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Pon Souvannaseng is Assistant Professor of Global Studies at Bentley University.

A political economist by training, her research examines state and business behavior in global infrastructure competition and its social, environmental and fiscal implications. Her work..

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A political economist by training, her research examines state and business behavior in global infrastructure competition and its social, environmental and fiscal implications. Her work examines these dynamics through the intersection of private and public sector actors in comparative global infrastructure lending and energy development in Asia and Africa. She is particularly interested in state-capital market interactions in the financialization of infrastructure and South-South asymmetric dependency. Read More

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Department of Global Studies

Bentley University
200 Morrison Hall
Waltham MA

Email: psouvannaseng@bentley.edu
Twitter: @ponopticon

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March 7, 2024

Politics of Water Panel – Asia Society Policy Institute (NYC) – March 14th, 2024

On International River’s Day (March 14th) – I have the honor of joining Farwa Aamer, ASPI Director of South Asia Initiatives and Li Shuo, ASPI..
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July 23, 2023

Mansfield-Fulbright University-CIIS ‘Greener Together’ Energy Transition Conference – Ho Chi Minh

Fruitful and interesting track 1.5 US-China-Japan-Vietnam dialogue on energy transitions at Fulbright University Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh. Many thanks to the Mansfield Foundation for..
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March 25, 2023

AAS 2023

AAS2023 was a blast. Fortunate to reunite and share knowledge with wonderful and bright colleagues. Thanks to all who came to our Designated Panel, ‘Ghostly..
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November 20, 2022

Development & Change Publication Workshop

Really thrilled to present preliminary findings and article manuscript to colleagues at the Development & Change workshop in the Hague this past week. Wonderful to..
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October 16, 2022

Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars Washington DC Briefing

We had the pleasure to wrap up three years as the first cohort of Mansfield-Luce Asia scholars by giving a briefing of our study tour..
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October 12, 2022

Southeast Asia League of Students (SEALS) @ Johns Hopkins SAIS Talk

Special thanks to the Southeast Asia League of Students at Johns Hopkins SAIS for inviting me to talk about new research on digital infrastructures in..
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August 24, 2022

Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars Study Tour 2022

Had the honor of traveling with our delegation of Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars in Thailand, Vietnam, and further visits in South Korea and Singapore as part..
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July 23, 2022

APSA Asia Workshop – Bangkok 2022

What a pleasure to reunite with 2019 APSA Asia Scholars at the Bangkok publication workshop in 2022! I was part of the Political Economy group..
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June 6, 2022

Wilson China Fellowship 2021-2022 Essays Now Out!

Our Wilson China Fellows (2021 – 2022) collection of essays is out with the Wilson Center!  Rich summer reading for anyone interested in the politics,..
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March 15, 2022

2022 AAS Annual Conference

I’ll be at AAS2022 in person presenting a paper with wonderful co-panelists and specialists on the Mekong and its cultural, social, ecological and political dimensions! ..
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