Abel Polese
Dr
Abel Polese is a Senior Research Fellow with DCU Institute for International Conflict Resolution and Reconstruction. He has been a Marie Curie Fellow at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany (2006-2008) and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (2008-2011). In 2012-2013 he worked as a policy analyst for the European Commission (DG Research). He has been a visiting professor to several universities in America (Harvard, Toronto, Manizales), Europe (Paris, Budapest, Dubrovnik, Moscow, Cagliari, Vilnius, Rijeka, Kyiv), Asia (Tezpur, JNU in Delhi, Konkpook in Daegu, Renmin in Beijing).
So far, Abel has been awarded funding for over nearly
€16 million and his project “Sustainable Development in Cultural Diversity” received the
Global Education Award by the Council of Europe in 2011. He has also prepared studies and reports for, inter alia, the UNDP, the Irish Department of Justice, WAGGGS, Erasmus National Offices.
He is the author of "the Scopus diaries and the (il)logics of academic survival", which is a reflection on how to navigate academic careers, and regularly writes blog posts on the challenging of academia. Abel is co-editor of Studies of Transition States and Societies, a scopus-indexed open access journal and is active in debates and initiatives on open science and science excellence with the Global Young Academy, one of the main organisations dealing with science policies across five continents.
Book
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2019 | A Polese (2019) The SCOPUS diaries and the (il)logics of academic survival A short guide to design your own strategy and survive bibliometrics, conferences and unreal expectations in academia. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag / Columbia University Press. Link | |
| 2016 | Polese, Abel (2016) Limits of a Post-Soviet State: How Informality Replaces, Renegotiates and Reshapes Governance in Ukraine. Germany: ibidem Press. Link |
Book Chapter
Edited Book
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Murru, S, A. Polese (Ed.). (2020) New York: Rowman and Littlefield, Link | |
| 2020 | 3. Hanau-Santini, R., Polese, A. and R. Kevlihan (Ed.). (2020) London: Routledge, Link | |
| 2019 | Polese, A., A. Russo and F. Strazzari (Ed.). (2019) London: Palgrave, | |
| 2019 | A Polese and R. Hanau (Ed.). (2019) London: Routledge, | |
| 2017 | Polese, A., J. Morris, E. Pawlusz and O. Seliverstova (Ed.). (2017) London: Routledge, | |
| 2017 | Polese, A., Williams, C., Horodnic, I.A., Bejakovic, P (Ed.). (2017) London: Palgrave, | |
| 2017 | 8. Polese, A., B. Kovacs, J. Morris and L. Reviakhshvili (Ed.). (2017) London: Routledge, Link | |
| 2016 | Isaacs, Rico and Abel Polese (Ed.). (2016) London: Routledge, Link | |
| 2015 | Morris, J; A. Polese (Ed.). (2015) London: Palgrave, Link | |
| 2014 | Morris, J; A. Polese (Ed.). (2014) London: Routledge, Link | |
| 2010 | Ó Beacháin D. and Polese A (Ed.). (2010) London: Routledge, Link | |
| 2009 | Backes, U., Jaskulowski, T. and Polese, A (Ed.). (2009) Goettingen: V&R, Link |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2020 | Imami, D., K. Rama and A. Polese (2020) 'Informality and access to finance during socialism and transition - the case of the rotating lottery credits schemes in Albania'. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, . Link | |
| 2020 | 3. Polese, A., O. Seliverstova, A. Cheshkin, T. Kerikmae (2020) 'National identity for breakfast: everyday practices, food consumption and the construction of national narratives in the Baltics'. Nationalities Papers, . | |
| 2020 | Polese, A; Ambrosio, T.; Kerikmae, T (2020) 'Estonian Identity Construction Between Nation Branding and Building'. Mezinarodni vztahy, 55 (5):1-20. | |
| 2020 | 3. Polese, A., O. Seliverstova, A. Cheshkin, T. Kerikmae (2020) 'National identity for breakfast: everyday practices, food consumption and the construction of national narratives in the Baltics'. Nationalities Papers, . | |
