Dr. Mai Van Tran

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: linkedin.com/in/mai-van-tra… bsky.app/profile/vmtran… I'll share some useful resources in this thread. Happy Year of the Snake!

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.

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.

authoritarian politics: go.bsky.app/UFHn7sS

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: linkedin.com/in/mai-van-tra… bsky.app/profile/vmtran… I'll share some useful resources in this thread. Happy Year of the Snake!

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 ✨doi.org/10.1177/146144… With my co-authors—

🚨 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. lse.ac.uk/seac/Support-f…

We’re excited about our lineup of insightful talks at SEAC this winter term! Don’t miss out - sign up now! Visit lse.ac.uk/seac/events for more information.

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

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

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)

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

I’m delighted to share that I will be joining the Department of Communication at the @uni_copenhagen as a postdoc starting next January! I’m thrilled to contribute to this fascinating project and to be part of such an international, open, and supportive department and university.

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🚀@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 cts.ku.dk/projects/to-us…

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: aseasuk.org/aseas-conferen…

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) tinyurl.com/4vcne8v3 #Myanmar #Burma #Yangon #SoutheastAsia #Activism