People
Executive Members
Current Executive Members
Nikos Papastergiadis
Professor, RUPC Director
School of Culture and Communication
Scott McQuire
Professor
School of Culture and Communication
Bjorn Nansen
Lecturer
School of Culture and Communication
Mark Davis
Associate Professor
School of Culture and Communication
Audrey Yue
Honorary Professor
School of Culture and Communication
Alexandra Dane
Lecturer
School of Culture and Communication
Danielle Wyatt
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication
Jasmin Pfefferkorn
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication
Past Executive Members
Alison Young
Professor
School of Social and Political Sciences
Research Fellows
Current Research Fellows
Danielle Wyatt
Dr, RUPC Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication
Jasmin Pfefferkorn
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication
Vanessa Bartlett
Dr, RUPC Research Fellow and Mckenzie Postdoc Fellow
School of Culture and Communication-
Fraser Allison
Dr, DeathTech Research Team Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication 
Hannah Gould
Dr, DeathTech Research Team Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication
Samuel Holleran
PhD Candidate, DeathTech Research Team Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication
Past Research Fellows
- Fran Edmonds
Dr, RUPC Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication - Natalia Grincheva
Dr,
School of Culture and Communication (Honorary) - Rimi Khan
Dr, RUPC Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication - Lachlan MacDowall
Dr, Lecturer and RUPC Research Fellow
School of Social and Political Science - Jane Mavoa
PhD Candidate, RUPC Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication - James Petty
Dr,
School of Culture and Communication (Honorary) - Millie Webber
Dr, RUPC Research Fellow
School of Culture and Communication
Research Associates
Current Research Associates
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Tom Apperley, Senior Research Fellow, University of Tampere, Finland -
Amelia Barikin, Dr, Senior Lecturer, Communication and Arts, the University of Queensland -
Don Bates, Professor, Architecture, Building And Planning, the University of Melbourne and LAB Architecture -
Danny Butt, Dr, Senior Lecturer, Victorian College Of The Arts, the University of Melbourne -
Gilbert Caluya, Dr, Lecturer, SCCA Arts & Education, Deakin University -
Pete Chambers, Dr, Lecturer, Criminology, Deakin University -
Richard Chenhall, Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, the University of Melbourne -
Justin Clemens, Associate Professor, ARC Future Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne -
Sean Cubitt, Professor, School of Culture and Communication the University of Melbourne -
Mark Davis, Associate Professor, School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne -
Christiaan De Beukelaer, Dr, Senior Lecturer, School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne 
Kim Dunphy, Dr, Mackenzie Fellow, Creative Arts Therapies Research Unit, VCA-MCM, the University of Melbourne-
Dan Edwards, Dr, Independent Researcher -
Jody Evans, Honorary, Associate Professor, Melbourne Business School, the University of Melbourne -
John Frow, Professor, English, the University of Sydney -
Vivian Gerrand, Dr, Research Fellow and AVERT Coordinator, Deakin University -
Xin Gu, Dr, Lecturer, Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University -
Emma Kowal, Professor, Arts and Education, Deakin University -
Alex Lambert, Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore -
Dale Leorke, Dr, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tampere, Finland 
Purnima Mankekar, Professor, Gender Studies, Asian American Studies, and Film, Television, and Digital Media, UCLA-
Alfredo Martinez-Exposito, Professor in Spanish, School of Languages and Linguistics, the University of Melbourne 
Robert Nelson, Associate Professor and Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne-
Eddie Patterson, Dr, Lecturer, School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne 
Stuart Richards, Dr, Lecturer, School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne-
Fazal Rizvi, Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, the University of Melbourne -
Peter Rush, Associate Professor, Law School, the University of Melbourne -
Daniella Trimboli, Dr, Visitor, Arts and Education, Deakin University -
Frank Vetere, Professor, Computing and Information Systems, the University of Melbourne -
Tabitha White, Dr, Director, Philanthropy and Partnerships, Melbourne Business School, the University of Melbourne 
Jian Xiao, Dr, School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University-
Audrey Yue, Professor, Director of the Cultural Research Centre, National University of Singapore
Past Research Associates
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Don Bates, Professor, the University of Melbourne and LAB Architecture
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Kate Brennan, Independent Consultant in Creative Industries -
Max Delaney, Artistic Director, Australian Centre for Contemporary (ACCA) -
Rohini Kappadath, Chair, Multicultural Ministerial Business Advisory Council -
Katherine Teh-White,Managing Director, Futureye -
Alison Young, Professor, the University of Melbourne