PhD in Social Anthropology, Australian National University. Currently, Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian Social Inquiry, University of New South Wales. Research includes emergent trans-regional socio-economic cooperation across Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia, and role of religious NGOs in poverty eradication and disaster relief operations in Indonesia. Author of works on impact of Islamic micro-financing in Indonesia. Chair, Asia Pacific Seminar Series at UNSW and ADFA. Interests: playing and watching tennis.