Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata is a Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Lutfun's primary research area focuses on the Sociology of work and employment including the gig economy and the future of work.
Prior to joining the University of Melbourne, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Queensland. Currently, Lutfun is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Queensland.
She has written about gig economy, urban marginality, poverty governance, housing and place-based disadvantage. She is a mixed-methods researcher with extensive experience in conducting and publishing qualitative, quantitative and digital research and working with multidisciplinary teams that include stakeholders from academia, industry and local and central governments.
Lutfun is the author of Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh (Routledge 2023). Her research has been published in journals such as Current Sociology, The Sociological Review, Sociology Compass, Gender, Work & Organization, Cities, Geographical Research, Housing Policy Debate, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Government Information Quarterly.
Journal Article: New tech, old exploitation: Gig economy, algorithmic control and migrant labour
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Burdon, Jasmine and Reddel, Tim (2022). New tech, old exploitation: Gig economy, algorithmic control and migrant labour. Sociology Compass, 17 (1) e13028. doi: 10.1111/soc4.13028
Journal Article: The production of counter-space: informal labour, social networks and the production of urban space in Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). The production of counter-space: informal labour, social networks and the production of urban space in Dhaka. Current Sociology, 71 (6), 001139212210780-1177. doi: 10.1177/00113921221078049
Journal Article: Rising inequalities, deepening divides: Urban citizenship in the time of COVID‐19
Recio, Redento B., Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Chatterjee, Ishita (2021). Rising inequalities, deepening divides: Urban citizenship in the time of COVID‐19. Geographical Research, 59 (4) 1745-5871.12495, 500-513. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12495
Journal Article: “That’s the area of affluent people where we have no access”: spatial Inequality, gated communities, and the end of public space in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). “That’s the area of affluent people where we have no access”: spatial Inequality, gated communities, and the end of public space in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Housing Policy Debate, 32 (4-5), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10511482.2021.1905023
Journal Article: Surveilling the marginalised: How manual, embodied and territorialised surveillance persists in the age of ‘dataveillance’
Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Surveilling the marginalised: How manual, embodied and territorialised surveillance persists in the age of ‘dataveillance’. The Sociological Review, 69 (2), 396-413. doi: 10.1177/0038026120954785
Journal Article: The politics of gendered space: social norms and purdah affecting female informal work in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Walters, Peter and Roitman, Sonia (2020). The politics of gendered space: social norms and purdah affecting female informal work in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Gender, Work and Organization, 28 (1) gwao.12562, 318-336. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12562
Journal Article: To whom does the city belong? Obstacles to right to the city for the urban poor in Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). To whom does the city belong? Obstacles to right to the city for the urban poor in Bangladesh. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 51 (4), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1791934
Journal Article: Negotiating gatekeepers and positionality in building trust for accessing the urban poor in the Global South
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). Negotiating gatekeepers and positionality in building trust for accessing the urban poor in the Global South. Qualitative Research Journal, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 76-86. doi: 10.1108/QRJ-03-2020-0017
Evaluation of the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP)
(2022–2025) Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan
(2022–2024) Queensland Department of Education
Pathways to employment for refugees in Australia
(2022–2023) UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
The role of STEAM education and innovation learning in promoting gender equality in decision making roles in the developing world: Bangladesh as a case
Doctor Philosophy
Developing a PESTLE-based Model for the Factors that Drive the Implementation of Synergistic Energy Solutions in Australia
Doctor Philosophy
Dream and Reality of a Digital State: The Case of Bangladesh with the Lens of Social Constructionism
Doctor Philosophy
Platform economy, platform capitalism and labour movement
Gender, migration and work
Poverty governance and social policy
New tech, old exploitation: Gig economy, algorithmic control and migrant labour
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Burdon, Jasmine and Reddel, Tim (2022). New tech, old exploitation: Gig economy, algorithmic control and migrant labour. Sociology Compass, 17 (1) e13028. doi: 10.1111/soc4.13028
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). The production of counter-space: informal labour, social networks and the production of urban space in Dhaka. Current Sociology, 71 (6), 001139212210780-1177. doi: 10.1177/00113921221078049
Rising inequalities, deepening divides: Urban citizenship in the time of COVID‐19
