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Email

bina.fernandez@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor in Development Studies
School of Social and Political Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Oxford
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of Oxford
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Bachelors Degree
Mount Holyoke College
ORCID

0000-0002-1611-7217

Prof Bina Fernandez

Professor in Development Studies
School of Social and Political Sciences

61 Scholarly works
6 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Diaspora Humanitarianism: Centring Transnational Relational Care Practices in Crisis Response
    DOI: 10.1111/glob.70038
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Diaspora Dynamics: Methodological Innovations in Community-Based Research for Crisis Response
    DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3720098
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Diaspora Humanitarians: How Diaspora Communities Respond to Humanitarian Crises
    DOI: 10.1007/s11266-024-00707-x
  • 2025

    Journal article

    At Risk of Statelessness: Children Born in Lebanon to Migrant Domestic Workers
    DOI: 10.1177/01979183231186794
  • 2024

    Dataset

    Diaspora humanitarians_Survey Data
    DOI: 10.26188/25538416
  • 2024

    Report

    How do Australia-based migrants help in times of crisis? A case study of Afghan diaspora responses to the 2021 Taliban return to power in Afghanistan
  • 2022

    Research Grant

    Diaspora Humanitarians: How Australia-Based Migrants Help in Crises Abroad
Bina Fernandez

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2006
UNDP Human Development Fellow

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Report

    How do Australia-based migrants help in times of crisis? A case study of diaspora responses to political and economic crisis in Lebanon
  • 2024

    Report

    How do Australia-based migrants help in times of crisis? A case study of the Nepalese diaspora’s response to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake
  • 2024

    Report

    How do Australia-based migrants help in times of crisis? A case study of the Indonesian diaspora’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Engendering migrant counterpublics: fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon
    DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2024.2348392

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2022

    Research Grant

    Diaspora Humanitarians: How Australia-Based Migrants Help in Crises Abroad
  • 2015

    Internal Research Grant

    Reason to Care: Making the Care Needs of Migrants Visible to Social Policy
  • 2015

    Research Grant

    Reason to Care: Making the Care Needs of Migrants Visible to Social Policy
  • 2014

    Internal Research Grant

    Women, Labour and Livelihoods in 21st Century India: A Research and Policy Linkage Workshop

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