Enqi Weng – The Conversation

Research Fellow, Deakin University

As a media sociologist, I am deeply interested in how discourses, narratives and stories about our social world shape our intercultural interactions and relationships.

I have over a decade of expertise in equity and inclusion research for diverse communities in Australia, gained through my doctoral and postdoctoral research on government- and industry-funded projects. My work is driven by a passion to see human society flourish, through the inclusion, equitable access, and well-being of people from diverse backgrounds.

I currently teach media and communications subjects at Deakin University, and hold the position of Managing Editor for the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture.

Before academia, I was a communications practitioner with experience in marketing communications, entrepreneurship, branding and stakeholder relations, and was involved in work that advocates for gender equity, environmental sustainability and inclusion for marginalised youth in Singapore.

Experience

2021–present

Research fellow, Deakin University
2019–2021

Sessional research fellow, Deakin University

Education

2018

RMIT University, PhD, School of Media and Communications
2012

University of Melbourne, MA, Global Media Communications
2003

National University of Singapore, BA, Arts and Social Sciences

Publications

2021

‘Swamped by Muslims’ and facing an ‘African gang’ problem: racialized and religious media representations in Australia, Continuum
2020

Media Perceptions of Religious Changes in Australia: Of Dominance and Diversity,
2019

Through a National Lens Darkly: Religion as a Spectrum, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
2016

'The Heavens Opened and Cried': Mediatised National Mourning for Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, Asian Communication Research

Grants and Contracts

2021

(Con)spirituality, Science and the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Material and Digital Practices

Role:

Co-Investigator

Funding Source:

International Research Network for Science and Belief in Society

Professional Memberships

The Australian Sociological Association
Australian Association for the Study of Religion
International Society for the Sociology of Religion

Research Areas

Religion And Society (220405)
Media Studies (200104)