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Expert is an expert in the fields of e-commerce, cybercrime, cybergeography, and ICT for development for the last eight years. His publications have appeared in top ranked peer-reviewed journals, and he has presented his work at many international conferences. He has also been involved in putting together workshops and conferences that have brought together experts from across industry and academic fields (most recently a workshop on cybercrime at the Employer).

Expert's work has also focused specifically on the geographies of the Internet and uses of ICT for
development. He is particularly interested in the multiplicity of attempts to implement development and reduce a 'digital divide' by altering relative economic distance and reconfiguring commodity chains in places on the global periphery. While much of his work has focused on such attempts within the context of the Thai silk industry, he is expanding his research to encompass a broader range of case studies, both small and large, which seek to reduce 'digital divides' in the Global South. In particular, he is now currently involved in a multi-year project to study the effects of broadband use and access in East Africa. The ultimate aim of this research is to better understand the variety of strategies employed in using cyber-presence to offset remote physical presence. Expert is currently preparing a book manuscript on this topic that includes many of the insights obtained from his work in Thailand.

Expert's work on digital earths examines how physical places are ever more defined by, and made visible through, not only their traditional physical locations and properties, but also their virtual attributes and positionalities. Specifically, he is interested in how ubiquitous electronic representations of urban environments that are made possible by services such as Google Earth and Google Maps have the power to redefine, reconfigure, and reorder the cities that they represent. Some of his published work on this topic can be found on his website, while more recent work can be accessed on his blog.