| 2020 | Polese, A. O. Seliverstova (2020) 'Luxury consumption as identity markers in Tallinn: a study of Russian and Estonian everyday identity construction through consumer citizenship'. Journal of Consumer Culture, . | |
| 2019 | Polese, A, R. Urinboyev, S Murru (2019) 'Negotiating public space informally: language politics and language use practices in Odessa high schools'. Space and Culture, . | |
| 2019 | 4. Levenets, O., T. Stepurko, A. Polese, M. Pavlova, W. Groot (2019) 'Coping Strategies of Cancer Patients in Ukraine'. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, . | |
| 2018 | 9. Polese, A., D. Phuong, D. Troitiño, T. Kerikmae (2018) 'Reflections on sustainability perceptions: presenting the results of the first national survey on Sustainable Development Goals and its understanding by Vietnamese youth'. Rivista di Studi sulla Sostenibilita, . | |
| 2018 | Polese, A, Kerikmae, T, Seliverstova, O (2018) 'Estonie: la diplomatie du marketing national'. HERMES (France), . | |
| 2018 | Urinboyev, R., A. Polese, M. Svensson, L. Adams, T. Kerikmae (2018) 'Political vs Everyday Forms of Governance in Uzbekistan: the Illegal, Immoral and Illegitimate'. Studies of Transition States and Societies, . | |
| 2018 | Polese, A. B Kovacs, D. Jancsics (2018) 'Informality ‘in spite of’ or ‘beyond’ the state: evidence from Hungary and Romania'. European Societies, . | |
| 2018 | Polese, A., T. Stepurko, O. Oksamitina, T. Kerikmae, A. Chocha, O. Levenets (2018) 'Informality and Ukrainian higher education institutions: happy together?'. Policy Futures in Education, . | |
| 2018 | Troidino, D, A, Polese, S Braghiroli (2018) 'De Gaulle y Europa. Nacionalismo frente a integración en la construcción europea'. Revista de Occidente, . | |
| 2018 | Polese, A. R. Hanau Santini (2018) 'Limited Statehood and its Security Implications on the Fragmentation Political Order in the Middle East and North Africa'. Small Wars and Insurgencies, . | |
| 2017 | Reviakhashvili, L, A Polese (2017) 'Liberalism and shadow interventionism in post-revolutionary Georgia (2003-2012)'. CAUCASUS SURVEY, . | |
| 2017 | Polese, A; OBeachain, D; S Horak (2017) 'Strategies of Legitimisation in Central Asia: Regime Durability in Turkmenistan'. CONTEMPORARY POLITICS (PRINT), . | |
| 2017 | Polese, A; O, Seliverstova, A. Cheshkin (2017) 'Consommation, identité et intégration en Estonie et en Lettonie'. HERMES (France), . | |
| 2017 | Polese, A; L Revikhiashvili (2017) 'Informality and power in the South Caucasus'. CAUCASUS SURVEY, . | |
| 2017 | Emilia Pawlusz, Abel Polese (2017) 'Scandinavia's best kept secret”: Tourism Promotion as a Site of Nation-building in Estonia (with a free guided tour of Tallinn airport)'. Nationalities Papers, . | |
| 2016 | Polese, A.; J. Morris; L. Rekhviashvili (2016) 'Informal Governance in Urban Spaces: Power, Negotiation and Resistance among Georgian Street Vendors'. Geography Research Forum, 36 :15-32. | |
| 2011 | Polese, A; P. Rodgers (2011) 'Surviving Post-Socialism: The Role of Informal Economic Practices'. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, . | |
| 2011 | Polese, A. (2011) 'Language and Identity in post-1991 Ukraine: was it Really Nation-building?'. Studies of Transition States and Societies, . Link | |
| 2010 | Polese, A. and D. O Beachain (2010) 'The Color Revolution Virus and Authoritarian Antidotes : Political Protest and Regime Counterattacks in Post-Communist Spaces'. DEMOKRATIZATSIYA: THE JOURNAL OF POST-SOVIET DEMOCRATIZATION, . Link | |
| 2010 | Polese, A. (2010) 'The formal and the informal: Exploring ‘Ukrainian’ Education in Ukraine, Scenes from Odessa'. Comparative Education, . | |
| 2010 | O Beachain, D and A. Polese (2010) 'Rocking the Vote': New Forms of Youth Organization in Post-Communist Spaces'. Journal of Youth Studies, . | |
