Name
HOANG, Lan Anh
Position and Affiliated Institution
Professor in Development Studies, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Degree
Ph.D.
Education and Academic Employment
| Education: | |
| 1994-1998 | BA in Russian, College of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University, Hanoi |
| 2002-2003 | MA in Development Studies, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK |
| 2004-2008 | PhD in Development Studies, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK |
| Academic Employment: | |
| 2008-2010 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
| 2011-2016 | Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2016-2020 | Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2021-2023 | Associate Professor in Development Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia |
| 2024-present | Professor in Development Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia |
Research Topic
The moral economy of undocumented Vietnamese migrants in Japan
Fields of Research Interests
Migration, gender, development
Academic Publications
- Hoang, L.A. (2025) ‘Migration infrastructure, digital connectivity, and porous borders: Vietnamese migration to Australia,’ Population, Space, and Place Vol 31(1): e2868
- Hoang, L.A. (2024) ‘Mobility and citizenship pathways of Vietnamese middling migrants in Australia: Road to Mount OlymPR,’ Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-18
- Hoang, L.A. (2023) ‘Migrant immobilities in the periphery: insights from the Vietnam-Russia corridor’ Mobilities Vol 18(6): 985-999
- Hoang, L.A. (2020) ‘Debt and (un) freedoms: The case of transnational labour migration from Vietnam’. Geoforum, 116, 33-41.
- Hoang, L.A. (2020) ‘Vietnamese migrants in Russia: mobility in times of uncertainty,’ Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Affiliated Academic Organizations
- Development Studies Association of Australia
- Association of Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars
Awards
- 2023-2024 Visiting Senior Research Fellowship, National University of Singapore
- 2022 The Association of Mainland Southeast Asian Scholars Book Prize for ‘Vietnamese migrants in Russia: Mobility in times of uncertainty’
- 2019-2020 Research grant, Australia-ASEAN Council, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government, ‘Developing a comprehensive sexuality education program for Vietnamese secondary schools’
- 2013-2014 Visiting Senior Research Fellowship, National University of Singapore
Other
Current leadership role at the University of Melbourne: Chair of Anthropology and Development Studies Discipline
HP
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