Justin K TSE

Justin K TSE is a full-time Associate Professor of Religion and Culture (Education) at the College of Integrative Studies, Singapore Management University (SMU), where he bridges geography, religious studies, and cultural theory with focus on Pacific Rim dynamics and transnational Asian communities.

His academic credentials include:

• PhD, University of British Columbia (2014)
• MA, University of British Columbia (2009)
• BA (Hons), University of British Columbia (2007)

Dr. TSE's research centers on:

• Social and Cultural Geography
• Religion and Secularization
• Chinese Diaspora Studies
• Postsecular Urban Theory
• Pacific Rim Transnationalism

His work critically examines how religious practices intersect with spatial politics in cities like Hong Kong and Vancouver, challenging secularization narratives through grounded theological analysis of social movements and diaspora communities.

Analysis of his 2020-2025 publications reveals three dominant trajectories: political theologies in Sinophone social movements (especially Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement), critiques of model minority narratives through Asian American evangelical experiences, and postsecular reinterpretations of religious geography in Pacific Rim contexts. His scholarship consistently employs spatial theory to dissect power dynamics in religious-secular encounters.

No scientific awards were documented in available sources.

Information regarding student advising, research grants, or laboratory affiliations was not provided in source materials, though his courses (Big Questions, Publics and Privates on the Pacific Rim, Finding Home in a Globalized World) suggest active pedagogical engagement with transnational identity formation.