Binh N. Nguyen is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography at McGill University. Born in Hanoi, Binh focuses on studying the interplay between informal mobility and the digital infrastructure of platform mobility in urban Vietnam. Binh is currently working on his PhD research with Prof. Sarah Turner about the transformation occurring to the livelihoods and mobilities of motorbike taxi drivers in Hanoi.

Binh N. Nguyen’s recent publications include:

Turner, S. & Nguyen, B.N. (2025). Pedals and throttles: Ride-along experimental journeys with Hanoi's cyclo and motorbike taxi drivers. Area, 57, e12978.

Nguyen, B.N. and Turner, S. (2023). Turf wars: The livelihood and mobility frictions of motorbike taxi drivers on Hanoi's streets. Asia Pac. Viewp., 64: 171-187.

Michelle Kee completed her MA in the Department of Geography at McGill University in 2024 with the thesis “Living with the Line: How Hanoi Residents are Navigating the Infrastructural Politics of Two New Urban Railway Lines.” Michelle used ethnography and video production to understand the social impact of new transportation infrastructure in urban Vietnam, such as the new Hanoi Metro.

Kee’s recent publications include:

Kee, M., & Turner, S. (2026). Disrupted spaces, adaptive lives: Unequal impacts of Hanoi’s first urban railway lines. Urban Studies, 63(7), 1504-1520.

Kee, M., & Turner, S. (2025). The promises and pitfalls of Hanoi’s urban mobility transition: how residents are navigating the infrastructural politics of a new urban railway. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 1–19.

Tenzing Palmo is a second-year MA student in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. For her MA thesis, Tenzing Palmo is working towards a research project in the Changthang region of Ladakh in India. She will be exploring the concepts of infrastructure and mobility through the road networks and prefabricated huts in Changthang with the local pastoral community of Chang-pa.

Peter Macmillan completed is BA with Honours in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2026. Peter’s Honours thesis titled “Predicting the Future: Navigating the Image and the Reality of the Smart-City in Hyderabad” examines urban expansion, technological optimization, and mediated representations of progress in Hyderabad.

Minh Le completed her BA with Honours in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2026. Minh Le’s thesis titled “Connectivity and Belonging: Digital Infrastructure’s Influence on Migration and Social Integration in Ha Noi” discussed the importance of digital media for education and professional opportunities, following fieldwork in Hanoi (Vietnam) in 2023.

Charlotte Weiler completed in 2021 a Honours Thesis titled “Conflicting Infrastructure: Nature, Species and Roads in Hemis National Park” in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. Charlotte’s thesis explores the social and environmental impacts of increased road development in the Hemis National Park (Ladakh, India).

Mallory Travis completed her BA in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2025. During her time at UPEI, she worked as a research assistant and focused on the consequences of Labour Acts in India on working conditions in Hyderabad. She also coded and classified archives regarding industries and infrastructures development in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Prabhatha Meduri completed a BA in the Department of Psychology at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2025. As a research assistant, Prabhatha collected and translated video archives on labour practices and infrastructure development in India. In 2023, Prabhatha also produced photographs of new and projected infrastructures in Hyderabad and combined this visual material with GIS data analysis.

Ananjay Singh Sardana is an undergraduate student majoring in psychology and minoring in diversity and social justice at the University of Prince Edward Island. In 2025, Ananjay worked as a research assistant tasked to collect and categorize archives and media artefacts pertaining to the relationships between gender identity and labour in the context of the construction of new infrastructures in urban India.