Recio, Redento B., Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Chatterjee, Ishita (2021). Rising inequalities, deepening divides: Urban citizenship in the time of COVID‐19. Geographical Research, 59 (4) 1745-5871.12495, 500-513. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12495
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). “That’s the area of affluent people where we have no access”: spatial Inequality, gated communities, and the end of public space in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Housing Policy Debate, 32 (4-5), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10511482.2021.1905023
Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Surveilling the marginalised: How manual, embodied and territorialised surveillance persists in the age of ‘dataveillance’. The Sociological Review, 69 (2), 396-413. doi: 10.1177/0038026120954785
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Walters, Peter and Roitman, Sonia (2020). The politics of gendered space: social norms and purdah affecting female informal work in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Gender, Work and Organization, 28 (1) gwao.12562, 318-336. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12562
To whom does the city belong? Obstacles to right to the city for the urban poor in Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). To whom does the city belong? Obstacles to right to the city for the urban poor in Bangladesh. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 51 (4), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1791934
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). Negotiating gatekeepers and positionality in building trust for accessing the urban poor in the Global South. Qualitative Research Journal, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 76-86. doi: 10.1108/QRJ-03-2020-0017
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Spatial justice, contested governance and livelihood challenges in Bangladesh: the production of counterspace. London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350095
Be your own boss: the role of digital labour platforms in producing migrant masculinity(ies)
Holtum, Peter James (PJ), Lata, Lutfun and Marston, Greg (2023). Be your own boss: the role of digital labour platforms in producing migrant masculinity(ies). Migratory men: place, transnationalism and masculinities. (pp. 123-138) edited by Garth Stahl and Yang Zhao. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003353232-12
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Conclusion. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh. (pp. 180-186) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350095-7
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Introduction. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh. (pp. 1-27) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350095-1
Power, governance, planning and resistance
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Power, governance, planning and resistance. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh. (pp. 58-84) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350095-3
Space, the right to the city and informality
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Space, the right to the city and informality. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh. (pp. 28-57) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350095-2
Urban governance, planning and informality in Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Urban governance, planning and informality in Dhaka. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh. (pp. 85-108) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350095-4
Urban informality, power and resistance in Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Urban informality, power and resistance in Dhaka. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh. (pp. 109-145) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350095-5
Women, space and urban informality
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Women, space and urban informality. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh. (pp. 146-179) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003350095-6
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). Poverty, gender, and informal livelihoods: access to public space and livelihood challenges in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Security, development and sustainability in Asia: volume 3: environment, sustainability and human security. (pp. 197-211) edited by Zhiqun Zhu. Singapore, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. doi: 10.1142/9789811258220_0039
Recio, Redento B., Chatterjee, Ishita, Nahar Lata, Lutfun and Dangol, Neeraj (2022). Whose vision, which city?. The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics, Volume I. (pp. 76-93) New York: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003112464-7
Influencing social policy on families through research in Australia
Reddel, Tim, Hand, Kelly and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). Influencing social policy on families through research in Australia. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 297-312) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_14
Pursuing justice for all: eviction and environmental injustice in Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). Pursuing justice for all: eviction and environmental injustice in Dhaka. The Bangladesh environmental humanities reader: environmental justice, development victimhood, and resistance. (pp. 73-85) edited by Samina Luthfa, Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan and Munasir Kamal. Lanham, MD, United States: Lexington Books.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Khan, Adil M. (2021). Spatial justice, livelihood challenges and the urban poor in the Global South: lessons from Bangladesh. Handbook of development policy. (pp. 532-543) edited by Habib Zafarullah and Ahmed Shafiqul Huque. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781839100871.00057
