

December 5, 2023. China Global South Project. "Belt and Road Initiative at 10: Milestones and Concerns Across Southeast Asia" by Randy Mulyanto.

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November 7, 2023. Kiripost. "Strengthening Resilience Key to Coping with Crises" by Yatt Malai. 

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​​March 2, 2023. Southeast Asia Globe. "Cambodia's elders struggling without welfare or family support" by Leila Goldstein.

 

​January 30, 2023. Hello VOA: Women and Leadership. "Doing Research in Cambodia: Challenges and Aspirations" by Khan Sokummono. ​

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September 19, 2022. Kampuchea Thmey Media. What will be the endgame of the Russia-Ukraine War (in Khmer). Cambodian TV Program.

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Invited Talks: ​​

Cambodia Politics: Epidemics and Pandemics, Lund University | Lund, Sweden | March 21, 2025

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Debt, Dependency, and Cash Transfers: Evaluating Cambodia’s IDPoor Program and Its Impact on Rural Households, Portland Community College | Portland, OR | December 3, 2024. Zoom Registration: https://portlandcc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlf-uhqj4uH9OyMgxoKQc3Z5kQmS2gnIV7#/registration

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Empowering the State: Unveiling Cambodia’s Welfare Policy Impact on Governance, National University of Singapore | Singapore | April 19, 2024. Recording: https://shorturl.at/lxfR6 

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How welfare policy promotes authoritarian legitimacy: The case of Cambodia, Stanford University, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center | Stanford, CA, | Guest Speaker | November 29, 2023. Recording: https://youtu.be/dSqaLD9NNBk?si=84sXTwzixuJ2lhLL

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Impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative on Southeast Asia, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Center for Southeast Asian Studies | Panelist | Honolulu, HI | November 15, 2023. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p8-bVT8poU

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Publishing in Leading Development Journals, The Cambodia Development Resource Institute 4th Researcher Conversation Series on Meeting the Editors | Panelist | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | December 16, 2022. Recording available at: https://cdri.org.kh/detail/event/meeting-the-editors-publishing-in-leading-development-journals

 

Urban Transformation and Socio-Economic Changes in Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery, The Asia Foundation's Ponlok Chomnes National Policy Forum | Panelist | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | October 26-27, 2022. Recording available at: https://business.facebook.com/ponlokchomnes/videos/1325438604911690/?t=2

 

Welfare Politics in Cambodia, University of Michigan, Center for Southeast Asian Studies | Guest Lecturer | Ann Arbor, MI | September 9, 2022. Recording available at: https://youtu.be/l_Aw62Lo150

 

Conferences / Symposiums:

Band-Aid Policy: An Assessment of Cambodia’s Cash Transfer Program, Poverty,  And  and Debt Among Rural Households | Southeast Asia Research Group Summer Proceedings Conference | Presenter | Hong Kong, China | July 1-3, 2024 

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Inclusion Matters: Addressing the Higher Education Gender Gap and Marginalization, Open Society Foundations Reassigned Grant Unit Forum | Panelist | Belgrade, Serbia | August 15-17, 2023

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​Social Welfare Policy as an Anti-Democratic Tool, Association of Asian Studies (AAS) 2023 Annual Conference | Boston, MA, USA | March 16-19, 2023

 

The Impacts of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG) Winter Conference | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | January 5-8, 2023

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​A Reform Strategy that Sustains Authoritarianism in Cambodia, 79th Annual Midwest Political Science Conference | Chicago, IL, USA | April 7-10, 2022 [Hybrid]

 

Civil Society’s Role in Development: A Case Study of HelpAge Organization with Ageing Policy Development in Cambodia, Ageing and Social Change: Tenth Interdisciplinary Conference | University of British Columbia | Vancouver, BC, Canada (September 24-25, 2020) [Virtual]

 

Seminar on Narrative Politics, The Gregynog Ideas Lab IX Summer School | University of Manchester, Politics Department | Mid Wales, United Kingdom (July 13-17, 2020) [Virtual]

 

Aging as a Political Subject: The Rationale Behind Cambodia National Ageing Policy, 78th Annual Midwest Political Science Conference | Midwest Political Science Association | Chicago, IL, USA | (April 16-19, 2020) [Virtual]

 

Understanding Civil Society Diplomacy in Southeast Asia in the 21st Century, New Directions in Diplomacy Panel | International Political Science Association 25th World Congress of Political Science | Brisbane, Australia (July 21-25, 2018)

 

Aging in Developing World: Long-term Welfare Policy for the Ageing Population in Cambodia, Aging and Society: Seventh Interdisciplinary Conference and the Ageing and Society Research Network University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, California (November 3-4, 2017)

 

The impact of War and Conflict on Social Economic Security of Population in Cambodia, Approaches to Security in the Asia-Pacific Region | 58th International Studies Association Annual Convention | Baltimore, Maryland (February 22-25, 2017)

 

The Country’s Role Ahead in the 21st Century, International Association for Political Science Students New Delhi and Mumbai, India (October 5-15, 2015)

 

Global Perspectives on Space for Civil Society: Experiences, Challenges and Resistance, Open Society Foundations | University of Oxford | Oxford shire, United Kingdom (March 30 - April 2, 2015)

 

Road to ASEAN Economic Community 2015, ASEAN Warwick Conference | University of Warwick | Birmingham, United Kingdom (February 21-22, 2015)

 

Young Diplomat Training, European Academy of Diplomacy | Warsaw, Poland (February 5-20, 2015)

 

Soft Diplomacy Vs. Hard Diplomacy, NATO Summit Analysis Symposium | Atlantic Council of the UK | Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (December 5, 2014)

 

​Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youth Program, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan (December 6-14, 2013)

 

The New Landscape of Global Politics, Center for Global Politics of the Free University of Berlin & Fudan University | Shanghai, China (August 1-15, 2013)