Merlyna Lim
Merlyna Lim is a scholar studying ICT (
information and communication studies), particularly on the socio-political shaping of new media in non-Western contexts. She has been appointed a
Canada Research Chair in [http://research.carleton.ca/2014/carleton-university-welcomes-new-canada-research-chair-renews-two-current-chairs/ Digital Media and Global Network Society in the School of Journalism and Communication Carleton University]. Formerly she was a visiting research scholar at
Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy and a distinguished scholar of technology and public engagement of the
School of Social Transformation Justice and Social Inquiry Program and the
Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at
Arizona State University. She previously held a networked public research associate position at the
Annenberg Center for Communication at the
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles. She received her
PhD, with distinction (
cum laude), from
University of Twente in
Enschede,
Netherlands, with a dissertation entitled ''@rchipelago Online: The Internet and Political Activism in Indonesia''.
Lim has given public lectures and academic presentations, and she is an active blogger with blogs in English, Indonesian, and Sundanese.
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