Dr Paolo Novak
MSc, PhD (London)
Overview
Department of Development Studies
Lecturer in Development Studies
Centre of South Asian Studies
Member, Centre of South Asian Studies
Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus
Member, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus
Centre for the Study of Pakistan
Member, Centre for the Study of Pakistan
Labour, Movements and Development
Research Cluster Member
Neoliberalism, Globalisation, and States
Research Cluster Member
- Name:
- Dr Paolo Novak
- Email address:
- pn4@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4214
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 368
- Office Hours:
- Tuesday 11am-1pm (terms 1 & 2)
Biography
Paolo has degrees in Business and International Finance (Bocconi University, Milan) and Development Studies (SOAS) and has worked for brokerage firms, investment banks, NGOs and UNHCR. His PhD field research was conducted in Pakistan, where he studied processes of institutional change in the protection and assistance regime for Afghan refugees.
His current research focuses on the notion of transnationality,with particular emphasis on: migration, refugee regime, borders, NGOs. Paolo welcomes potential PhD students in any of these subjects.
Teaching
Courses Taught
- Issues in Borders and Development
- Issues in Borders and Development
- Theory, policy and practice of development
PhD Students supervised
Expertise
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Available for
Regional Expertise
- South Asia
Country Expertise
- India
Languages
Publications
Book Chapters
Novak, Paolo (2013) 'Political economy of refugees.' In: Ness, Immanuel, (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Wiley-Blackwell.
Novak, Paolo (2007) 'Chromatic Boundaries.' In: Narula, M. and Sengupta, S. and Bagchi, J. and Sundaram, R., (eds.), SARAI Reader 07: Frontiers. Delhi: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.
Articles
Novak, Paolo (2011) 'The Flexible Territoriality of Borders.' Geopolitics, 16 (4). pp. 741-767.
Novak, Paolo (2011) 'The Institutional Incompleteness of Empire.' Central Asian Survey, 30 (3-4). pp. 389-406.
Novak, Paolo (2007) 'Accountability to Whom?' Economic and Political Weekly, 42 (30). pp. 3172-77.
Novak, Paolo (2007) 'Place and Afghan Refugees: a Contribution to Turton.' Journal of Refugee Studies, 20 (4). pp. 551-578.
