Sayed Reza completed his PhD programme in economics at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia. His research and writing are mainly rooted within socioeconomic studies in Malaysia and Indonesia and crosses the fields of economics, rural sociology, agriculture development and ICT/digital for development studies. His current research is on the issues of digital divide and technological embeddedness among urban households in Malaysia. His research interests include household socioeconomics, digital divide/inequality, development economics and cover sub-interests on rural-urban migration, participatory rural appraisal, and rural-urban ICT access and use.