He has recently completed his term as the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the university. Currently, he is on sabbatical leave at the Institute of Occidental Studies (IKON), University Kebangsaan in Malaysia. His main research interests are ethnicity and nationalism, sports and nation-building, and leadership and politics. He has published, co-authored and edited a number of books and articles on several topics. He is currently working on a book on the politics of nation-building in Malaysia.