Expert in urban visual culture, graffiti, and public signage. Currently researching visual governance in the city, with a critical focus on the Australian graffiti removal industry. Other ongoing work includes street posters and urban surface maintenance in Melbourne, Australia; and urban visual heritage in Kampala, Uganda.
Author of “Urban surfaces, graffiti, and the right to the city” (Routledge 2024).
ARC DECRA Research Fellow at the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne.
Co-leader of the Social and Visual Justice in the City research cluster at the Melbourne Centre for Cities.
Co-founder of the international Urban Surfaces Research Network.
ABC Top5 Humanities winner 2024, with media appearances on ABC Radio National, A is for Architecture, and New Books Network. Expert commentator for “Banksy and the Stolen Girl” documentary (2023).
Chair of the Australasian Early Career Urban Research Network (AECURN).
Co-editor of the Visual Studies journal.
Researches, writes, and supervises on:
- Urban surfaces and urban semiotics.
- Graffiti, street art, and public art.
- Critical approaches to graffiti management.
- Policy and history of outdoor advertising, billboards, street posters.
- Visual and artistic aspects of urban culture and urban design.
- Public writing, signage, and urban communication.
- Public space, vandalism, and spatial justice.
sabina.andron@unimelb.edu.au
SABINA ANDRON 