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A Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society with the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University, and Media Lab founder, Professor Merlyna Lim\u2019s research interests revolve around societal implications of technology, particularly digital media and information technology. Throughout her research career, Professor Lim has looked at societal implications of digital media in a wide range of contexts, including its influence on democracy, identity and religion, and civic spaces. An award winning scholar, including the winner of Best Publication Award 2012 in Information Systems, in 2016 Merlyna was selected a member of Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists and named \u201cOne of 100 Most Inspiring Indonesian Women\u201d by the Kartini Foundation in 2011. Previously she was a Visiting Research Professor with Princeton University\u2019s Center of Information Technology Policy and a Distinguished Scholar of Technology and Public Engagement at Arizona State University. In addition to a Research Fellowship with Princeton University\u2019s Center for Information Technology Policy, Merlyna is also an accomplished artist, musician and singer, and an award-winning designer and architect. Her office at Carleton features a full key piano (but she keeps her drum set, trumpet, guitar, sitar, banjo, ukulee, flute and harmonica at home).<\/p>\n

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Current:<\/strong> Canada Research Chair<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Digital Media and Global Network Society\u00a0<\/a>with\u00a0the School of Journalism and Communication Carleton University<\/a>\u00a0in Ottawa, ON Canada (2014-present).<\/p>\n

Research:<\/strong> Lim\u2019s research interests revolve around societal implications of technology, particularly digital media and information technology. \u201cThroughout her research career, Lim has looked at digital media in a wide range of contexts, including its influence on democracy, identity and religion, and civic spaces.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Previous appointments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Visiting Research Professor with\u00a0Princeton University\u2019s Center\u00a0of\u00a0Information Technology Policy<\/a><\/p>\n

– A\u00a0Distinguished Scholar of Technology and Public Engagement and a professor at Arizona State University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– Also a visiting scholar at the\u00a0KITLV Leiden \u2013 the Netherlands<\/a>, a\u00a0postdoctoral research associate at the\u00a0Annenberg Center for Communication of the University of Southern California<\/a>, and a Henry Luce Southeast Asia fellow with the\u00a0East-West Center in Washington DC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Awards (selected)<\/strong><\/p>\n