Rita Padawangi is Associate Professor at the College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences. Her research interests are social movements, environmental justice, and participatory urban development. She explores and applies collaborative approaches in research, teaching, and community engagement. She coordinates the Southeast Asia Neighborhoods Network (SEANNET), a research and education initiative on urban life in the region. She is editor of Routledge Handbook of Urbanization in Southeast Asia (2019) and co-edited Cities by and for the People in Asia (Amsterdam University Press, 2019). She is the author of Urban Development in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2022).