Social forestry: principles, evolution, and implications for sustainable development
Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Rashid, A. Z. M. Manzoor (2020). Social forestry: principles, evolution, and implications for sustainable development. Encyclopedia of the UN sustainable development goals. (pp. 1-12) edited by Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Amanda Lange Salvia and Tony Wall. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71065-5_148-1
Editorial: Reviews in cities in the Global South: 2022
Sanusi, Ruzana, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Mishra, Swasti Vardhan and Iossifova, Deljana (2024). Editorial: Reviews in cities in the Global South: 2022. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 6 1356965. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2024.1356965
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2024). Book Review: City of Men: Masculinities and Everyday Morality on Public Transport by Romit Chowdhury. Journal of Sociology. doi: 10.1177/14407833241232643
Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland
Alidoust, Sara, Wyeth, Stephanie, Reddel, Tim, Cornish, Gillian, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Johnson, Laurel and Shaweesh, Maram (2024). Sustaining a resilient housing system in southeast Queensland. Australian Planner, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/07293682.2024.2309352
Book Review: Automation is a myth
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Book Review: Automation is a myth. New Media & Society, 25 (10), 2829-2830. doi: 10.1177/14614448231185905
Social science as social action to address inequalities
Staines, Zoe, Smith, Kiah, Plage, Stefanie, Nahar Lata, Lutfun, Fay, Suzanna, Zheng, Zhaoxi, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Beazley, Helen, Kuskoff, Ella, Clarke, Andrew, McGowan, Glenys, Shevellar, Lynda and Prangnell, Jonathan (2023). Social science as social action to address inequalities. Australian Journal of Social Issues. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.272
Power, governance, planning and resistance
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Power, governance, planning and resistance. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh, 58-84.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). SPATIAL JUSTICE, CONTESTED GOVERNANCE AND LIVELIHOOD CHALLENGES IN BANGLADESH THE PRODUCTION OF COUNTERSPACE Conclusion. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh, 180-186.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). SPATIAL JUSTICE, CONTESTED GOVERNANCE AND LIVELIHOOD CHALLENGES IN BANGLADESH THE PRODUCTION OF COUNTERSPACE Introduction. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh, 1-27.
Space, the right to the city and informality
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Space, the right to the city and informality. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh, 28-57.
Urban governance, planning and informality in Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Urban governance, planning and informality in Dhaka. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh, 85-108.
Urban informality, power and resistance in Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Urban informality, power and resistance in Dhaka. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh, 109-145.
Women, space and urban informality
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2023). Women, space and urban informality. Spatial Justice, Contested Governance and Livelihood Challenges in Bangladesh, 146-179.
New tech, old exploitation: Gig economy, algorithmic control and migrant labour
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Burdon, Jasmine and Reddel, Tim (2022). New tech, old exploitation: Gig economy, algorithmic control and migrant labour. Sociology Compass, 17 (1) e13028. doi: 10.1111/soc4.13028
Redefining the role of urban studies Early Career Academics in the post-COVID-19 university
Urban ECA Collective, Ahmed, Nabeela, Baker, Alexander G., Bhattacharya, Akash, Cawood, Sally, Cabrera Pacheco, Ana Julia, Daniel, Mallo Maren, Grandi, Matheus, Grimaldo-Rodríguez, Christian O., Guma, Prince K., Habermehl, Victoria, Higgins, Katie, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Liu, Minsi, Luederitz, Christopher, Macktoom, Soha, Macrorie, Rachel, Melgaço, Lorena, Morales, Inés, Noterman, Elsa, Owen, Gwilym, Oyalowo, Basirat, Purvis, Ben, Robin, Enora, Sawyer, Lindsay, Terruhn, Jessica, Unnikrishnan, Hita, Verbeek, Thomas, Villegas, Claudia and Westman, Linda (2022). Redefining the role of urban studies Early Career Academics in the post-COVID-19 university. City, 26 (4), 562-586. doi: 10.1080/13604813.2022.2091826
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). Charity and poverty in advanced welfare states : By cameron parsell, andrew clarke and francisco perales, abingdon, routledge, 2021, 192 pp., $252.00, ISBN: 978 0367713812. Housing Studies, 37 (6), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2080265
Visualising gendered space and informality: a photo essay
Nahar Lata, Lutfun (2022). Visualising gendered space and informality: a photo essay. Visual Studies, 37 (4), 399-402. doi: 10.1080/1472586x.2022.2070534
COVID-19, poverty, and inequality in Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). COVID-19, poverty, and inequality in Bangladesh. Current History, 121 (834), 141-146. doi: 10.1525/curh.2022.121.834.141
Next generation technology workforce—precarious work and platform regulation
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). Next generation technology workforce—precarious work and platform regulation. IEEE Technology Policy and Ethics .
