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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Brett Neilson’s research and writing aim to provide alternative ways of conceiving globalisation, with particular emphasis upon its social and cultural dimensions. Drawing on cultural and social theory as well as on empirical studies, his work has derived original and provocative means for rethinking the significance of globalisation for a wide range of contemporary problems and predicaments, including the proliferation of borders, the ascendancy of financial markets, the pressures of population ageing, the governance of logistical chains, and the role of digital infrastructures. His writings have been translated into sixteen languages: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Slovenian, Turkish, Arabic, Polish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University Graduate School
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Critical border studies
Mezzadra, S. & Neilson, B., 2024, Encyclopedia of Critical Political Science. Barrow, C. W. (ed.). U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 157-161 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter
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Operations of platforms : a global process in a multipolar world
Mezzadra, S. & Neilson, B., 2024, Capitalism in the Platform Age: Emerging Assemblages of Labour and Welfare in Urban Spaces. Mezzadra, S., Cuppini, N., Frapporti, M. & Pirone, M. (eds.). Switzerland: Springer, p. 15-31 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter
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Per un nuovo internazionalismo: considerazioni preliminari
Translated title of the contribution :For a new internationalism : preliminary considerations Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Human relationality, platformization of economy, and pandemic transitions
Neilson, B., 1 Jan 2023, Biopolitics and Healing in a Mass Milieu. Cybil, K. V. (ed.). U.K.: Routledge, p. 28-38 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter
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Logistical power
Neilson, B., 25 Apr 2023, Handbook on Governmentality. Walters, W. & Tazzioli, M. (eds.). U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 251-265 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Chapter
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The Geopolitics of Automation
Rossiter, N. (PI), Neilson, B. (Investigator), Magee, L. (Investigator), Munster, A. (Investigator), Mezzadra, S. (Investigator), Bojadzijev, M. (Investigator), Halpern, O. (Investigator) & Hui, Y. (Investigator)
3/06/20 → 2/06/25
Project: Research
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Migrant Workers, Global Logistics and Unequal Citizens in Contemporary Global Context [via National Chiao Tung University]
Neilson, B. (PI), Robertson, S. (Investigator) & Sur, M. (Investigator)
Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Clouded Data: Technologies and policies for balancing information privacy and use
Magee, L. (PI), Rossiter, N. (Investigator), Neilson, B. (Investigator), Swist, T. (Investigator), Hristova, T. (Investigator) & Munn, L. (Investigator)
1/07/18 → 30/09/18
Project: Research
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Between Logistics and Migration: Duisburg and the New Silk Road
Neilson, B. (PI), Rossiter, N. (Investigator), Hristova, T. (Investigator), Bojadzijev, M. (Investigator), Beverungen, A. (Investigator), Apicella, S. (Investigator) & Altenried, M. (Investigator)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Western Sydney University
1/01/17 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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One Green Bean project for NBN Co
James, P. (PI), Neilson, B. (Investigator), Stone, G. (Investigator) & Magee, L. (Investigator)
8/11/16 → 10/07/17
Project: Research
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Port Botany Visualisation
Neilson, B., Ang, I. & Rossiter, N., Western Sydney University, 2015
https://research-data.westernsydney.edu.au/published/2d76e8e0519411ecb15399911543e199
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Press/Media
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Virologistics I : the virus as logistical “force majeureâ€
18/04/20
1 item of Media coverage
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