Nikolina Bobic

Academic profile

Dr Nikolina Bobic

Lecturer in Architecture (History & Theory)
School of Art, Design and Architecture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Nikolina's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 02: SDG 2 - Zero HungerGoal 05: SDG 5 - Gender EqualityGoal 09: SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and InfrastructureGoal 10: SDG 10 - Reduced InequalitiesGoal 11: SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesGoal 17: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

About Nikolina

POSITION

  • UG History, Theory and Critical Context Stream Leader
  • UG Architecture Marketing and Admissions Strategic LeaderÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
  • Chair of the School of Art, Design and ArchitectureÌý Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) Committee

BIOGRAPHY

Nikolina Bobic is an academic and an architect. She has extensive international experience teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across history and theory, design, communications, and sociology in Australia (USYD, UNSW, UTS), Hong Kong (HKU Space), and the UK (UPlym). Bobic has also given lectures in the Netherlands (TU Delft) and New Zealand (UoA). She has supervised over 150 UG dissertations and 15 PGT dissertations. She is also a PhD supervisor. Nikolina is an approachable mentor and is passionate about constructively guiding the next generation of spatial practitioners.

Her research is preoccupied with political constructs of architecture and urban space. Within this domain and engaging with the two disciplines in which she is trained (architecture and sociology), she addresses the intersections of power, politics, human geography and space in their oppressive and liberatory mechanisms. Some of her key publications include: lead co-editor of the multidisciplinaryÌýÌý(2022); and,Ìý(2024); co-editor of the peer-reviewedÌýInterstices: A Journal of Architecture and Related ArtsÌýthematic issue 20 ‘’ (December 2020); and author ofÌý (Routledge, 2019).

Nikolina is a sought after scholar and has been invited to give talks nationally and internationally, as well as co-organise conferences such as:ÌýÌý-ÌýDeleuze and Guattari Studies (Belgrade, 2023) andÌý (Auckland, 2019).

At present, Nikolina is working on several projects. Some of which include: the role of architecture at the nexus of defense, real estate, (semi)colonialism and waterfront re-developments; and the intersections of