DrMichele Lobo

Honorary Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

TEACHING EXPERTISE

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)

Expertise Summary
I am a social and cultural geographer. My research focuses on climate change,
affect, encounter and more-than-human belongings in the Anthropocene. I draw
on southern, Indigenous and Black traditions of thought.
- Aboriginal and Indigenous issues
- Australia
- Culture
- Environmental sustainability
- Islam
- Local government
- Migration
- Multiculturalism
- Refugees
- Religion
- Sustainability
- Urban/suburban planning and development

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    AIG 103: People and Place: Introduction to Human Geography
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    AIG 211: Geographies of Heritage and Tourism
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    AIG 300: Australian Urban Geography (National and International Perspectives)
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Activisms, Atmospheres and the Affective Life of Broome, Western Australia
    David Leo Kelly - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Ayurveda, Epigenetics, and Preconception: "Presented in a Different Way"
    Natasha Rooney - School of Humanities and Social Sciences - 2024