Dr. David Yoong

07/04/2026

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"The (dreadfully honest) ABCs of Postgrad Life," written by David Yoong and vividly illustrated by Sorfina Aida, is an engaging 32-page comic book that delves into the rollercoaster ride of postgraduate studies. Designed to resemble a children's ABC book, this creative work takes readers through the...

02/04/2026

Blast from the past. On this day in 2009, I completed my PhD amendments. 😎

28/03/2026

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05/03/2026

I had a lot of fun running this training session with this group of really talented individuals 😊

27/02/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/daveyoong/p/restorative-justice?r=2iwwu4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I've written a new article on my Substack, this time on Restorative Justice.

17/02/2026

A new Substack article. Something I had been meaning to write about in long while. https://open.substack.com/pub/daveyoong/p/stamping-out-power-asymmetries?r=2iwwu4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

08/02/2026

A new Substack post.
"How language enforces hierarchy"

https://daveyoong.substack.com/p/how-language-enforces-hierarchy

01/02/2026

Shared something I learnt over the week on my Substack.

https://open.substack.com/pub/daveyoong/p/the-day-malaysias-monsoon-fried-my?r=2iwwu4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

26/01/2026

I just launched a new project to archive my thoughts and ideas as a public intellectual. Check out and subscribe to my Substack.

Why we think, how we think, and what I think

21/01/2026

My article has been published today in the Malaymail.

JANUARY 21 — One of the things I learnt early on as a student of linguistics is the concept of semantic markedness. Consider the phrase “male nurse”. Because the role of...

08/01/2026

This year I'm going to be piloting a 2 day big data analytics workshop for social scientists that will use Google Colab and BigQuery. ☺️

I'm working on original content structures and hope to complete my module by the end of Q1 2026.

Stay tuned!

23/12/2025

What a brave woman. I can imagine the pitchforks pointed at her.

But I resonate deeply with her last point... which is the main reason I run my research workshops for junior scholars: to develop research competence and independence, and to escape coercion.