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). The production of counter-space: informal labour, social networks and the production of urban space in Dhaka. Current Sociology, 71 (6), 001139212210780-1177. doi: 10.1177/00113921221078049
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). A modern guide to the urban sharing economyThomasSigler and JonathanCorcoran (eds) Edward Elgar Publishing: Northampton, MA, United States, (2021). 336 pages. Price – £120.00 (ISBN – 978‐1‐78990‐955‐5). New Technology, Work and Employment, 37 (1), 152-155. doi: 10.1111/ntwe.12220
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Book review: Decolonial feminisms, power and place : by Laura Rodríguez Castro, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 208 pp., £72.70, £99.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-3-030-59439-8 (hardback), 978-3-030-59440-4 (eBook). Journal of Intercultural Studies, 42 (6), 1-2. doi: 10.1080/07256868.2021.1988538
Rising inequalities, deepening divides: Urban citizenship in the time of COVID‐19
Recio, Redento B., Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Chatterjee, Ishita (2021). Rising inequalities, deepening divides: Urban citizenship in the time of COVID‐19. Geographical Research, 59 (4) 1745-5871.12495, 500-513. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12495
Rahman, Mostafizur, Uddin, Helal, Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Uddin, Jalal (2021). Associations of forms of intimate partner violence with low birth weight in India: findings from a population-based Survey. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 35 (25), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2021.1940129
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). “That’s the area of affluent people where we have no access”: spatial Inequality, gated communities, and the end of public space in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Housing Policy Debate, 32 (4-5), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/10511482.2021.1905023
Clarke, Andrew, Parsell, Cameron and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Surveilling the marginalised: How manual, embodied and territorialised surveillance persists in the age of ‘dataveillance’. The Sociological Review, 69 (2), 396-413. doi: 10.1177/0038026120954785
Henman, Paul, Graham, Timothy and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Building the ‘front door’ within a web ecology: informational governance and institutional shaping of national government webportals. Government Information Quarterly, 38 (2) 101575, 101575. doi: 10.1016/j.giq.2021.101575
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Walters, Peter and Roitman, Sonia (2020). The politics of gendered space: social norms and purdah affecting female informal work in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Gender, Work and Organization, 28 (1) gwao.12562, 318-336. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12562
Neoliberal Urbanity and the Right to Housing of the Urban Poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). Neoliberal Urbanity and the Right to Housing of the Urban Poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 11 (2), 097542532093852-230. doi: 10.1177/0975425320938520
To whom does the city belong? Obstacles to right to the city for the urban poor in Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). To whom does the city belong? Obstacles to right to the city for the urban poor in Bangladesh. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 51 (4), 1-22. doi: 10.1080/00472336.2020.1791934
Gendered urban space in Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). Gendered urban space in Bangladesh. Global Dialogue, 10 (2), 53-54.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). Negotiating gatekeepers and positionality in building trust for accessing the urban poor in the Global South. Qualitative Research Journal, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 76-86. doi: 10.1108/QRJ-03-2020-0017
Widening Urban Divide: COVID-19 and the Unequal Citizenship
Recio, Redento B., Chatterjee, Ishita and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). Widening Urban Divide: COVID-19 and the Unequal Citizenship. GLOBAL POLICY LAB, 20-21.
Book review: Political violence in South Asia
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020). Book review: Political violence in South Asia. Contemporary South Asia, 28 (1), 135-136. doi: 10.1080/09584935.2020.1721662
A marriage of convenience: street vendors' everyday accommodation of power in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun , Walters, Peter and Roitman, Sonia (2018). A marriage of convenience: street vendors' everyday accommodation of power in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Cities, 84, 143-150. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.08.002
Cultural capital and higher education in Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2013). Cultural capital and higher education in Bangladesh. International Review of Modern Sociology, 39 (2), 225-238.
Relative deprivation of children in Dhaka City: a case study of Dhanmondi
Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Wohab, Abdul (2011). Relative deprivation of children in Dhaka City: a case study of Dhanmondi. International Review of Modern Sociology, 37 (2), 205-215.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Reddel, Tim (2022). Place-based collective impact model: Exploring the challenges and opportunities intermediaries experience while delivering place-based initiatives in Australia. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) , Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). New Tech, old exploitation: Migrant labour, algorithmic control and mythical autonomy in the gig economy. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
Covid 19 and uneven citizenship in Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). Covid 19 and uneven citizenship in Bangladesh. Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) conference 2022, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 5 - 8 July 2022.
