Personal profile

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Politics and International Relations, PhD, Human security and Civil Society in Meghalaya, University of New South Wales (UNSW)

1 Jan 200431 Jan 2007

Award Date: 11 Sept 2007

Politics and International Relations, MA, University of New South Wales (UNSW)

1 Jan 20021 Jan 2003

Award Date: 1 Apr 2003

Communications, BA, University of Technology (UTS) Sydney

1 Mar 19971 Dec 1999

Award Date: 10 Apr 2000

External positions

College of Experts, Australian Research Council (ARC)

1 Jan 20231 Jan 2026

Research area keywords

  • Urban Studies
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Migration Studies
  • sustainable cities
  • mobilities
  • Border Control
  • Northeast India
  • Asian cities
  • Gender
  • Masculinity
  • Urban wildlife
  • Urban plantlife
  • Ethnography
  • Urban violence
  • Play and Leisure
  • Place
  • Smart Cities Technology (Mobility and Environment)
  • Sporting cultures
  • Youth cultures
  • Identities
  • infrastructures
  • city futures
  • public art
  • Public Space
  • public culture
  • Counterfeiting
  • Piracy
  • Surveillance Studies
  • Sensory methodologies
  • Cultural Geography
  • cultural/creative cities
  • AI governance
  • AI and society