Lutfun Nahar Lata
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 278762 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Lutfun Nahar Lata |
| NOMBRES | Lutfun Nahar |
| APELLIDO | Lata |
| FIRMA | LATA L N |
| AFILIACIONES | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4177-4446 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 96 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Twin Precarities in the Platform Economy
With the rise of neoliberal globalised markets and large‐scale irregular migration, temporary migrant labour has become central to the economic growth of the global North within a changing global economy. However, the restructuring of national and regional economies has also brought about the informalisation of labour markets and the fragmentation of labour processes, with migrants being more exposed than other workers to the detrimental risks of…
Introduction
This special issue of the Journal of Sociology explores the variegated nature of digital labour platforms and their operations across the Global South and Global North. In recent years, digital labour platforms have emerged as a significant technological wave, reshaping and reconfiguring the landscapes of labour and the broader economy. However, their emergence and expansion have not followed uniform trajectories across different parts of the wor…
Compressed Time, Mobile Labour
This article examines how Chinese digital platforms export tight temporal governance, characterised by algorithmic urgency, work intensification, and short-term monetisation, into Global North labour markets. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork (2022–2025), it analyses two Chinese-owned platforms operating in Australia: Bigo Live, a livestreaming platform, and HungryPanda, a food delivery platform serving Asian diasporic communities. Rather than tr…
Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne
This paper explores the relationship between platform-mediated labour on Uber, Pathao, UberEats and DoorDash, and the public infrastructures of two cities – Dhaka and Melbourne. Due to geographical location and economic difference, the provision of public amenities varies greatly between Dhaka and Melbourne. However, our research shows that there are some similarities in how labour platforms make use of public amenities in each city. In this pape…
The everyday lives of gig workers in Melbourne
The rise of the gig or platform economy, particularly app-based food delivery platforms, has transformed urban labor markets and the everyday geography of work. While gig work is often celebrated for its flexibility, little is known about how gig workers, especially food delivery riders, experience various forms of spatial and institutional exclusion in their efforts to access restaurants and customers’ premises. Within this context, drawing on i…
Governing urban marginality in the post-Covid city
Algorithmic control and resistance in the gig economy
This article explores how Uber drivers in Dhaka exercise agency to earn and sustain their livelihoods. Uber drivers not only experience extortion by Uber, but also face various challenges, such as precarious working conditions and algorithmic control of their activities. In most Global South countries, the regulatory practices are not in favour of Uber drivers either. Within this context, drawing on in-depth interviews with 27 Uber drivers and on…
Advancing collaborative social outcomes through place-based solutions—aligning policy and funding systems
More collaborative and human-centered approaches to tackle social problems of entrenched disadvantage have been introduced in many countries, including Australia, but with mixed results. Traditional programs that reinforce existing political and bureaucratic processes have been seen as blockers to collaborative modes of policymaking, governance, and delivery. Drawing on collaborative governance perspectives, this paper reports new research undert…
Associations of threat and deprivation-related childhood exposures with children’s mental health and flourishing
The association of ACEs with physical and mental well-being is predominantly examined using a cumulative ACE score. However, less is known about how different dimensions of adversity (e.g., threat and deprivation) may uniquely predict children’s mental health and development. • Threat and deprivation dimensions of adversity were differentially associated with mental health and flourishing outcomes in childhood. • Family resilience appears to be p…
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems
Equity is a core social value that is widely debated in its conceptualisation and inclusion into policymaking and service delivery. Policymakers and street‐level actors often disagree about or have limited interest in defining (in)equity, leading to a lack of consensus about how to make measurable and long‐lasting impact for populations and communities experiencing disadvantage. Within this context, this paper draws on governance concepts such as…
The production of counter-space
Access to public space for earning livelihoods is important for street vendors in global south cities. However, due to continuous population growth and the demand for lands by the real estate development sector, pressure on land is very high in the global south. Consequently, global south cities such as Dhaka provide 'no place' for its poor migrant citizens. Yet, the urban poor are able to appropriate public space for livelihoods. Drawing on a ca…
“That’s the Area of Affluent People Where We Have No Access”
The literature suggests that the rise of gated communities causes a number of problems, creates spatial fragmentation and social exclusion, and works as a barrier to promoting urban diversity. Gated communities have grown in popularity in recent decades in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In contrast to the popular view that gated communities provide an extreme example of residential segregation, this article argues that the rise of gated communities creates a…