New Tech, old exploitation and racialised logics of exploitation: an agenda for research
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). New Tech, old exploitation and racialised logics of exploitation: an agenda for research. The Institute of Australian Geographers Inc. Conference 2022: landscapes of change, challenge and creativity, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 5 - 8 July.
The socio-political context of Bangladesh, Dhaka and the bostees (slums)
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2022). The socio-political context of Bangladesh, Dhaka and the bostees (slums). Asia Pacific Architecture Festival, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 22 March 2022.
Queensland Housing Strategy Research and Evaluation Program
Reddel, Tim and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Queensland Housing Strategy Research and Evaluation Program. Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 25 October - 5 November 2021.
Urban gray space and uneven citizenship: everyday politics of street vendors in Dhaka and Manila
Recio, Reden and Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2021). Urban gray space and uneven citizenship: everyday politics of street vendors in Dhaka and Manila. International Sociological International Sociological Association’s Research Committee 21 Conference: Sensing and Shaping the City, Antwerp, Belgium, 14-16 July 2021.
Eviction, urban citizenship and belonging: the politics of street vending in Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2019). Eviction, urban citizenship and belonging: the politics of street vending in Dhaka. Transformative Urban Governance Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 26-27 June 2019.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2019). The changing right to the city: slum eviction and the right to housing of the urban poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In and Beyond the City: Emerging Ontologies, Persistent Challenges and Hopeful Futures: RC21 Conference, Delhi, India, 18-21 September 2019.
Dispossession by ‘development’ and the right to housing of the urban poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2018). Dispossession by ‘development’ and the right to housing of the urban poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences HDR Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 29 June 2018.
Greening future cities: promoting health through urban design
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Farr-Wharton, Geremy, Bradford, Dana and Barnett, Guy (2018). Greening future cities: promoting health through urban design. 11th Liveable Cities Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 16-17 July 2018.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2018). Inhabitance, citizenship and environmental justice: the right to housing and the right to the city of the urban poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2018 Australasian Early Career Researcher Network (AECURN) Queensland Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 8 September 2018.
Gendered space and street vending in urban Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2017). Gendered space and street vending in urban Bangladesh. UQ Social Science Postgraduate Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia., 3 November 2017.
Migration and urban livelihoods: a translocal perspective in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2017). Migration and urban livelihoods: a translocal perspective in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 27-30 November 2017. Perth, WA, Australia: The Australian Sociological Association.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2017). Resistance ‘From Below’: power, contestation and negotiations in the urban poor’s everyday life in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Tenth Global Studies Conference, Singapore, Singapore, 8 - 9 June 20017.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2017). To whom does the city belong? Exploring obstacles to a right to the city for the urban poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rethinking Global Urban Justice: RC21 Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom, 11-13 September 2017.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2017). To whom the city belongs? Exploring obstacles to a right to the city for the urban poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Counts: Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 11-14 July 2017.
Lata, Lutfun and Walters, Peter (2016). The Politics of Space in Dhaka: Informality, Power and Negotiations in the Everyday Life of the Urban Poor. The Australian Sociological Association Conference 2016, The Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia, 28 November - 1 December 2016. Melbourne, Australia: The Australian Sociological Association.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2016). The politics of space in Dhaka: informality, power and negotiations in the urban poor’s everyday life. Disruptive encounters: A call for messy research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 13 August 2016.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2016). Toward an understanding of the poverty-purdah trap in urban Bangladesh: a case study of women workers in the informal economy. UQ Social Science Postgraduate Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4 November 2016.
Access to negotiated space and the right to the city of the urban poor in southern Megacities
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2015). Access to negotiated space and the right to the city of the urban poor in southern Megacities. UQ Social Science Postgraduate Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 5 November 2015.
The production of space and the right to the city: a case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2015). The production of space and the right to the city: a case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Work in Progress Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 September 2015.
Changing urban culture in Bangladesh: a study of youth culture in Gulshan, Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2012). Changing urban culture in Bangladesh: a study of youth culture in Gulshan, Dhaka. International Conference on Urbanization, Sustainability and Governance, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5-6 December 2012.
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2012). Cultural capital, social class and higher education: how institutional cultural capital shapes educational choice in Bangladesh. Bi-Annual Conference of Bangladesh Sociological Association, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21 – 22 December 2012.
