Martin Kovan graduated with a PhD. (Philosophy) at University of Melbourne in 2020. He has held exchange and visiting scholar positions at the National University of Singapore (Singapore), UC Davis (Davis, California), Mahidol University (Bangkok) and the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam). He also holds an M.Phil. in Buddhist Studies (University of Queensland, 2009) and an M.A. in English Literature (University of Sydney, 2003). He has lived and worked in France, India and Southeast Asia and has for over twenty years studied and practised in the (Gelug) Tibetan Buddhist tradition in Australia, India, the USA, UK and France.