Accepting HDR Candidates

Available HDR projects

Border Studies
Geopolitics of World Systems
Critical Infrastructure Studies
Data Politics
Knowledge Platforms

1996 …2025

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Personal profile

Biography

Professor Brett Neilson’s research investigates how changes in space and time relate to current shifts in global economics and politics. Drawing on cultural and social theory as well as on empirical studies, his work has derived original and provocative means for rethinking a range of critical problems and predicaments: including border proliferation, demographic change, logistical governance, digital infrastructure development, energy transitions, and financial market dynamics. His writings have been translated into sixteen languages: Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Slovenian, Spanish and Turkish.

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):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

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Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney

Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University Graduate School