Covid-19, Poverty, and Inequality in Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the global economy and the livelihoods of disadvantaged populations. Bangladesh, like other developing countries, has been hit hard, and marginalized groups have suffered the most. Before the pandemic, Bangladesh’s economy was growing rapidly, and the country was known for its steady improvement in health and education development indicators. Yet in its pandemic response, the government has been unable to provide …
Visualising gendered space and informality
In this visual essay, I engage with the use of public and parochial realms by male and female vendors in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Using data from a qualitative case study in Sattola slum and its surrounding public spaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh, this visual essay examines the ways in which male and female vendors use of space varies due to the gendered nature of space. The findings suggest that female vendors mostly use parochial realm due to the gendered…
New tech, old exploitation
Digital platforms are the newest technological wave that is reshaping and reconfiguring the economic and labour landscape. Digital platforms often known as the gig economy are increasingly adopting app‐based models to connect consumers with workers to complete their on‐demand tasks. However, on‐demand platforms continue to rely on the unequal division of labour and the precarious nature of the work to create labour markets that can respond accord…
Redefining the role of urban studies Early Career Academics in the post-Covid-19 university
We are an international collective of Early Career Academics (ECAs) who met throughout 2020 to explore the implications of COVID-19 on precarious academics. With this intervention, our aims are to voice commonly shared experiences and concerns and to reflect on the extent to which the pandemic offers opportunities to redefine Higher Education and research institutions, in a context of ongoing precarity and funding cuts. Specifically, we explore a…
Building the ‘front door’ within a web ecology
Government webportals are central to governments' web strategy. They are designed to be nodal hubs, or gateways, for encountering government, and as such position government in the online world. Yet the designs of government webportals, particularly their location within wider web ecologies are scarcely studied. In additional to these web ecologies, this paper conceptualises webportals as being located within wider information and institutional e…
Rising inequalities, deepening divides
As governments around the globe navigate the effects of COVID-19 crisis, the urban poor endure the unevenly distributed socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. This burden is more pronounced in Global South megacities, where millions of people engage in precarious informal employment. We examine how the urban poor in Delhi (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh), and Manila (Philippines) have been disproportionately affected by the crisis. A cross-case analy…
To Whom Does the City Belong? Obstacles to Right to the City for the Urban Poor in Bangladesh
Due to a lack of available job opportunities in the formal sector and financial resources, in most parts of the developing world the urban poor rely on access to urban public space for earning their livelihoods. The existing literature shows that the urban poor are often evicted without relocation from public spaces by city governments in promoting a "global city" image. Within this context, this article explores how city authorities deny a right…
Surveilling the marginalised
The emergence of new forms of data-driven surveillance - often referred to as 'dataveillance' - is reshaping how marginalised social groups are governed. It is generally thought that dataveillance replaces the manual monitoring of specific individuals and spaces with automated monitoring of disembodied and deterritorialised populations. This article challenges this view. Drawing on an ethnographic study of surveillance and homelessness governance…
Neoliberal Urbanity and the Right to Housing of the Urban Poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh
In Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh with a population of 18 million, nearly one-third are living under the threat of eviction without resettlement due to lack of tenure security. This occurs despite the Bangladesh government’s ratification of multiple international conventions as well as provisions within the national Constitution with regard to people’s rights. Within this context, drawing on Lefebvre’s theorization of space and using the r…
Negotiating gatekeepers and positionality in building trust for accessing the urban poor in the Global South
Purpose This paper explores the importance of building trust and rapport with participants using gatekeepers and insider-outsider dynamics in accessing vulnerable research participants in the Global South. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws data from a qualitative case study conducted in Sattola slum in Dhaka. Findings Findings suggest that access to participants can be gained through building rapport and trust with participants. A trus…
The politics of gendered space
Labor markets are still heavily gendered everywhere, even when women's participation in the labor market is greater now than at any other time in history. Existing research shows poor women's participation in the informal economy is higher than men's in many parts of the Global South. However, this is not the case in Bangladesh. Poor Muslim women's participation, particularly where they require access to public space, is lower than men due to per…
A marriage of convenience
New tech, old exploitation
Digital platforms are the newest technological wave that is reshaping and reconfiguring the economic and labour landscape. Digital platforms often known as the gig economy are increasingly adopting app‐based models to connect consumers with workers to complete their on‐demand tasks. However, on‐demand platforms continue to rely on the unequal division of labour and the precarious nature of the work to create labour markets that can respond accord…
Rising inequalities, deepening divides
