Naaz Fahmida Ahsan

Naaz Fahmida Ahsan

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Melbourne, Australia

Naaz completed a master’s from the Australian National University in Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development before joining The Policy Lab at the University of Melbourne. She applied her critical understanding of the international development agenda based on extensive working years in South and Southeast Asia, to assist in the Faculty of Art’s research unit in policy-relevant research to support communities in Victoria.

Recently, Naaz took her anthropological lenses in a new direction to apply the participant-observation techniques as a…

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Naaz Fahmida Ahsan

Naaz completed a master’s from the Australian National University in Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development before joining The Policy Lab at the University of Melbourne. She applied her critical understanding of the international development agenda based on extensive working years in South and Southeast Asia, to assist in the Faculty of Art’s research unit in policy-relevant research to support communities in Victoria.

Recently, Naaz took her anthropological lenses in a new direction to apply the participant-observation techniques as a Governance Advisor working for the National Australia Bank’s People and Culture team.

Besides her love for language and culture, Naaz is a voracious reader and is also at the tail-end of writing her first fiction novel based on the experiences picked up during her time in Asia.

Fun fact: Naaz worked as an editor and translator writing subtitles for the Australian film LION (2016) which received six Oscar nominations.

When not playing Indiana Jones, Naaz can be found in her Aussie backyard in Melbourne, playing nursery rhymes for her toddler on her acoustic guitar.