Funding and grants
2027–2027. Special Studies Program. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Special Studies Program (AUD 12,000). With .
2026–. SSPS Research Funding Scheme — Afghanistan pilot survey. School of Social and Political Sciences, SSPS Research Funding Schemes, 2026 (AUD 5,000). With Vafa Ghazavi, Ayesha Jehangir.
2026–2026. SSEAC Large Grant Scheme. Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, Large Grant Scheme (AUD 24,000). With Jonathon Hutchinson, Kalervo Gulson, Sabin Zahirovic, Yagiz Aksoy, Nate Zettna, Joel Fredericks, Le Trieu Thanh, Viet Tho Le, Ivan Sini, Duncan McDuie-Ra, Victor Zhuang, Pinnaree Tea-makor.
2026–. USYD and NHMRC Equipment Grant. The University of Sydney, USYD and NHMRC Equipment Grants (AUD 23,005). With .
2026–2026. Partnership-Building Rapid Response Travel Scheme 2026. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Partnership-Building Rapid Response Travel Scheme 2026 (AUD 1,800). With Jonathon Hutchinson, Micah Goldwater.
2025–2026. CAITG Seed Funding — Undersphere. Centre for AI, Trust and Governance (CAITG), 2025 CAITG Seed Funding (AUD 5,000). With Milica Stilinovic, Jonathon Hutchinson.
2025–2028. SSVS Ignition Grant. Mabs Melville Bequest, SSVS Ignition (AUD 25,000). With Renata Muylaert.
2025–2025. Partnership-Building Rapid Response Output Preparation Scheme 2025. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Partnership-Building Rapid Response Output Preparation Scheme 2025 (AUD 3,000). With Ashani Amarasinghe.
2025–2026. SSEAC Ignition Grant. Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, Ignition Grant (AUD 45,000). With Jonathon Hutchinson, Micah Goldwater, Lê Triệu Thanh.
2025–2026. CAITG Seed Funding — Social Agent-Based Simulation. Centre for AI, Trust and Governance (CAITG), 2025 CAITG Seed Funding (AUD 5,000). With Chunmeizi Su, Justine Humphry.
2024–2024. SSPS Project-funding (Individual, Scheme 3). School of Social and Political Sciences, Project-funding Individual (Scheme 3) (AUD 3,000). With .
2023–. Predicting the Effectiveness of State-Sponsored Influence Operations: A Case Study of the Solomon Islands and Melanesia. Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Defence) and NSW Government, (AUD 500,000). With Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Amelia Johns, Julian Droogan, Jennifer Hunt, Charles Hawksley.
2021–. Cross-Faculty Collaboration Scheme (UTS). University of Technology Sydney, Cross-Faculty Collaboration Scheme (AUD 20,000). With Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Amelia Johns, Anne Kruger, Derek Wilding, Monica Attard.
2019–. Cross-Faculty Collaboration Scheme (UTS Engineering & IT). Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Cross-Faculty Collaboration Scheme (AUD 20,000). With Amelia Johns, Marian-Andrei Rizoiu.
2019–. Mapping and Countering the Diffusion of Hate Speech Across Social Media. Facebook (Meta), Content Policy Research Award (USD 60,000). With Amelia Johns, Marian-Andrei Rizoiu.
2019–. Early Career Research Grant (UTS). Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Early Career Research Grant (AUD 15,000). With .
2018–. Research Support Scheme (SLAM). School of Literature, Art and Media, University of Sydney, Research Support Scheme (AUD 2,500). With .
2013–2016. PhD Scholarship — IPRS and Australian Postgraduate Award (APA). Australian Government and the University of Sydney, International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) + Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) (≈ AUD 186,200 over 3.5 years (IPRS tuition AUD 28,560/yr + APA stipend AUD 24,653/yr), plus Overseas Student Health Cover). With .