Research interests
Geographies of afffect, emotion and encounter
Race and Anthropocene Urbanism
Planetary geographies of co-belonging and multispecies justice (Indigenous, diasporic, and southern ontologies)
Energy Politics, Activism and Climate Justice
Geopolitics of Fear: Mobility, Islam, Bordering practices and Carceral Geographies
Whiteness, ethnicity, race and citizenship
The internationalisation of education and public diplomacy
Australia-India economic relations and diasporic institutions
Recent books
Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations
Affiliations
Life Member, Geographical Society of India
Teaching interests
Social and Cultural Geography
Urban Geography and Planning
Geography and the Anthropocene
Energy Politics, Activism and Climate Justice
Geopolitics of Fear, Islam and Carceral Geographies
Geographies of Encounter and alter-racism
Geographies of displacement and dispossession
Geographies of Education
Geographies of difference and cultural politics
Geography, Technology and the Digital Turn
Methods in Human Geography
Previously held lecturing positions at the School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, the University of Melbourne and School of Geography, Loreto College, Calcutta University, India (1984-2000)
Units taught
AIG 103: People and Place: Introduction to Human Geography
AIG 211: Geographies of Heritage and Tourism
AIG 300: Australian Urban Geography (National and International Perspectives)
Knowledge areas
Oceanic thinking and the Politics of Climate Change and Global Governance
Planetary geographies of co-belonging and multispecies justice (Indigenous, diasporic, and southern ontologies)
Energy Politics, Activism and Climate Justice
Smart growth and Anthropocene Urbanism
Geopolitics of Fear: Mobility, Islam, Bordering practices and Carceral Geographies
Geographies of Encounter: Everyday multiculturalism, nationalism and cosmopolitanism
Geographies of displacement and dispossession
The internationalisation of education and public diplomacy
Australia-India economic relations and diasporic institutions
Geographies of difference and cultural politics – race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality etc
Geography, Technology and the Digital Turn
Methods in Human Geography
Expertise
- Aboriginal and Indigenous issues
- Australia
- Culture
- Environmental sustainability
- Islam
- Local government
- Migration
- Multiculturalism
- Refugees
- Religion
- Sustainability
- Urban/suburban planning and development
Professional activities
Editor, Social & Cultural Geography Journal
Book Reviews Editor, Postcolonial Studies Journal
Convenor, Cultural Geography Study Group, Institute of Australian Geographers
Research groups
Alfred Deakin Insitute for Citizenship and Globalisation thematic streams (Mobility, Diversity and Multiculturalism; Heritage and Identity; Culture, Environment and Society)
Institute of Australian Geographers (Cultural and Urban Geography Research Group)
Critical Geography Forum network
Geographical Society of India, Life Member
Awards
Jubilee Merit Prize, Faculty of Arts, Calcutta University, India, 1978.
Australian Postgraduate Award (2002-2005) for Doctoral Research. The award is given by the Australian Government to postgraduate students of exceptional research promise.
Dean’s Sessional Commendation Teaching Award
Faculty of Arts, Monash University, 2008.
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Award (2011-2013), Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
Pro Vice Chancellor's Early Career Researcher Award, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Dec 2012.
Vice Chancellor's Early Career Researcher Award, Deakin University, Melbourne, Dec 2013
Projects
My current project focuses on climate change and environmental justice with a focus on Eastern India and Northern Australia.
Previous projects/ongoing research outcomes:
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/Australia-India Council Grant (2017-2018) - Australia-India student mobility
Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2013-2016) - Encounter, affect and belonging in Darwin, Northern Australia
Australian Research Council Discovery Award (2013-2016) - Islamic Religiosity, Belonging and Political Engagement - Melbourne, Paris and Detroit.
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011-2013) - Intercultural encounters and belonging in the Darwin- Palmerston Urban Area, Northern Australia.
