The recording of “Colonialingualism and the Power of Language” is now available. I share my research on colonialingualism & ways to address it in education & the workplace. This was part of the 2024 Language Access Education Series. Thanks for the invite! youtu.be/pXsf-dStUyQ?si…

The article "explores four primary approaches to understanding China’s evolving conceptions and pursuits of international prestige: learning, adaptation, creativity, and competition" academic.oup.com/cjip/article/1…

➡️ The #CIES2026 submission portal is OPEN! Share your research, spark ideas, and connect with global educators in San Francisco, CA 🏙️ March 28–April 1, 2026. Submit papers, roundtables, posters & more by August 26, 2025! Details: conference.cies.us/proposal/

'Emoji Pragmatics' focus on the semiotic aspects or visual impact of emojis, rather than their crucial role in interpreting the messaging text or social media post to which they are attached, as well as the way they communicate their own meanings when used in isolation.

This research article is well worth reading!

Are you going to BERA 2025? If so please come along to our talk and say hello. Ono and I will be discussing teacher wellbeing as a technology of government and the construction of teachers as neuro-liberal workers. See you there!

A downside of China’s promotion tournament is local protectionism, as reflected in the local governments’ allocation of procurement contracts and equity investments. Just in Print at Journal of Public Economics, with Ming Li (CUhK Shenzhen) and Zenan Wu (Peking University).

New paper to understand contemporary events at Harvard in a broader perspective: "Two faces of academic freedom: External and internal threats" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

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Xie 2025 'Cultural Capital and Dual Modes of Decision-Making: A Typology of Major Selection Among Chinese #Elite University Students' (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…) #sociology

My book was just sent to press! It'll be available in print end of July. Focusing mostly on Southeast Asia during the 20th c, the book develops an argument about how state-building can present headwinds for nation-building.

Some great tips about sorting out the myriads of references that you meant to save and read but did not!

New article: 'Exploring a Sociolinguistics of Islam'. One of my most important pieces. Built on my research & enriched by collaboration with Prof. Othman (Osman) Barnawi & Dr RA Zabanwala. It brings together many voices, places & perspectives See below article and related special issue CfPs..

“They Listen to Us”: Leadership Possibilities for Culturally Responsive Family Engagement in a Diverse Hong Kong Secondary School journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

"While it may pay to have some experience abroad, too many foreign postings can degrade a cadre’s promotion prospects." cambridge.org/core/services/…

When researchers label social media posts using only their text and ignore multimodal content (e.g., videos, images, links), how much do they miss? Our answer: Not much. New paper with James Bisbee Jonathan Nagler Joshua Tucker at NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2…

“Decolonizing language education is not a ‘one-size-fits-all’ nor a ‘catch-all’ for other movements in language education & necessarily centers the Indigenous Peoples, languages, lands & communities where education is taking place.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/97… researchgate.net/publication/39…

Space, Power, & Globalization: On the Geopolitics of Higher Education This paper uses two lenses in succession: (a) geography of space making in HE, followed by & underpinning (b) a history of geopolitics in general & in HE since 1945. ⬇️ bit.ly/4lGy81d

Hot off the press 📣 our article Waheed Hammad and Sedat Gümüş tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Exploring Distributed Leadership in the Muslim world: A meta synthesis of qualitative studies