ABOUT ME

Duong Pham is now a Ph.D. student at University of California, San Diego majoring in Political Science (International Relations and Comparative Politics). Their research interests revolve around the intersection of comparative politics, international relations and informational politics. Central to their current research agenda is an examination of the strategies autocratic regimes employ, leveraging emerging technologies like the Internet and Artificial Intelligence, to control, manipulate, and shape information and discourses at both domestic and global levels. This investigation further extends to the ways in which these regimes, with their avant-garde approaches, contest democratic norms globally. With a geographical emphasis on East and Southeast Asia, Duong possesses specialized knowledge on China and Vietnam. More about them could be found at https://www.duongtpham.com/. 

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Duong Pham hails from Da Lat, Vietnam, but later moved to Beppu, Japan to pursue a Bachelor degree in International Relations and Peace Studies from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. In 2019, Duong became a Yenching scholar and obtained a Master in Law degree (Politics and International Relations) from Yenching Academy, Peking University. During their time at Peking University, Duong was also a Baixian scholar affiliated with Baixian Asia Institute, working on research projects studying historical narratives and historical reconciliation in East an Southeast Asia. Duong also published on The Diplomat Magazine, covering stories in Vietnam and China during COVID-19 pandemic and before the 2020 US Presidential Election.