Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4152
• Email: da4@soas.ac.uk
• Room: Archives
• Academic Support Hours: Mon-Fri: 9.00 to 17.00, Wed: working from home

Dr James Caron

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

Islam in South Asia; Afghanistan and Pakistan; Indo-Persianate sociocultural history; transnational non-Western history; activism and social movements.

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4295
• Email: jc84@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 316
• Academic Support Hours: Wednesdays 17:00-18:30

Dr Bhavna Davé

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

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

• Tel: 020 7898 4734
• Email: bd4@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 224
• Academic Support Hours: Thursdays 3-5pm

Professor Jonathan Goodhand

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4483
• Email: jg27@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 258
• Academic Support Hours: Wed 1 - 2 and Thurs 3 - 4

Dr Colette Harris

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

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.

• Tel: 020 7898 4488
• Email: colette.harris@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 291
• On Sabbatical:Term 2 (2021/22)

Professor Rachel Harris

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Tel: 020 7898 4513
• Email: rh@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 513
• Academic Support Hours: Wed 10.30-11.30 online, Fri 10.30-11.30 in person

Professor Peter P Mollinga

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

• Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4631
• Email: pm35@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 4415
• Academic Support Hours: By appointment via email

Mr Scott Newton

Centre Chair

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.

• Email: sn21@soas.ac.uk
• Room: S330
• Academic Support Hours: Thursday 13.00-15.00

Dr Paolo Novak

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

Trans-nationality with particular reference to migration; refugee regime; borders and NGOs.

• Tel: 020 7898 4214
• Email: pn4@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 368
• Academic Support Hours: Please book: https://tinyurl.com/45382sk6

Professor Ulrich Pagel

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

History of Buddhism in Tibet, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Kanjur Studies, Vinaya, Religions of Central Asia, Tibetan, Sanskrit. 

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4782
• Email: up1@soas.ac.uk
• Room: Room 343
• Academic Support Hours: Mon 12-1 (343),Tues 2-5 (online by appointment)

Professor Deniz Kandiyoti

Professorial Research Associate

• Email: dk1@soas.ac.uk

Dr Laurence Broers

Research Associate

Nationalism and ethnicity in the South Caucasus (with a particular focus on Georgia), the ethno-territorial conflicts of the region, and the politics of conflict resolution and democratization

• Email: lb51@soas.ac.uk

Dr Galina M. Yemelianova

Research Associate

Islam, nationalism and ethnicity in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Volga-Urals region

• Email: gy2@soas.ac.uk