As governments around the globe navigate the effects of COVID-19 crisis, the urban poor endure the unevenly distributed socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. This burden is more pronounced in Global South megacities, where millions of people engage in precarious informal employment. We examine how the urban poor in Delhi (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh), and Manila (Philippines) have been disproportionately affected by the crisis. A cross-case analy…
To Whom Does the City Belong? Obstacles to Right to the City for the Urban Poor in Bangladesh
Due to a lack of available job opportunities in the formal sector and financial resources, in most parts of the developing world the urban poor rely on access to urban public space for earning their livelihoods. The existing literature shows that the urban poor are often evicted without relocation from public spaces by city governments in promoting a "global city" image. Within this context, this article explores how city authorities deny a right…
A marriage of convenience
The politics of gendered space
Labor markets are still heavily gendered everywhere, even when women's participation in the labor market is greater now than at any other time in history. Existing research shows poor women's participation in the informal economy is higher than men's in many parts of the Global South. However, this is not the case in Bangladesh. Poor Muslim women's participation, particularly where they require access to public space, is lower than men due to per…
Negotiating gatekeepers and positionality in building trust for accessing the urban poor in the Global South
Purpose This paper explores the importance of building trust and rapport with participants using gatekeepers and insider-outsider dynamics in accessing vulnerable research participants in the Global South. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws data from a qualitative case study conducted in Sattola slum in Dhaka. Findings Findings suggest that access to participants can be gained through building rapport and trust with participants. A trus…
Redefining the role of urban studies Early Career Academics in the post-Covid-19 university
We are an international collective of Early Career Academics (ECAs) who met throughout 2020 to explore the implications of COVID-19 on precarious academics. With this intervention, our aims are to voice commonly shared experiences and concerns and to reflect on the extent to which the pandemic offers opportunities to redefine Higher Education and research institutions, in a context of ongoing precarity and funding cuts. Specifically, we explore a…
Surveilling the marginalised
The emergence of new forms of data-driven surveillance - often referred to as 'dataveillance' - is reshaping how marginalised social groups are governed. It is generally thought that dataveillance replaces the manual monitoring of specific individuals and spaces with automated monitoring of disembodied and deterritorialised populations. This article challenges this view. Drawing on an ethnographic study of surveillance and homelessness governance…
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Building the ‘front door’ within a web ecology
Government webportals are central to governments' web strategy. They are designed to be nodal hubs, or gateways, for encountering government, and as such position government in the online world. Yet the designs of government webportals, particularly their location within wider web ecologies are scarcely studied. In additional to these web ecologies, this paper conceptualises webportals as being located within wider information and institutional e…
Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne
This paper explores the relationship between platform-mediated labour on Uber, Pathao, UberEats and DoorDash, and the public infrastructures of two cities – Dhaka and Melbourne. Due to geographical location and economic difference, the provision of public amenities varies greatly between Dhaka and Melbourne. However, our research shows that there are some similarities in how labour platforms make use of public amenities in each city. In this pape…
The everyday lives of gig workers in Melbourne
The rise of the gig or platform economy, particularly app-based food delivery platforms, has transformed urban labor markets and the everyday geography of work. While gig work is often celebrated for its flexibility, little is known about how gig workers, especially food delivery riders, experience various forms of spatial and institutional exclusion in their efforts to access restaurants and customers’ premises. Within this context, drawing on i…
Advancing collaborative social outcomes through place-based solutions—aligning policy and funding systems
More collaborative and human-centered approaches to tackle social problems of entrenched disadvantage have been introduced in many countries, including Australia, but with mixed results. Traditional programs that reinforce existing political and bureaucratic processes have been seen as blockers to collaborative modes of policymaking, governance, and delivery. Drawing on collaborative governance perspectives, this paper reports new research undert…
Associations of threat and deprivation-related childhood exposures with children’s mental health and flourishing
The association of ACEs with physical and mental well-being is predominantly examined using a cumulative ACE score. However, less is known about how different dimensions of adversity (e.g., threat and deprivation) may uniquely predict children’s mental health and development. • Threat and deprivation dimensions of adversity were differentially associated with mental health and flourishing outcomes in childhood. • Family resilience appears to be p…
Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems
Equity is a core social value that is widely debated in its conceptualisation and inclusion into policymaking and service delivery. Policymakers and street‐level actors often disagree about or have limited interest in defining (in)equity, leading to a lack of consensus about how to make measurable and long‐lasting impact for populations and communities experiencing disadvantage. Within this context, this paper draws on governance concepts such as…
