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Charishma Ratnam

Research Fellow, Deakin University

Charishma Ratnam is a Human Geographer and Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI) at Deakin University. Her research spans a number of areas, primarily focusing on refugee and migrant experiences and resettlement, inclusion, and home-making practices. Charishma is particularly interested in developing novel research approaches including digital, visual, ethnographic, and walking methods with participants to better understand their experiences of/in/with place(s).

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
  • 2020–2023
    Research fellow, Monash University

Education

  • 2020 
    UNSW Australia, PhD (Geography)
  • 2016 
    UNSW Australia, B Environment Science (Hons I, Geography)
  • 2016 
    UNSW Australia, B Arts (Development Studies)