Devleena Ghosh is an Honorary Professor in the School of Communications in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She has taught in the Universities of Sydney and UTS and held Visiting Professor positions at the University of Chicago, Freie University Berlin and the University of Aix-Marseille.

Her research interests lie in the fields of colonial, postcolonial, environmental and gender studies, specifically in the Indian Ocean region. Her current projects include ones on coal mining and climate change in India and transitions to renewable energy sources in India. In both projects, a chief focus has been on the rights and demands of indigenous peoples, affected by the processes of resource extraction and land acquisition.

She is also working on a project about intercolonial connections between Indian and Australian women during the Cold War period, specifically in the areas of education, anti-nuclear and peace movements and common struggles for social justice.