| 2010 | Polese, A; (2010) 'Russia, the US and 101 Things to do to Win a Colour Revolution'. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, . | |
| 2009 | Polese, A. (2009) 'Ukraine 2004: Informal Networks, Transformation of Social Capital and Coloured Revolutions'. JOURNAL OF COMMUNIST STUDIES AND TRANSITION POLITICS, . | |
| 2008 | Polese, A. and A. Wylegala (2008) 'Odessa and Lvov or Odesa and Lviv: How Important is a Letter? Reflections on the “Other” in Two Ukrainian Cities'. Nationalities Papers, . | |
| 2008 | Polese, A. (2008) 'If I Receive it, it is a Gift; if I Demand it, then it is a Bribe’ on the Local Meaning of Economic Transactions in Post-soviet Ukraine'. Anthropology in Action, . Link | |
| 2017 | Kovacs, B., J. Morris, A. Polese (2017) 'Looking at the ‘sharing’ economies concept through the prism of informality'. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, . | |
| 2016 | Polese, Abel; Kovacs Borbala; Morris, Jeremy (2016) 'States' of Informality in Post-Socialist Europe'. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 24 (3). | |
| 2016 | Polese, A., B. Kovacs and D. Jancsics (2016) 'Inofensivitatea şi nocivitatea practicilor informale ce au loc în pofida sau mai presus de voința statului: cazul Ungariei şi României'. Studia Politica, 17 (2). Link | |
| 2016 | Polese, A., R. Kevlihan and D, Ó Beacháin (2016) 'Hybrid Warfare in Post-Soviet Spaces: Is There a Logic Behind'. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 27 (3). Link | |
| 2016 | Urinboyev, Rustamjon and Abel Polese (2016) 'Informality currencies: a tale of Misha, his brigada and informal practices among Uzbek labour migrants in Russia'. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 24 (3). Link | |
| 2016 | Polese, A., B. Kovacs and D. Jancsics (2016) 'Az „állam ellenére” és az „államon túl” megvalósuló informális gyakorlatok ártalmas és ártalmatlan természete: magyarországi és romániai példák'. Szociologiai Szemle, 26 (2). Link | |
| 2015 | Isaacs, Rico; Abel Polese (2015) 'Between “imagined” and “real” nation-building: identities and nationhood in post-Soviet Central Asia'. Nationalities Papers, 43 (3). Link | |
| 2015 | Morris, Jeremy; Abel Polese (2015) 'Informal Health and Education Sector Payments in Russian and Ukrainian Cities: Structuring Welfare From Below'. European Urban and Regional Studies, . Link | |
| 2015 | Davies, Thom; Abel Polese (2015) 'Informality and Survival in Ukraine's Nuclear Landscape: Living with the Risks of Chernobyl'. Journal of Eurasian Studies, . Link | |
| 2015 | Polese, Abel; Kovacs Borbala; Morris, Jeremy (2015) 'The Failure and Future of the Welfare state in Post-socialism'. Journal of Eurasian Studies, 6 (1). | |
| 2014 | Polese, Abel (2014) 'Informal Payments in Ukrainian Hospitals: on the Boundary between Informal Payments, Gifts and Bribes'. Anthropological Forum, . Link | |
| 2014 | Polese, Abel (2014) 'etween Official and Unofficial Temperatures: a Complication to the Hot and Cold Ethnicity Theory from Odessa'. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, . Link | |
| 2014 | Abel Polese, Jeremy Morris, Borbála Kovács, and Ida Harboe (2014) 'Welfare States’ and Social Policies in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR: Where Informality Fits In?'. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 22 (2):184-198. Link | |
| 2015 | Polese, Abel and Slavomir Horák (2015) 'A tale of two presidents: personality cult and symbolic nation-building in Turkmenistan'. Nationalities Papers, 43 (3):457-478. Link |
Certain data included herein are derived from the © Web of Science (2021) of Clarivate. All rights reserved.
Research Interests
Theory and Practice of Development, Post-Soviet Politics and Societies, Governance
Caucasus, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, South East Asia
Caucasus, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, South East Asia