SOAS University of London

Department of Development Studies

Paolo Novak

MSc, PhD (London)
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Overview

Paolo Novak
Department of Development Studies

Lecturer in Development Studies

Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus

Academic Staff, Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus

SOAS South Asia Institute

Academic Staff, SOAS South Asia Institute

Centre for the Study of Pakistan

Academic Staff, 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:
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:
Mon. 3 - 5 (Term 1 & 2); By appointment (Term 3)

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

Expertise

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Regional Expertise
  • South Asia
Country Expertise
  • India
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Publications

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Book Chapters

Paolo, Novak (2015) 'Empire, Imperialism and the Refugee.' In: Ness, Immanuel and Cope , Zak, (eds.), Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Imperialism and Antimperialism. London: Palgrave Macmillan. (In Press)

Novak, Paolo (2014) 'Tracing connections and its politics.' In: Alff, Henryk and Benz, Andreas, (eds.), Tracing Connections: Explorations of Spaces and Places in Asian Contexts. Berlin: VWB.

Novak, Paolo (2013) 'Political economy of refugees.' In: Ness, Immanuel, (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Hoboken, NJ: 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 (2017) 'Placing Borders in Development.' Geopolitics, 21 (3). pp. 483-512.

Novak, Paolo (2016) 'Back to Borders.' Critical Sociology.

Paolo, Novak (2015) 'Refugee Status as a Productive Tension.' Transnational Legal Theory. pp. 1-25.

Paolo, Novak (2013) 'The Success of NGOs.' Development in Practice, 23 (7). pp. 872-888.

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.

Book Reviews

Paolo, Novak (2015) 'Review of: 'New Perspectives on International Migration and Development' by Cortina Jeronimo and Ochoa-Reza Enrique. New York: Columbia University Press 2013.' Journal of Global Faultlines, 2 (2). pp. 58-60.

Paolo, Novak (2009) 'Review of: Social Networks and Migration in Wartime Afghanistan. By Kristian Berg Harpviken. Houndmills: Palgrave, 2009.' Journal of Refugee Studies, 22 (4). pp. 529-530.

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