Editorial: Authority, Meaning, and Justice in Everyday Southeast Asia

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https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0142

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Alexander Trupp, University of Innsbruck

Alexander Trupp is currently a Guest Professor in Human Geography at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Before joining Innsbruck, he served as Associate Professor, acting Head of the Asia Pacific Centre for Hospitality Research, and Deputy Dean for Research at Sunway University, Malaysia. His research focuses on social geographies, including (im)mobilities, migration, tourism, sustainability, digitalization, and microbusinesses, with an emphasis on qualitative and creative methods.

Prachi Thakur, Jagdish Sheth School of Management

Prachi Thakur is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management currently working in India. Her work focuses on gender, diversity, and inclusion through a collectivist lens. She also serves on the editorial boards of leading tourism, hospitality, and gender journals and delivers keynotes and workshops on increasing visibility.

Lukas Husa, Mahidol University

Lukas Husa is a Visiting Post-Doc at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand. His research interests include: the culture of remembrance and the politics of history, the history of Southeast Asia (19th to 21st centuries), the history of tourism and travel, Dark Tourism in Southeast Asia, historical anthropology, ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia (with a focus on Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam), and (historical) development studies.

Simon Rowedder, National University of Singapore

Simon Rowedder is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His research interests span economic anthropology, border studies, and development studies, with a regional focus on the Sino–Southeast Asian borderlands, particularly Yunnan, Laos, and Thailand.

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2026-04-17

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2026)

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Editorial

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