Stratification in higher education: how social background shapes educational choice in Bangladesh
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2012). Stratification in higher education: how social background shapes educational choice in Bangladesh. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Leeds, United Kingdom, 11-13 April 2012.
Poverty and sanitation linkages: a sociological study on urban poor
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2011). Poverty and sanitation linkages: a sociological study on urban poor. Fourth Annual Poverty and Social Protection Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 1-3 March 2011.
Relative deprivation of children in Dhaka City: a case study of Dhanmondi
Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Wohab, Md Abdul (2010). Relative deprivation of children in Dhaka City: a case study of Dhanmondi. 2010 International Conference on Humanities, Historical and Social Sciences, Singapore, Singapore, 26-28 February 2010. Liverpool, United Kingdom : World Academic Union.
What works for place-based approaches in Victoria. Part 1: A review of the literature
Alderton, Amanda , Villanueva, Karen , Davern, Melanie , Reddel, Tim , Lata, Lutfun Nahar , Moloney, Susie , Gooder, Haydie , Hewitt, Thea , DeSilva, Ashton , Coffey, Brian , McShane, Ian and Cigdem-Bayram, Melek (2022). What works for place-based approaches in Victoria. Part 1: A review of the literature. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Jesuit Social Services . doi: 10.25439/rmt.19304123.v1
Stronger places, stronger people- alignment of frameworks and funding
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Reddel, Tim and Head, Brian (2022). Stronger places, stronger people- alignment of frameworks and funding. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Povey, Jenny, Cook, Stephanie, O'Flaherty, Martin, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Lee, Rennie, Liudmila Druzenko, Karlee O'Donnell, Sharma, Nikita, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Young, Charlotte, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Hoffstaedter, Gerhard, Martin, Sean, Edwards, Ben, Baxter, Janeen and Reddel, Tim (2022). CRISP Evaluation Plan. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Desktop Review: Equity and Wellbeing Frameworks
Yates, Miriam S., Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Young, Charlotte, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop Review: Equity and Wellbeing Frameworks. Long Pocket, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Desktop Review: Queensland Equity Data
Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Curry, Matthew, Yates, Miriam, Young, Charlotte, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop Review: Queensland Equity Data. Brisbane, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Desktop review: Lived expertise insights
Young, Charlotte, Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Yates, Miriam, Porter, Dave, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2022). Desktop review: Lived expertise insights. Brisbane, QLD, Australi: Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Place-based approaches – a guide for the Victorian Public Service
Lata, Lutfun Nahar and Reddel, Tim (2022). Place-based approaches – a guide for the Victorian Public Service. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Systems analysis to inform a Queensland equity framework: draft systems insight report
Curry, Matthew, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Yates, Miriam, Young, Charlotte, McDaid, Lisa, Reddel, Tim and Porter, Dave (2022). Systems analysis to inform a Queensland equity framework: draft systems insight report. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Inquiry into social isolation and loneliness in Queensland
Baxter, Janeen, Reddel, Tim, Lata, Lutfun Nahar and MacDermott, Matt (2021). Inquiry into social isolation and loneliness in Queensland. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Parliament: Community Support and Services Committee.
Corruption complicates Bangladesh’s fight against COVID-19
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2020, 11 13). Corruption complicates Bangladesh’s fight against COVID-19 East Asia Forum
Counter-space: a study of the spatial politics of the urban poor in the megacity of Dhaka
Lata, Lutfun Nahar (2018). Counter-space: a study of the spatial politics of the urban poor in the megacity of Dhaka. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.691
Evaluation of the Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP)
(2022–2025) Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan
(2022–2024) Queensland Department of Education
Pathways to employment for refugees in Australia
(2022–2023) UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
Stronger Places, Strong People- alignment of frameworks and funding
(2022) Collaboration for Impact Limited
Equity Framework: System Analysis
(2021–2022) Health and Wellbeing Queensland
The role of STEAM education and innovation learning in promoting gender equality in decision making roles in the developing world: Bangladesh as a case
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Developing a PESTLE-based Model for the Factors that Drive the Implementation of Synergistic Energy Solutions in Australia
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Dream and Reality of a Digital State: The Case of Bangladesh with the Lens of Social Constructionism
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Platform economy, platform capitalism and labour movement
Gender, migration and work
Poverty governance and social policy
Place based disadvantage and spatial justice