Carljohnson Anacin is an academic at Griffith University and the University of Queensland in Australia. He received his PhD (cultural sociology) at Griffith University after completing his dissertation on Identity, Music(ality), and Translocality of Filipino Musicians in Australia. His research interests include music, migration, culture, media and interdisciplinary studies. Carl is also the 2025 Letty Katts Fellow at the State Library of Queensland and serves as Senior Research Assistant at the Griffith Centre for Social & Cultural Research. He is a practising musician (Nicky Anacin), broadcaster (Radio 4EB), media correspondent (The Philippine Times), and cultural advocate. His recent publications include his monograph Transnational Labour Migration and Musical Performance: Filipino Musicians in Australia (Palgrave, 2025), as well as contributions in Rereading Musicians and their Audiences (Bloomsbury, 2025), Media Compass (Wiley, 2024), The Qualitative Report (2024) and Journal of Intercultural Studies (2025).