Fields of Study
- Global Migration
- Political Sociology
- Colonialism, Racialization, Indigeneity
Areas of Interest
Research and teaching areas: Urban Sociology, Political Socioloy, Sociology of Ideas, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
In her research, Noga examines what it means for a messy and complex entity like a city to adopt a new idea, and how particular ideas have become ‘must-haves’ for cities. Her different research projects touch upon these issues from different angles, asking, for instance: How do urban models become relevant when placed in a context extremely different from the one in which they were formulated? How does the ‘same’ idea vary over time and across geographical scales? How have a small group of charismatic urban thinkers established their position as urban ‘gurus’? And how in practice do they connect cities with ideas? Noga examines these questions using multiple qualitative and quantitative methods. Noga is currently an Azrieli postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she also teaches Urban Sociology and works as the Deputy Director and Head of Research of the “Urban Clinic."
Dissertation title: The Making of Urban Knowledge: Ideas, Cities, Gurus
Dissertation committee: Dan Silver (Chair), Mark Fox, John Hannigan
Publications:
- Making Jerusalem “Cooler”: Creative Script, Youth Flight, and Diversity.
- Residential Segregation in Israel, 1961-2008: The Spatial Assimilation of Immigrants