Roshni Flaviya Lobo
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Informal labour
- Labour rights
- Mental health
Biography
Roshni Lobo is a member of the School of Development at Azim Premji University. Before taking on this role, she worked as a research associate on various projects, including domestic workers collectivisation, garment workers health, street food vendors, and the access to health services for socially excluded communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roshni has also worked with non-governmental organisations focussed on supporting destitute women and children, urban informal workers, and senior citizens. She brings a total of 17 years of experience in the development sector.
She holds a master’s degree in social work (medical and psychiatric SW) from St. Aloysius Institute of Social Work in Mangalore, Karnataka, as well as a bachelor’s degree in social work from the prestigious School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, also in Mangalore.
Publications
Journal articles
- Joseph, R., Natrajan, B. & Lobo, R. (2025). Unions and Labour NGOs The Structural Conditions for the Success of the Domestic Workers’ Union. Economic and Political Weekly. vol-LX nos 26 & 27. pp. 26 – 32. https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/26 – 27/review-gender-studies/unions-and-labour-ngos.html
- Mishra, A., Joseph, R., Gangadhara, M., & Lobo, R. (2023). Body as machine: Health vulnerability of women garment factory workers in India. SSM — Qualitative Research in Health, 4, 100301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100301. Or https://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/5023/
- Guha, P., Neti, A., Lobo, R. (2021). Merging the public and private spheres of women’s work: Narratives from women street food vendors during Covid-19 crisis. Gender, Work & Organization, 29(6), 1935– 51. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12772
- Guha, P., Neti, A., Lobo, R. (2020, April 2) “Can Bengaluru’s street food vendors tide over Covid 19 Lockdown?” Citizen Matters. https://citizenmatters.in/bengaluru — covid — lockdown — street — food — vendors — impact — cholera — eviction — street — vending-act/
- Joseph, R., Natrajan, B. & Lobo, R. (2019). Domestic workers and the challenges of collectivization: Labor NGOs, neighborhoods, apartment complexes. Decision 46, 99 – 109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40622-019 – 00211‑y
- Joseph, R., Natrajan, B. & Lobo, R. (2018). “Between ‘Bakshseesh’ and ‘Bonus’: Precarity, Class, and Collective Action among Domestic Workers in Bengaluru,” Economic and Political Weekly. vol-LIII no. 45(November 17) pp. 38 – 45
Book chapter
- Guha, P., Neti, A. & Lobo, R. (2023). Reclaiming their place in the city: Narratives of street food vendors of Bengaluru during the Covid crisis. In A.Fazli and A.Kundu (Eds) Reimagining Prosperity: Social and Economic Development in Post-COVID India. Pp 237 – 257. Springer Books,. https://doi.org/10.1007/978 – 981 – 19 – 7177 – 8_14
Reports
- Neti, A. Haque, N. Joseph, R., Lobo, R. (2021) Report: Covid-19 crisis: Survey on internal challenges faced by social sector organisations. Azim Premji University. https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/publications/survey/report-covid-19-crisis-survey-on-internal-challenges-faced-by-social-sector-organisations
Newspaper articles
- Lobo, R., Joseph, R., & Natrajan, B. (2019, September 15). ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಗೆ ಇವತ್ತು ರಜೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದೀರಾ?. or ““Lakshmige ivattu Raje nididdira?” (Have you given leave to Lakshmi?) Kannada Prabha.
- Joseph, R., Natrajan, B. & Lobo, R. (2018, October 29). Care, trust and respect: Domestic workers and their employers. Deccan Herald. https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/care-trust-and-respect-700417.html