Hi, I’m Luke. I’ve lived in and worked on Southeast Asia issues for more than fifteen years, but I’m from Melbourne, Australia.

I’m Managing Editor of the bilingual Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship (IJBS). In 2025 I founded the What’s Happening in Myanmar podcast for Frontier Myanmar and continue to host and produce weekly episodes. I also ran the Myanmar Musings podcast for the Australian National University from 2016-2025. It’s now archived.

Before my editorship of IJBS, I worked for a few NGOs, media companies, and analysis organisations. In addition to that work, I’ve kept up an interest in fermentation, drinks, and cultural change. I published two coffee table books on drink in Southeast Asia with Silkworm Books. I also researched, wrote the treatment and consulted for a short documentary project in Cambodia. I roast my own coffee, mill my own grains, and brew my own beer. You can try some of my beers in Myanmar and Thailand, brewed by the Burbrit Brewery which I advised from 2017-2021.

Contact me at email@lukecorbin.org. I’m sometimes available for work requiring precise language skills and specialist knowledge of Southeast Asia. I particularly enjoy working with artisans and emerging scholars from the Zomia region.