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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):
Education/Academic qualification
Politics and International Relations, PhD, Human security and Civil Society in Meghalaya, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
1 Jan 2004 → 31 Jan 2007
Award Date: 11 Sept 2007
Politics and International Relations, MA, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
1 Jan 2002 → 1 Jan 2003
Award Date: 1 Apr 2003
Communications, BA, University of Technology (UTS) Sydney
1 Mar 1997 → 1 Dec 1999
Award Date: 10 Apr 2000
External positions
College of Experts, ARC - Australian Research Council
1 Jan 2023 → 1 Jan 2027
Research area keywords
- Urban Studies
- Race and Ethnicity
- Migration Studies
- mobilities
- Border Control
- Northeast India
- Asian cities
- Masculinity
- Urban wildlife
- Urban plantlife
- Ethnography
- Urban violence
- Play and Leisure
- Place
- Smart Cities Technology (Mobility and Environment)
- Youth cultures
- Identities
- infrastructures
- public art
- Public Space
- public culture
- Counterfeiting
- Piracy
- Surveillance Studies
- Sensory methodologies
- Cultural Geography
- AI and society
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
- 2 Active
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Climate and Contemporary Transformations of Vernacular Architecture - Interaction, Effects and Perspectives (CLIMATE-Arch)
McDuie-Ra, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Feiglstorfer, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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REACH: Regional Hub for Asia Climate Change and Health (REACH) Consortium
Su, T. T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Raman, S. N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mahmood, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Shazly , A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Selva Raja, D. B. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & McDuie-Ra, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/10/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Insurgent Play: Social Worlds of Urban Disruption
McDuie-Ra, D., 2025, 1st ed. London UK: Anthem Press. 105 p. (Anthem Studies in Urban Sociology)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Ferals and gentrification in urban Australia: place, death and memory
McDuie-Ra, D. & Senior, K., 2025, In: Social and Cultural Geography. 26, 2, p. 139-159 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Artificial intelligence from colonial India: race, statistics, and facial recognition in the Global South
Taylor, S. M., Gulson, K. N. & McDuie-Ra, D., May 2023, In: Science Technology and Human Values. 48, 3, p. 663-689 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
17 Citations (Scopus) -
Smart cities, surveillance and speed in Imphal, Manipur
McDuie-Ra, D., 30 Oct 2024, In: South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 47, 5, p. 970-992 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Ceasefire City: Militarism, Capitalism, and Urbanism in Dimapur
Kikon, D. & McDuie-Ra, D., 2021, 1st ed. Oxford UK: Oxford University Press. 284 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Press/Media
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What Skateboarding Says About the Politics of Urban Space
12/08/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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The backroads of artificial intelligence
12/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Book Review: Skateboarding in Seoul: A Sensory Ethnography by Sander Hölgens
25/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Blogs
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THE FUTURE OF ASIAN SKATE SPOTS WITH PROFESSOR MCDUIE-RA
21/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview