Overview
Background
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.
Availability
- Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Sociological Methodology and Research Methods, The University of Manchester
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Work and employment
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Gender, migration and development
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Housing and homelessness
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Poverty and inequality
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Social policy and governance
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Place based disadvantage and spatial justice
Works
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2022
Journal Article
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
2022
Other Outputs
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.
2022
Other Outputs
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.
2022
Other Outputs
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.
2022
Other Outputs
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.
2022
Journal Article
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
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
2022
Journal Article
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
2022
Other Outputs
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.
2022
Journal Article
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
2022
Conference Publication
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.
2022
Journal Article
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 .
2022
Book Chapter
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.
2022
Book Chapter
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
2021
Other Outputs
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.
2021
Conference Publication
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.
2021
Journal Article
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)
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
2021
Journal Article
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)
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
2021
Book Chapter
Spatial justice, livelihood challenges and the urban poor in the Global South: lessons from Bangladesh
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
2021
Conference Publication
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.
2021
Journal Article
Associations of forms of intimate partner violence with low birth weight in India: findings from a population-based Survey
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
Supervision
Availability
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Available projects
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Platform economy, platform capitalism and labour movement
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Gender, migration and work
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Poverty governance and social policy
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Place based disadvantage and spatial justice
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing a PESTLE-based Model for the Factors that Drive the Implementation of Synergistic Energy Solutions in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shabbir Ahmad, Professor Mohsen Yahyaei
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Doctor Philosophy
The role of STEAM education and innovation learning in promoting gender equality in decision making roles in the developing world: Bangladesh as a case
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Zoe Staines
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Doctor Philosophy
Dream and Reality of a Digital State: The Case of Bangladesh with the Lens of Social Constructionism
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Henman
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata directly for media enquiries about:
- gendered space
- gig economy
- housing
- migration
- place-based disadvantage
- public space
- social inequality
- urban space
- work and employment
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