Dr Ming Wei Ang

Dr. Ming Wei Ang is an interdisciplinary sociologist. He holds a Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University's Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme. His research interests include identities and intimate relationships, sexuality and gender, futures/foresight, neurodivergence (autism/ADHD experiences), and digital media.

Ming Wei's doctoral research investigated the complexities of aromantic- and asexual-spectra experiences, and how people navigate romantic relationships in dynamic and ambiguous ways. He has previously researched on a variety of topics, including autism inclusion, digital media interactions, digital trust, education mobility, and the aspirations and life trajectories of youths in Singapore.

Ming Wei has taught a range of undergraduate courses across sociology, philosophy, and communication studies across various universities, including Nanyang Technological University, University of Wollongong, and University of Newcastle Australia.

Undergraduate courses I am teaching or have taught (across different universities)

• Academic Skills (upcoming)
• Social Problems, Sociological Responses
• History and Philosophy of Psychology
• Global Media Industries
• Sociology of Sexuality and Gender
• Contemporary Social Theory
• Social Problems in a Global Context
• Introduction to Political Theory

Selected publications

Ang, M. W. (2026). Individual futuring orientations framework: Exploring aromantic and asexual futures as alternatives to top-down foresight. Futures, 181(103853). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103853

Kan, D. D., Chuai, A., Bong, K., Chng, E., Ang, M. W., & Lim, E. (2026). Understanding the workplace needs of autistic adults in Singapore: Insights to inform inclusive AI support. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17, 1825357. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1825357

Ang, M. W., Yang, P. D., & Toh, Y. Y. (2026). "The Grass is Greener Further Away, Right?”—Socio-Geographic Imaginaries and Psycho-Social Motivations of Short-Term Student Mobilities. Journal of International Students. https://doi.org/10.32674/ck6f2x62

Ang, M. W. (2026). Dynamisms of Romantic Family Imaginaries and Asexual Identity-Making. Journal of Family Studies, 32(1), 102-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2024.2396440

Ang, M. W., & Ibasco, G. C. (2023). The Atemporal Silence of Aesthetics: Transfeminine Crossplay as Resources for Genderqueer Experimentation in Singapore. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, 10(2), 27-49. https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.10.2.0027

Chib, A., & Ang, M. W. (2023). Dispositions of dis/trust: Fourth-wave mobile communication for a world in flux. New Media & Society, 25(4), 776-794. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231158649

Chib, A., Ang, M. W., Zheng, Y., & Nguyen, H. (2022). Subverted agency: The dilemmas of disempowerment in digital practices. New Media & Society, 24(2), 458-477. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211063181

Chib, A., Ang, M. W., Ibasco, G. C., & Nguyen, H. (2021). Mobile Media (Non-)Use as Expression of Agency. Mass Communication and Society, 24(6), 818–842. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2021.197

Ang, M. W., Tan, J. C. K., & Lou, C. (2021). Navigating Sexual Racism in the Sexual Field: Compensation for and Disavowal of Marginality by Racial Minority Grindr Users in Singapore. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 26(3), 129-147. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmab003

Available and interested to supervise qualitative research projects primarily in these areas

• Identity negotiation
• Digital media and digital culture
• Kinships, intimacies, and relationships
• Sexuality and gender; queer studies
• Neurodivergence (autism/ADHD experiences and identities)
• Futures thinking, participatory foresight, and participatory design
• Phenomenology
• Philosophy and social / political / queer theories