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Dr Abdul Aziz is a Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Monash University Malaysia, a position he has held since July 2023. He earned his PhD in Media and Communication from Queensland University of Technology between 2019 and 2022, and his MA in Digital Communication from Vrije Universiteit Brussel from 2016 to 2018. Before joining Monash, Aziz worked as a sessional academic in the School of Communication at QUT and as a research assistant at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University. His interdisciplinary research focuses on the intersections of media, migration, digital culture, and society, utilizing an ethnographic lens to investigate everyday digital media practices among marginalized communities. Key areas include the Rohingya diaspora's use of digital platforms for identity negotiation and resistance, digital divides in Bangladesh, and digital inclusion among low-income migrants in Australia.
Aziz has published extensively in leading journals such as New Media & Society, Media, Culture & Society, International Journal of Communication, and Asiascape: Digital Asia. Notable works include "Rohingya diaspora online: mapping the spaces of visibility, resistance and transnational identity on social media" (New Media & Society, 2023), which received the Transformative Research Award in 2023; "Power geometries of mediated care: (re)mapping transnational families and immobility of the Rohingya diaspora in a digital age" (Media, Culture & Society, 2022); "Affective networked space: polymedia affordances and transnational digital communication among the Rohingya diaspora" (International Journal of Communication, 2022); "Digital Access, Resources, and Literacy: mapping the digital divide and ICT learning challenges among undergraduate students in Bangladesh" (Asiascape: Digital Asia, 2024, with M.T. Hossain); and "The unjust burden of digital inclusion for low-income migrant parents" (Policy & Internet, 2024, with T. Notley). He has also contributed a book chapter, "Food on display: connecting home(land) and identity negotiation of the Rohingya refugees in Brisbane City" (Springer, 2025). Among his accolades are the Future Leaders Fellowship (2025), HASS Grant (2025), Best Poster Award (2022), and Best Presenter Award (2025). Aziz serves as a peer reviewer for several journals, including International Journal of Cultural Studies and Contemporary South Asia, and engages in public scholarship through outlets like The Conversation and Monash Lens.
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