The production of counter-space
Access to public space for earning livelihoods is important for street vendors in global south cities. However, due to continuous population growth and the demand for lands by the real estate development sector, pressure on land is very high in the global south. Consequently, global south cities such as Dhaka provide 'no place' for its poor migrant citizens. Yet, the urban poor are able to appropriate public space for livelihoods. Drawing on a ca…
A marriage of convenience
Neoliberal Urbanity and the Right to Housing of the Urban Poor in Dhaka, Bangladesh
In Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh with a population of 18 million, nearly one-third are living under the threat of eviction without resettlement due to lack of tenure security. This occurs despite the Bangladesh government’s ratification of multiple international conventions as well as provisions within the national Constitution with regard to people’s rights. Within this context, drawing on Lefebvre’s theorization of space and using the r…
Negotiating gatekeepers and positionality in building trust for accessing the urban poor in the Global South
Purpose This paper explores the importance of building trust and rapport with participants using gatekeepers and insider-outsider dynamics in accessing vulnerable research participants in the Global South. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws data from a qualitative case study conducted in Sattola slum in Dhaka. Findings Findings suggest that access to participants can be gained through building rapport and trust with participants. A trus…
The politics of gendered space
Labor markets are still heavily gendered everywhere, even when women's participation in the labor market is greater now than at any other time in history. Existing research shows poor women's participation in the informal economy is higher than men's in many parts of the Global South. However, this is not the case in Bangladesh. Poor Muslim women's participation, particularly where they require access to public space, is lower than men due to per…
Building the ‘front door’ within a web ecology
Government webportals are central to governments' web strategy. They are designed to be nodal hubs, or gateways, for encountering government, and as such position government in the online world. Yet the designs of government webportals, particularly their location within wider web ecologies are scarcely studied. In additional to these web ecologies, this paper conceptualises webportals as being located within wider information and institutional e…
Rising inequalities, deepening divides
As governments around the globe navigate the effects of COVID-19 crisis, the urban poor endure the unevenly distributed socio-economic impacts of the pandemic. This burden is more pronounced in Global South megacities, where millions of people engage in precarious informal employment. We examine how the urban poor in Delhi (India), Dhaka (Bangladesh), and Manila (Philippines) have been disproportionately affected by the crisis. A cross-case analy…
To Whom Does the City Belong? Obstacles to Right to the City for the Urban Poor in Bangladesh
Due to a lack of available job opportunities in the formal sector and financial resources, in most parts of the developing world the urban poor rely on access to urban public space for earning their livelihoods. The existing literature shows that the urban poor are often evicted without relocation from public spaces by city governments in promoting a "global city" image. Within this context, this article explores how city authorities deny a right…
Surveilling the marginalised
The emergence of new forms of data-driven surveillance - often referred to as 'dataveillance' - is reshaping how marginalised social groups are governed. It is generally thought that dataveillance replaces the manual monitoring of specific individuals and spaces with automated monitoring of disembodied and deterritorialised populations. This article challenges this view. Drawing on an ethnographic study of surveillance and homelessness governance…
“That’s the Area of Affluent People Where We Have No Access”
The literature suggests that the rise of gated communities causes a number of problems, creates spatial fragmentation and social exclusion, and works as a barrier to promoting urban diversity. Gated communities have grown in popularity in recent decades in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In contrast to the popular view that gated communities provide an extreme example of residential segregation, this article argues that the rise of gated communities creates a…
Covid-19, Poverty, and Inequality in Bangladesh
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the global economy and the livelihoods of disadvantaged populations. Bangladesh, like other developing countries, has been hit hard, and marginalized groups have suffered the most. Before the pandemic, Bangladesh’s economy was growing rapidly, and the country was known for its steady improvement in health and education development indicators. Yet in its pandemic response, the government has been unable to provide …
Visualising gendered space and informality
In this visual essay, I engage with the use of public and parochial realms by male and female vendors in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Using data from a qualitative case study in Sattola slum and its surrounding public spaces in Dhaka, Bangladesh, this visual essay examines the ways in which male and female vendors use of space varies due to the gendered nature of space. The findings suggest that female vendors mostly use parochial realm due to the gendered…
New tech, old exploitation
Digital platforms are the newest technological wave that is reshaping and reconfiguring the economic and labour landscape. Digital platforms often known as the gig economy are increasingly adopting app‐based models to connect consumers with workers to complete their on‐demand tasks. However, on‐demand platforms continue to rely on the unequal division of labour and the precarious nature of the work to create labour markets that can respond accord…
