| Born: 1956, U.K. |
Academic Qualifications:B.A. University of London, 1978
Ph.D. University of Durham (Dunelm), 1981.
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Academic Positions:
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Research Interests:
Political geography. Geopolitics. Ethno-territorial conflict. Borders and Boundaries in a Globalized World. The Politics of Science and Academic research. Academic Freedom |
Research Projects:
- Editor, Geopolitics - a quarterly peer reviewed journal, published by Taylor Francis (Routledge).
- Euroborders - the role of the EU in managing territorial conflicts.
- Border management - understanding the role of borders as bridges rather than barriers. |
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Abstracts of Current Research:- Territorial Dimensions of a two state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.: This project examines the territorial and geographical aspects of the Israel-Palestine peace process. It focuses on issues of boundary demercation, the role of territory in determining security and strategic claims, and the impact of settlement on the changing landscape of the West Bank. It also examines the relationship between the demarcation of territorial boundaries and the formation of identity boundaries between Israelis and Palestinians.
- International Boundaries: The Changing role and function of boundaries in a postmodern world.: This project, partly carried out in association with Finnish geographer Anssi Paasi, examines the changing role and function of boundaries in a postmodern world. It examines the role of boundaries in light of the postmodern discourse which has suggested the end of the nation state and the removal of boundaries. The project focuses on the multi-dimensional aspect of boundaries, bringing together the social, political and territorial dimensions of boundaries into a single frame of analysis.
- Geopolitics and de territorialization: The project seeks to examine the nature of the changing world political map as it ia sfefcetd by globalization. the basic thesis is to reject notions of a deterritorialized world or a ``world without borders``, focusing on the way in which the world political map is udnergoing continual territorial reconfiguration.
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Publications:- Newman, David. Geographic Discourses: The Changing Spatial and Territorial Dimensions of Israeli Politics and Society Israel Studies 13 (1): 1-15 (2008)
- Newman, David. Britain and the Academic Boycott of Israel Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs 2 (2): 45-55 (2008)
- Newman, David. Borders and bordering: towards an interdisciplinary dialogue European Journal of Social Theory 9 (2): 171-186 (2006)
- Newman, David. The Resilience of Territorial Conflict in an Era of Globalization’ In M. Kahler & B. Walter, (eds), Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization : 85-110 (2006)
- Newman, David. The Lines that Continue to Separate Us: Borders in a Borderless World Progress in Human Geography 30 (2): 1-19 (2006)
- Newman, David. From “hitnachalut” to “hitnatkut”: The Impact of Gush Emunim and the Settlement Movement on Israeli Society’ Israel Studies 10 (3): 192-224 (2005)
- NEWMAN, D.. Conflict at the interface: The impact of boundaries and borders on contemporary ethno-national conflict. In C. Flint (ed) Geographies of War and Peace. 2004: 192-214 (2004)
- Newman, David. On borders and power: A Theoretical Framework Journal of Borderland Studies 18 (1): 13-25 (2003)
- Newman, D.. Boundaries. In J. Agnew et al, A Companion to Political Geography. : (2003)
- Newman, David. The geopolitics of peacemaking in Israel-Palestine’, Political Geography Political Geography 21 (5): 629-646 (2002)
- Newman, D.. Boundaries, territory and postmodernity: towards shared or separate spaces? In M. Pratt & J. brown (eds), Borderlands Under Stress : (1999)
- Newman, D.. `Real spaces - symbolic spaces: interrelated notions of territory in the Arab-Israel conflict', In P. F. Diehl (ed) A Road Map to War: Territorial Dimensions of International Conflict. Vanderbilt University Press.: (1998)
- Newman, D. & Paasi, A.. `Fences and neighbours in a postmodern world: boundary narratives in political geography', Progress in Human Geography, 22 (2): 186-207 (1998)
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| Keywords:Political Geography, geopolitics, International boundaries, territorial conflict. |
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Phones:
- Phone: 972-8-6477595
- Fax: 972-8-6477242
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