He completed a PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He is the author of “The Technological State in Indonesia: the Co-constitution of High Technology and Authoritarian Politics”. He has conducted research on nuclear politics and risk in Southeast Asia, examining the social and political dimensions of nuclear power in emerging democracies. His ongoing project on nuclear risk examines the root cause of vulnerability in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. His research interests include sociology of technology, development, globalisation, sociology of risk and resilience, and city studies.