Nele Lenze

SCD Nele Lenze
School: School of Communication & Design
Department: Professional Communication
Position: Lecturer
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: nele.lenze@rmit.edu.vn

Nele Lenze’s academic research focuses on participation and online culture in the Gulf. This includes local and migrant communities. Nele held positions at the National University of Singapore, the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait and the London School of Economics. She co-edited four academic books on media, participation culture and the Middle East and wrote a monograph.

PhD in Middle Eastern Studies and Media Studies from the University of Oslo and obtained her master’s in Arabic literature from Freie University Berlin.

 

Mass Media, Communication.

Digital Media, Participation Culture, Censorship, Climate Change, Migration, Social Media, Mobile Media

  • Research Fellowship, Kuwait Programme, London School of Economics (2019)
  • Research and Conference Travel Grant, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore (2017)
  • Research and Conference Travel Grant, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore (2016)
  • Research and Conference Travel Grant, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore (2013-2015)
  • Graduate Research Travel Grant, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, annually. (2009-2012)
  • PhD Scholarship, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo Department (2009-2011)
  • Grant for Field Research, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo Department (2009)

Nele held positions at the National University of Singapore, the Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait and the London School of Economics.