Professor in Conflict and Development Studies Professor Jonathan Goodhand South and Central Asia; complex political emergencies, humanitarian aid; NGO capacity building, aid, conflict and development
Reader in Gender and Development Dr Colette Harris Violence and conflict, governance, post colonial state building, Muslim societies, sexualities, (reproductive) health, migration, and community development/transformative education - all explored through a gendered lens. Central Asia, Latin America but currently focus mainly on West and East Africa.
Professor of Development Studies Professor Peter P Mollinga South Asia, Central Asia; comparative political sociology of water resources and development; technology and agrarian change; boundary work in natural resources management; interdisciplinary social theory.
Senior Lecturer in Development Studies Dr Paolo Novak Trans-nationality with particular reference to migration; refugee regime; borders and NGOs.
Lecturer in Islamicate South Asia Dr James Caron Islam in South Asia; Afghanistan and Pakistan; Indo-Persianate sociocultural history; transnational non-Western history; activism and social movements.
Professor Ulrich Pagel History of Buddhism in Tibet, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Kanjur Studies, Vinaya, Religions of Central Asia, Tibetan, Sanskrit.
Head of School of Law Scott Newton Post-Soviet law and legal/institutional reform in Central Asia and CIS; law and development (markets and globalisation in developing and transitional states); law, governance and post-conflict reconstruction; human rights.
Professor of Ethnomusicology Professor Rachel Harris Ethnomusicology; musics of China and Central Asia, especially Uyghur; Silk Road narratives; cultural and heritage policy, Islamic soundscapes; gender; minority rights and identity politics
Senior Lecturer in Politics of Central Asia Dr Bhavna Davé Geopolitics of Eurasia, Labour migration regulatory regimes in Russia and Kazakhstan, China's Belt and Road Initiative and effects on Central Asia, Politics in Central Asia, Development strategies in the Russian Far East
Research Associate Dr Magsud Mammadov Identity politics, nation branding, smart power, small state foreign policy, energy geopolitics, politics of R&D and Innovation.
Dr Galina M. Yemelianova Islam, nationalism and ethnicity in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Volga-Urals region
