Terence Heng

Terence graduated from the University of Oxford with an MSc in Management Research and a PhD in Visual Sociology from Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of three books - Visual Methods in the Field (Routledge 2016), Of Gods, Gifts and Ghosts: Spiritual Places in Urban Spaces (Routledge 2020) and Diasporas, Weddings and the Trajectories of Ethnicity (Routledge 2020).

His research ambulates through the intersections of cultural geography, visual sociology and photographic practice, investigating diasporic Chinese identities, sacred space-making amongst Chinese Singaporeans, and visual methods, and has published in journals such as Social and Cultural Geography, The Sociological Review, Cultural Geographies and Area. He was the inaugural winner of the International Visual Sociology Association's Prosser Prize, as well as the 2015 winner of the Sociological Review's prize for outstanding scholarship.

Terence welcomes enquiries from potential PhD students interested in visual methodologies, diasporic ethnicities and urban studies.

Education

• PhD Visual Sociology Goldsmiths, University of London (2007 — 2011)
• MSc Management Research Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (2004 — 2005)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) University of Nottingham (1999 — 2002)
• ACS (1991 — 1994)

Companies

• Director of Postgraduate Research (Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology) University of Liverpool (2021)
• Senior Lecturer in Sociology University of Liverpool (2019)
• Owner Hurricadia Creative Services (2001)
• Director of Studies (Postgraduate Teaching) University of Liverpool (2018 — 2021)
• Lecturer in Sociology University of Liverpool (2018 — 2019)
• Assistant Professor / Deputy Programme Director Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) (2014 — 2017)
• Associate SIM University (2012 — 2014)
• Adjunct Lecturer in Design Theory and Processes The Glasgow School of Art Singapore (2012 — 2014)
• Adjunct Lecturer National University of Singapore (2013 — 2014)

Skills

• Adobe Photoshop
• Social Research
• Wedding Photography

Other

Event Photography, Social Media, Research Design, Microsoft Office, InDesign, Art, Web Design, Photoshop, Teaching, Ethnography, Lecturing, Photography, Qualitative Research, Research