Since 2006, I’ve worked in various education sectors across Asia. I taught advanced English in Taipei, Taiwan and served as an NGO Representative at United Nations headquarters in New York City for a Singapore-based NGO. I also spent two years in Cambodia working for a local NGO developing its research department.

I completed my Ph.D. in comparative education at the University of Hong Kong under the guidance of Mark Bray. After completing my Ph.D., I was awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral research fellowship in the Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo, Japan. I subsequently took up the post of Assistant Professor at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan). During my four years in Tokyo, I taught at Waseda’s Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, the University of Tokyo, Keio University, and Sophia University.

Despite my geographical focus in my research, my experience spans beyond Asia. I am currently the vice-president of the Tagore-SenGupta Foundation,  founding director of FreshEd, Inc., both US registered 501(c)3 non-profits, and was the associate editor of the journal European Education: Issues and Studies for nearly five years. I am also on the editorial boards of the journals Japanese Political Economy and Globalisation, Education, and Societies. Taken together, I have lived in eight countries since 2006 — the USA, Taiwan, Austria, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, and (presently) the United Kingdom.