Redefining the role of urban studies Early Career Academics in the post-Covid-19 university
We are an international collective of Early Career Academics (ECAs) who met throughout 2020 to explore the implications of COVID-19 on precarious academics. With this intervention, our aims are to voice commonly shared experiences and concerns and to reflect on the extent to which the pandemic offers opportunities to redefine Higher Education and research institutions, in a context of ongoing precarity and funding cuts. Specifically, we explore a…
The production of counter-space
Access to public space for earning livelihoods is important for street vendors in global south cities. However, due to continuous population growth and the demand for lands by the real estate development sector, pressure on land is very high in the global south. Consequently, global south cities such as Dhaka provide 'no place' for its poor migrant citizens. Yet, the urban poor are able to appropriate public space for livelihoods. Drawing on a ca…
Advancing collaborative social outcomes through place-based solutions—aligning policy and funding systems
More collaborative and human-centered approaches to tackle social problems of entrenched disadvantage have been introduced in many countries, including Australia, but with mixed results. Traditional programs that reinforce existing political and bureaucratic processes have been seen as blockers to collaborative modes of policymaking, governance, and delivery. Drawing on collaborative governance perspectives, this paper reports new research undert…
Associations of threat and deprivation-related childhood exposures with children’s mental health and flourishing
The association of ACEs with physical and mental well-being is predominantly examined using a cumulative ACE score. However, less is known about how different dimensions of adversity (e.g., threat and deprivation) may uniquely predict children’s mental health and development. • Threat and deprivation dimensions of adversity were differentially associated with mental health and flourishing outcomes in childhood. • Family resilience appears to be p…
Social science as social action to address inequalities
In its most recent report, the Academy of the Social Sciences Australia (ASSA, 2021: 10) identified social inequality as a “grand challenge” for the social sciences, arguing that social scientists have a pivotal role to play in “understanding, addressing and guiding us towards a narrowing of a two‐tier society.” Nevertheless, the social sciences continue to be regularly positioned as “soft” and esoteric in relation to the natural sciences, while …
Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems
Equity is a core social value that is widely debated in its conceptualisation and inclusion into policymaking and service delivery. Policymakers and street‐level actors often disagree about or have limited interest in defining (in)equity, leading to a lack of consensus about how to make measurable and long‐lasting impact for populations and communities experiencing disadvantage. Within this context, this paper draws on governance concepts such as…
Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne
This paper explores the relationship between platform-mediated labour on Uber, Pathao, UberEats and DoorDash, and the public infrastructures of two cities – Dhaka and Melbourne. Due to geographical location and economic difference, the provision of public amenities varies greatly between Dhaka and Melbourne. However, our research shows that there are some similarities in how labour platforms make use of public amenities in each city. In this pape…
The everyday lives of gig workers in Melbourne
The rise of the gig or platform economy, particularly app-based food delivery platforms, has transformed urban labor markets and the everyday geography of work. While gig work is often celebrated for its flexibility, little is known about how gig workers, especially food delivery riders, experience various forms of spatial and institutional exclusion in their efforts to access restaurants and customers’ premises. Within this context, drawing on i…
Governing urban marginality in the post-Covid city
Algorithmic control and resistance in the gig economy
This article explores how Uber drivers in Dhaka exercise agency to earn and sustain their livelihoods. Uber drivers not only experience extortion by Uber, but also face various challenges, such as precarious working conditions and algorithmic control of their activities. In most Global South countries, the regulatory practices are not in favour of Uber drivers either. Within this context, drawing on in-depth interviews with 27 Uber drivers and on…
Twin Precarities in the Platform Economy
With the rise of neoliberal globalised markets and large‐scale irregular migration, temporary migrant labour has become central to the economic growth of the global North within a changing global economy. However, the restructuring of national and regional economies has also brought about the informalisation of labour markets and the fragmentation of labour processes, with migrants being more exposed than other workers to the detrimental risks of…
Introduction
This special issue of the Journal of Sociology explores the variegated nature of digital labour platforms and their operations across the Global South and Global North. In recent years, digital labour platforms have emerged as a significant technological wave, reshaping and reconfiguring the landscapes of labour and the broader economy. However, their emergence and expansion have not followed uniform trajectories across different parts of the wor…
Compressed Time, Mobile Labour
This article examines how Chinese digital platforms export tight temporal governance, characterised by algorithmic urgency, work intensification, and short-term monetisation, into Global North labour markets. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork (2022–2025), it analyses two Chinese-owned platforms operating in Australia: Bigo Live, a livestreaming platform, and HungryPanda, a food delivery platform serving Asian diasporic communities. Rather than tr…
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