{"id":35069,"date":"2026-09-17T10:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/?page_id=35069"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:22:35","slug":"sunaer-grad-student","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/sunaer-grad-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunaer &#8211; Grad Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSunaer\t<\/h2>\n<h4>\n\t\t\tPh.D. (Anthropology)\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/09\/Sunaer.jpeg\" alt=\"Sunaer\" height=\"1473\" width=\"1474\" title=\"Sunaer\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>Research Interests: Pastoralism and mobility; Environmental governance and land use; Inner Asia (Inner Mongolia); Infrastructure and spatial practice<\/p>\n<p>Sunaer is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the National University of Singapore. She holds an MSc in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Her research interests include the social and ecological transformations of pastoral communities in China, with a focus on how pastoral communities sustain mobile livelihoods amid ongoing environmental and policy change. She is also currently working on a project examining digital inclusion and disaster governance in rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>She also serves as a Teaching Assistant for SC2209 Money, Business and Social Networks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Teaching Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SC2209 Money, Business and Social Networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<strong>Contact Info: <\/strong><br \/>\nEmail ID: <a href=\"mailto:sonra@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sonra@u.nus.edu(opens in new tab)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/pgr-phd-students\/yueqicheng@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(opens in new tab)<\/a><a href=\"mailto:ethel.wee@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(opens in new tab)<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunaer Ph.D. (Anthropology) Research Interests: Pastoralism and mobility; Environmental governance and land use; Inner Asia (Inner Mongolia); Infrastructure and spatial practice Sunaer is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the National University of Singapore. She holds an MSc in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh. 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