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Email

l.lata@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
University Guest (Academic)
School of Social and Political Sciences
Education
Doctorate
The University of Queensland
Masters (Coursework & Research)
The University of Manchester
ORCID

0000-0002-4177-4446

Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata

University Guest (Academic)
School of Social and Political Sciences

73 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight Against Platform Power By TizianoBonini and EmilianoTreré, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2024. 257 pp. US$ 30/£29 UK. ISBN: 9780262377485
    DOI: 10.1111/ntwe.70004
  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    2026 Research Impetus Grants
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems: A case study of Queensland, Australia
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-8500.12675
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne
    DOI: 10.1177/19427786251321611
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Governing urban marginality in the post-COVID city: introduction to the Virtual Special Issue
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106211
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    The idea of land justice in urban Bangladesh
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003530664-7
  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Your Order, Their Labour: Migrant Labour in the Platform Economy
Lutfun Nahar Lata

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2023
TASA Early Career Researcher best paper award - "The production of counter-space: Informal labour, social networks and the production of urban space" The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
2022
2021 Highly Esteemed Paper Published in Geographical Research - "Rising inequalities, deepening divides: Urban citizenship in the time of COVID-19" Geographical Research and Wiley Publishers

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Algorithmic control and resistance in the gig economy: A case of Uber drivers in Dhaka
    DOI: 10.1177/00380261251335371
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Urban informality and spaces of exception: Urban planning and social distinction in Dhaka
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The everyday lives of gig workers in Melbourne
    DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2025.2535621
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Precarity and agency in the gig economy
    DOI: 10.4337/9781035315673.00069
  • 2024

    Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival

    The Everyday Lives of Gig Workers: A Photo Exhibition
    DOI: 10.26188/28397225

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2024

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Your Order, Their Labour: Migrant Labour in the Platform Economy

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