Mark Boyle
Professor
Social Sciences
National University of Maynooth
Ireland
Biography
BSc University of Glasgow (1988), PhD University of Edinburgh (2002). Lecturer/Senior Lecturer University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (1992-2007). Chair of Geography, National University of Ireland Maynooth from 2007. At Maynooth, Head of the Department of Geography 2007-2012 and Director of the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA) 2013 - 2016. Currently, Chair of the Research Committee in the Department of Geography, and Chair of the Maynooth University Examination Appeals Committee. I conduct research on a) the politics of urban and regional development; b) migration and development in both host and destination regions and c) western hegemony, colonial and post-colonial geographies. I serve as Section Editor (Political Geography/Philosophy of Geography) of the Elsevier Human Geography Encyclopedia (due 2019).
Research Interest
Geography and national contact point for URBACT
Publications
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'Rethinking the PhD in Geography: Overview and introducation'
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'In the face of epistemic injustices?: on the meaning of people-led war crimes tribunals'
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Sovereign power, biopower and the reach of the West in and age of diaspora centred development'