Publications
Storying Strata: Entangling Coal and Energy Futures in Australia and India
Michele Lobo, Amelia Hine
(2023), Vol. 28, pp. 490-512, Geopolitics Quarterly, London, Eng., C1
Breathing spaces of fearlessness and generosity in the Anglophone/Western university
M Lobo
(2022), Vol. 60, pp. 126-137, Geographical Research, C1
Decolonising the university from the Antipodes: Geographical thought and praxis
M Lobo, D Rodríguez
(2022), Vol. 60, pp. 40-45, Geographical Research, London, England, C1
Tiger atmospheres and co-belonging in mangrove worlds
Michele Lobo, Ashraful Alam, Sumana Bandyopadhyay
(2022), pp. 1-20, Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, London, Eng, C1
Encountering the city: Haptic images of suburban Darwin
M Lobo
(2021), Vol. 53, pp. 201-210, Area, C1
Living on the edge: precarity and freedom in Darwin, Australia
M Lobo
(2021), Vol. 47, pp. 4615-4630, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, C1
Speculative listening: Melting sea ice and new methods of listening with the planet
K Barry, M Duffy, M Lobo
(2021), Vol. 11, pp. 115-129, Global Discourse, C1
Earth unbound: Climate change, activism and justice
M Lobo, L Bedford, R Bellingham, K Davies, A Halafoff, E Mayes, B Sutton, A Walsh, S Stein, C Lucas
(2021), Vol. 53, pp. 1491-1508, Educational Philosophy and Theory, C1
Straying Beyond the Well-worn Path: Fighting for Racial Justice and Planetary Justice
M Lobo
(2021), Vol. 42, pp. 33-45, Journal of Intercultural Studies, London, Eng., C1
Choreographing place: race, encounter and co-belonging in the Anthropocene
Michele Lobo
(2020), pp. 243-254, Routledge handbook of place, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Refreshing methods: reflections and provocations
S Larsen, M Lobo, A Maddrell
(2020), Vol. 21, pp. 1328-1337, Social and Cultural Geography, C1
M Lobo, M Duffy, A Witcomb, C Brennan-Horley, D Kelly, K Barry, D Bissell, C Buckle, R Cretney, T Harada, M Fabian Hasna, N Kon-yu, F Shahani, S Sumartojo, E Van Holstein, P Wolifson
(2020), Vol. 44, pp. 406-426, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, C1
M Lobo
(2020), Vol. 30, pp. 202-216, Fabrications, C1
Tidal Country and Cultures in Northern Australia
David Kelly, Michele Lobo
(2019), pp. 303-318, Located research : Regional places, transitions and challenges, Singapore, B1
Affective ecologies: braiding urban worlds in Darwin, Australia
M Lobo
(2019), Vol. 106, pp. 393-401, Geoforum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Minority Struggles and Quiet Activism: Experiences of Indian-Australian Women
Michele Lobo
(2019), Vol. LIV, pp. 47-53, Economic and Political Weekly, Mumbai, India, C1
Entanglements with the 'Sea': Persian poetry and diasporic Iranian literature in Australia
N Yazdani, Michele Lobo
(2019), Vol. 14, pp. 97-114, Anthropology of the Middle East, C1
Michele Lobo
(2019), Vol. 18, pp. 8-36, Borderlands E-Journal: new spaces in the humanities, Adelaide, S.Aust., C1
Celebrating Indian Culture: Festival Spaces and Entangled Lives in Darwin, North Australia
Michele Lobo
(2018), pp. 241-251, Routledge handbook of the Indian diaspora, London, Eng., B1
Re-framing the creative city: fragile friendships and affective art spaces in Darwin, Australia
M Lobo
(2018), Vol. 55, pp. 623-638, Urban studies, London, Eng., C1
Examining islamic religiosity and civic engagement in Melbourne
M Vergani, A Johns, M Lobo, F Mansouri
(2017), Vol. 53, pp. 63-78, Journal of Sociology, C1
Taking it to the street: reclaiming Australia in the Top End
D Kelly, M Lobo
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 365-380, Journal of intercultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
R Armillei, M Lobo
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 560-575, Journal of intercultural studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Islamic religiosity in the west: belonging and political engagement in multicultural cities
Fethi Mansouri, M Lobo, B Turner, A Johns
(2017), Melbourne, Vic., A6
Geopower in public spaces of Darwin, Australia: exploring forces that unsettle phenotypical racism
M Lobo
(2016), Vol. 39, pp. 68-86, Ethnic and Racial Studies, C1
Co-inhabiting public spaces: Diversity and playful encounters in DarwAustralia
M Lobo
(2016), Vol. 106, pp. 163-173, Geographical Review, C1
Animating Place: Exploring Encounters in the Diverse City
E Chacko, M Lobo, A Tay
(2016), Vol. 106, pp. 157-162, Geographical Review, C1
Grounding Religiosity in Urban Space: insights from multicultural Melbourne
F Mansouri, M Lobo, A Johns
(2016), Vol. 47, pp. 295-310, Australian Geographer, C1
M Lobo
(2015), Vol. 32, pp. 54-67, Journal of cultural geography, London, Eng, C1
Religiosity, citizenship and belonging: the everyday experiences of young Australian Muslims
A Johns, F Mansouri, M Lobo
(2015), Vol. 35, pp. 171-190, Journal of muslim minority affairs, Oxford, Eng., C1
V Andre, F Mansouri, M Lobo
(2015), Vol. 35, pp. 296-313, Journal of Muslim minority affairs, London, Eng., C1
Exploring cultures of belonging in Darwin, Australia
M Lobo
(2015), pp. 1-16, SOAC 2015 : Urban Cultures : Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities 2015 Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, E1
Addressing cultural differences: whither multiculturalism?
