Dr. Seong Lin DING is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics. She is formerly an OeAD scholar and a Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies Fellow. She has held visiting positions at the University of Manchester (UK), Lancaster University (UK), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK), Yonsei University (South Korea), and University of Glamorgan (University of South Wales, UK). She has also been invited to present lectures and seminars at the University of Zadar (Croatia), University of Graz (Austria), and National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan). Her research focuses on minority/heritage languages and communities. She is also interested in migration linguistics, sociology of education, language and identity, and linguistic landscape. Her academic articles have appeared in leading journals in linguistics (e.g., Applied Linguistics Review; Current Issues in Language Planning; International Journal of Bilingualism; International Journal of Heritage Studies; Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development; Language in Society; Lingua; Multilingua; Names; Social Semiotics), and educational research (e.g., Australasian Journal of Educational Technology; Educational Technology Research and Development; Innovations in Education and Teaching International; Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching). She is the lead author of Chinese on the Move: Migration, Language, and Identity (2025, Palgrave Macmillan); and the lead co-editor of Seeing Beyond a 'Chinatown': Heritage and Identity in Chinese Spaces in Kuala Lumpur (2026, Palgrave Macmillan).