Tim Oakes听won a 2023-24 Fulbright Global Scholar award for his project 鈥淭he hinterlands of global China: infrastructures of life beyond the urban鈥�. This is a collaborative project with scholars in Oslo and in Singapore to听develop a theoretical foundation and a new research agenda for interpreting critically China鈥檚 deepening impact on everyday lives in the developing regions of the Global South. More specifically, they will be exploring China鈥檚 digital infrastructures and the growth of 鈥榩latform capitalism鈥� in the rapidly urbanizing regions of Southeast Asia.