S Kenny, M Lobo
(2014), pp. 105-123, Global perspectives on the politics of multiculturalism in the 21st century: a case study analysis, New York, NY, B1
Negotiating Aboriginal participation in research: dilemmas and opportunities
M Lobo
(2014), pp. 21-36, Insider research on migration and mobility: international perspectives on researcher positioning, Surrey, Eng., B1
Everyday multiculturalism: Catching the bus in Darwin, Australia
M Lobo
(2014), Vol. 15, pp. 714-729, Social and Cultural Geography, Melbourne, Australia, C1
Affective energies: Sensory bodies on the beach in Darwin, Australia
M Lobo
(2014), Vol. 12, pp. 101-109, Emotion, Space and Society, Netherlands, C1
Conversations on belonging: women of Indian heritage speak
M Lobo, S Ghosh
(2013), Vol. 34, pp. 410-417, Journal of intercultural studies, Abingdon, England, C1
Racialised bodies encounter the city: 'long grassers' and asylum seekers in Darwin
M Lobo
(2013), Vol. 34, pp. 454-465, Journal of intercultural studies, London, England, C1
Darwin after dark: illuminating suburban atmospheres
M Lobo
(2013), SOAC 2013: Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities National Conference 2013, Sydney, NSW, E1
A Johns, M Lobo
(2013), pp. 1-17, TASA 2013 : Reflections, Intersections and Aspirations, 50 years of Australian Sociology : Proceedings of TASA conference 2013, Melbourne, Vic., E1
Hoops and bridges : Muslims and the Australian way of life
F Mansouri, M Lobo
(2012), pp. 114-133, Muslims in the west and the challenges of belonging, Melbourne, Vic., B1
Reinscribing and inhabiting the city : young women students from Asia make Melbourne home
M Lobo
(2012), Vol. 51, pp. 153-158, Geographical research : journal of the Institute of Australian geographers, Oxford, England, C1-1
Whiteness and the city : Australians of Anglo-Indian heritage in suburban Melbourne
M Lobo, L Morgan
(2012), pp. 1-15, South Asian Diaspora, London, England, C1
Introduction : social inclusion : exploring the concept
F Mansouri, M Lobo
(2011), pp. 1-10, Migration, citizenship and intercultural relations : looking through the lens of social inclusion, Aldershot , England, B1
Whiteness and Australian suburbia
M Lobo
(2011), pp. 91-102, Migration, citizenship and intercultural relations : looking through the lens of social inclusion, Aldershot, UK, B1
F Mansouri, M Lobo, R Latrache
(2011), pp. 129-139, Migration, citizenship and intercultural relations : looking through the lens of social inclusion, Aldershot , England, B1
Intercultural relations in a global and transitional world
M Lobo, V Marotta, N Oke
(2011), pp. 1-10, Intercultural relations in a global world, Champaign, Ill., B1-1
Negotiating emotions, rethinking otherness in suburban Melbourne
M Lobo
(2010), Vol. 17, pp. 99-114, Gender, place and culture, Oxon, England, C1-1
Interethnic understanding and belonging in suburban Melbourne
M Lobo
(2010), Vol. 28, pp. 85-99, Urban policy and research, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Re-imaging citizenship in suburban Australia
M Lobo
(2010), Vol. 6, pp. 1-13, Critical race and whiteness studies, Online, C1-1
M Wulff, A Champion, M Lobo
(2010), Vol. 16, pp. 307-321, Population, Space and Place, Hoboken, NJ, C1
Reimagining citizenship in suburban Australia : voices from 'Dandy'
M Lobo
(2009), Koln, Germany, A1
D Arunachalam, M Wulff, M Lobo
(2009), pp. 220-235, Living Outside the Walls: The Chinese in Prato, Cambridge, B1-1
M Wulff, M Lobo
(2009), Vol. 27, pp. 315-331, Urban Policy and Research, C1
Negotiating cultural difference in everyday life : some insights for inclusionary local governance
M Lobo
(2009), pp. 1-24, SOAC 2009 : City growth, sustainability, vitality and vulnerability : Proceedings of the State of Australian Cities National Conference 2009, University of Western Australia, Perth, E1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Islamic Religiosity and Challenge of Political Engagement and National Belonging in Multicultural Western Cities
Prof Fethi Mansouri, Dr Michele Lobo, Prof Bryan Turner
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2015: $79,649
- 2014: $121,931
- 2013: $76,113
Shared belonging in Australia: public space and intercultural relations in suburban Darwin
Dr Michele Lobo
ARC DECRA - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
- 2015: $137,211
- 2014: $137,092
- 2013: $132,711
Other Public Sector Funding
Australia-India Student Mobility: Experiences, Lessons and Transformations
Prof David Lowe, Dr Liudmila Druzenko, Dr Michele Lobo
DFAT Australia-India Council Grants Program
- 2017: $50,000
Supervisions
David Leo Kelly
Thesis entitled: Activisms, Atmospheres and the Affective Life of Broome, Western Australia
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences