Malini Sur

Malini Sur is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, and currently serves as the Director of Higher Degree Research and Teaching at the Institute for Culture and Society. Her research explores the complex interplay of human mobility, material flows, and environmental dynamics across South/Southeast Asian borderlands.

• Specializes in borderland ethnography, urban cycling studies, and climate change impacts
• Recipient of 8 major academic awards including South Asian Studies Association's President's Book Prize
• Active in international collaborations with institutions in Australia, Netherlands, Canada, and Singapore

Her award-winning documentary 'Life Cycle' has been globally screened and integrated into university curricula, while the current 'Parramatta Redux' project examines urban renewal through everyday mobilities. She contributes to influential journals and serves on editorial boards including South Asia – Journal of South Asian Studies and Australian Journal of Anthropology.