Contact
- workRoom ELG 13 Block E
Malaysia Campus
Jalan Broga
43500 Semenyih
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia - Suruchi.Maz@nottingham.edu.my
Biography
Suruchi Mazumdar joined the School of Humanities at 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia as an Associate Professor, in 2026. Prior to her current position, Suruchi taught in India at O.P. Jindal Global 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@. She was a visiting scholar in Annenberg School for Communication's Center for Global Communication Studies at 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Pennsylvania. She got her PhD from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ in Singapore. She has teaching and research interests in media-politics and social movements, digital activism, everyday digital cultures, and the interface of data, ethics, and global migration. Her ongoing research focuses on how marginalised social groups and diverse actors across South and Southeast Asia contest claims of citizenship and nationalism via platforms and web 3.0 technologies. She has been part of multiple transdisciplinary collaborative research projects. Her research was supported by the doctoral fellowship and fee-waiver awards for graduate studies at Nanyang Technological 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ and UNESCO (via research assistantship with the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre [AMIC]). Her research has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. Suruchi is the author of the book "Divided Media Politics and Mediated Movements in India" (Routledge, 2025). Suruchi has been part of the organising committee of the International Communication Association's (ICA) (the largest professional network of communication scholars) regional Political Communication workshops in New Delhi in 2024 and 2025.
Teaching Summary
In India Suruchi taught foundational courses in media and communication studies as well as specialised courses on the sociology and ethics of data and AI, global technologies and geopolitics, and the… read more
188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Summary
Suruchi's upcoming and ongoing research address the following research themes: i. Citizenship and Nationalism via Web 3.0 Platforms: This research project proposes exploratory investigation into the… read more
In India Suruchi taught foundational courses in media and communication studies as well as specialised courses on the sociology and ethics of data and AI, global technologies and geopolitics, and the future of digital work.
At UNM Suruchi is currently teaching the following courses:
Digital Communication & Media (HUMS3016) 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Methods in Media, Communication & Culture (HUMS4013) 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ing Culture Film and Media (HUMS2009)
Current 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@
Suruchi's upcoming and ongoing research address the following research themes: i. Citizenship and Nationalism via Web 3.0 Platforms: This research project proposes exploratory investigation into the role of web 3.0. technologies, including platforms and decentralised distributed networks such as blockchains, and addresses the conflicting relationship between digital affordances and the claims of citizenship, nationalism, and political participation by forcibly displaced populations in South and Southeast Asia. ii. Data Colonialism: Suruchi is currently co-editing a special issue, forthcoming soon in the journal Big Data & Society, on the everyday negotiations and resistances to data colonialism in postcolonial societies. iii. Urban safety and smart city: Suruchi is currently collaborating with colleagues at The 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Sydney on a project that explores women and gender diverse groups' negotiation with urban safety in the face of growing digital innovation and platformisation in India.
