DrEnqi Weng

ABC Religion & Ethics, 10 Nov 2022, 'In the lead up to the Victorian state election, lets not forget about the needs of multicultural communities (again)'

The Conversation, 29 Sep 2021, 'Australia is rich with religious diversity. So why are our newsrooms falling behind?'

ABC Religion and Ethics, 13 Oct 2020, 'The pandemic has provided fertile conditions for conspiracy theories and conspirituality in Australia'

ABC RN God Forbid, 16 May 2020, 'Does the media 'get' religion?'

The Conversation, 1 May 2020, 'Religious groups are embracing technology during the lockdown, but can it replace human connection?'

Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR)

International Society for the Sociology of Religion (SISR/ISSR)

International Society for Media, Religion and Culture (ISMRC)

The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)

Australian & New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA)

Exceptional student satisfaction (80% or greater) for ALC215 Global Media, Deakin University in Trimester 1, 2019

Selected and recent presentations:

1. Navigating the Ideological Tide: Discourses on Mainstreaming Social Service Provision for Multicultural Communities in Australia from 1996 to 2021. Presented at the Appraising Multiculturalism: Politics, Policy and Practice" symposium, Deakin Downtown, 26 October 2023.

2. Christians don't have a monopoly on decency: observations of empire religion in media discourses through a decolonial lens. Presented at The Australian Sociological Association Conference at the University of Melbourne, 2 December 2022.

3. The Penny Magee Memorial Lecture on Religion, Race and Belonging: Reflecting on a Decolonial Turn in Studies of Religion in Australia at the Australian Association for the Study of Religion Conference at Pilgrim Theological College, Melbourne, 1 December 2022.

Vice President, The Australian Association for the Study of Religion (AASR) (2022-current)

Reviews Editor, Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (2020 to current)

Co-Convenor, Religion Thematic Group, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) (2020-2023)

1. Presented the prestigious 2023 Penny Magee keynote lecture at the Australian Association for the Study of Religion conference.

2. Speaker at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice in Western Cape University, South Africa.

3. Top scholar contributing to and most cited for the topic cluster of Cultural Diversity; Islam; Racism on Scopus from 2018 to 2023