Ryan Frazer

Ryan Frazer is an Associate Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong, focusing on ARC-funded research exploring Indigenous social media users' help-seeking practices. His work bridges Human Geography with digital sociology, analyzing care assemblages and spatial politics. He holds a PhD (2018) examining refugee volunteering through Deleuze and Guattari's theories, with prior degrees in Human Geography (2013) and Philosophy (2012).

Research interests include Indigenous digital life, refugee care politics, and affective economies of online activism. His projects address topics like cyberbullying mitigation, health-seeking behaviors, and colonial dynamics in social media. Key outputs include studies on territorial refrains in refugee belonging and digital health networks for Indigenous communities.

Publications span journals like Social and Cultural Geography and book chapters in Rutgers University Press. Collaborations with scholars like Bronwyn Carlson explore Indigenous social media's role in resistance and healing. His work emphasizes ethical geographies and postcolonial digital praxis.