May Ee Wong

Dr. May Ee Wong is an Assistant Professor of Urban Mobile Media at Utrecht University's Department of Media and Culture Studies, affiliated with the Humanities Institute for Cultural Inquiry. She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies (DE Critical Theory) from the University of California, Davis, and has held postdoctoral positions at Aarhus University (Design and Aesthetics for Environmental Data) and the Asia Research Institute (Singapore).

Her research focuses on intersections of architectural history, critical geography, feminist STS, and environmental media. Key areas include energy islands, planetary urban futures, and the role of media interfaces in sustainability transitions. She collaborates with institutions like The Centre for Liveable Cities (Singapore) and the Singapore Ministry of Sustainability and Environment, and contributes to initiatives such as the Helsinki Biennale 2023.

Dr. Wong teaches courses including Urban Mobile Media: The Myth and Messiness of Connectivity and The City As Stage: Critical Interventions in Public Space. She is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and leads projects funded by the Aarhus University Research Foundation, exploring speculative logics of green hydrogen hubs and energy transition.