Dr. Mai Van Tran

PhD @cornellgov on Myanmar, studying mass contention & social media in Southeast Asia

[Dr. Mai Van Tran @vmtran]

Update on my social media use: I'll limit my professional updates on Facebook & X from now on. If interested, you can find me on LinkedIn or Blue Sky:
https://t.co/dYEStXTyO5
https://t.co/R8wFY27P7Z
I'll share some useful resources in this thread.
Happy Year of the Snake!

[Authoritarian Political Systems Group @ApsgWorkshop]

Join us next week!
On April 22 at 5pm ECT we will have @vmtran (@Brussels_School) presenting "Social Media's Algorithmic Affordances for Authoritarian Repression: Evidence from Myanmar" and Jennifer Whitten-Woodring (@UMassLowell) and Eddie Yang (@LifeAtPurdue) discussing.

[Dr. Mai Van Tran @vmtran]

Please also let me know if there are (OR if you have created) any Blue Sky starter packs for Burma/Myanmar studies, Myanmar news, Southeast Asian politics, etc.

[Dr. Mai Van Tran @vmtran]

Update on my social media use: I'll limit my professional updates on Facebook & X from now on. If interested, you can find me on LinkedIn or Blue Sky:
https://t.co/dYEStXTyO5
https://t.co/R8wFY27P7Z
I'll share some useful resources in this thread.
Happy Year of the Snake!

[Dr. Mai Van Tran @vmtran]

authoritarian politics: https://t.co/2pqd7I9slx

[Fatima Gaw @fatimagaw]

Fresh off New Media & Society! First publication in 2025 on "covert political campaigning" focused on investigating influencers across 4 social media platforms during elections using field and computational methods + economic modeling ✨https://t.co/lFcFV2Ax5z With my co-authors—

[LSE Southeast Asia @LSESEAC]

🚨 APPLICATIONS OPEN🚨

Applications for the Southeast Asia Student Dissertation Fieldwork Grant are now open.

Providing up to £500 of funding for field research in Southeast Asia. Open to all disciplines. Deadline 12 Feb 2025.

https://t.co/xTuw2RHwlh

[LSE Southeast Asia @LSESEAC]

We’re excited about our lineup of insightful talks at SEAC this winter term!

Don’t miss out - sign up now! Visit https://t.co/1yQ4jqlqUT for more information.

[Myunghee Lee @immyungheelee.bsky.social @ImMyungheeLee]

Check out my open-access article in @JEAS_journal, where I explore the South Korean ruling party, the PPP, and its supporters.

https://t.co/YMpCarEZMQ

[Elliott Prasse-Freeman @_e_pf_]

This was a really fun interview to do (and includes a cartoon from the book!)

[Shoon Naing @Shoon_Naing]

International criminal court prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity linked to the alleged persecution and deportations committed against the Rohingya a mainly Muslim minority.

(Reuters News)

[Dr. Mai Van Tran @vmtran]

@zhang_dechun @uni_copenhagen Congrats, Dechun! A great fit for your work!

[Billy Ford @Billee4d]

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[ECREA Communication and Democracy @ComDem_ECREA]

🚀@ComDem_ECREA & @AcsjIca are co-organizing "Voices of Change: Activism Democracy & #SocialJustice" talk series
📆Nov 29
⌛️10am CET
First talk to feature @anne_kaun @icahdq award-winning book 'Prison Media'
👇sign up here & find out more about the series
https://t.co/XuXSQpP6D0

[Association of Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS) @ASEAS_UK]

We’re announcing Call for Submissions: ASEAS 2025 Conference “Global Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change”
St John’s College, University of Cambridge, 15–17 September 2025.
📌Deadline: 30 April 2025📌 More info, please visit: https://t.co/azozpn70dX

[GETSEA @GETSEA_]

Courtney Wittekind (@ctwittekind) joins @UMCSEAS for a hybrid lecture on, "Real Farmers, Dream Cities: Agrarian Change, Demonstration, and the Politics of Visibility in Myanmar"

Nov 8 @ 12 PM (Michigan)
https://t.co/jfKWDLqG3E

#Myanmar #Burma #Yangon #SoutheastAsia #Activism