SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

New Research Fellow Joins CeDEP

The new Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Giuseppina Siciliano, joins the Centre for Development, Environment & Policy (CeDEP). Giuseppina is involved in the ESRC-funded project “China goes global: a comparative study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia”.

4th April 2013

CeDEP Professor in Oman for the 78th Nestle Nutrition Institute Workshop

22nd March 2013

Bhavani Shankar and Nigel Poole from CeDEP, SOAS attend the LANSA programme in Chennai, 11-15 February

Professor Bhavani Shankar and Dr Nigel Poole from CeDEP, SOAS recently attended the inception workshop in Chennai, India of the 6 year DFID-funded Research Programme Consortium on Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA).

26th February 2013

Pretoria to host an international conference on The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa

The conference to be held in South Africa aims to showcase recent political economy analysis of agricultural policy in the continent.

22nd February 2013

SOAS Professor urges Sudan government to improve human rights

Mashood Baderin, Professor of Law at SOAS, University of London urged and encouraged the Sudan government to improve human rights on a UN mission to the country last week.

18th February 2013

CeDEP Research Fellow Colin Poulton in Rwanda

Colin presented findings from a cross-country study undertaken with Future Agricultures Consortium on the political economy of agricultural policy in Africa (www.future-agricultures.org/peapa).

14th February 2013

SOAS expert quizzed by MPs on global food security

Andrew Dorward, SOAS Professor of Development Economics, was quizzed by MPs on global food security earlier this week, when he appeared before the Commons Select Committee on International Development.

8th February 2013

SOAS to help boost impact of agriculture on nutrition in South Asia

SOAS researchers are part of a new international collaboration, which aims to improve nutrition for young people in South Asia.

7th February 2013

SOAS receives an Economics and Social Research Council grant to research Chinese hydropower dams

Dr Frauke Urban, from the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy, has been awarded an Economics and Social Research Council grant to conduct the first comparative analysis of Chinese hydropower dam projects in low and middle income countries.

5th November 2012

Dr Ben Daley contributes to SAGE's new Handbook of Environmental Change

Dr. Ben Daley from the Centre for Development Environment and Policy in SOAS at the University of London, has contributed a chapter on changes in coastal and marine environments and ecosystems to Sage's newly published Handbook of Environmental Change.

10th April 2012

CeDEP Voices Concerns Over DfID’s Agricultural Research Policy

Andrew Dorward, Colin Poulton and  Peter Hazell are among the signatories to a letter raising concerns over the policies of the UK Department of International Development (DfID) ...

24th September 2010

Continuing evaluation of Malawi Farm Input Subsidy

Building on the successful completion of two previous evaluations of the Malawi Agricultural Input Subsidy Programme for the Malawi Government and DFID, Andrew Dorward and Ephraim Chirwa  (of the University of Malawi) have been asked to continue with evaluation of the 2009/10 ...

20th September 2010

After the Millennium Development Goals: Lessons Learned and Future Goal Setting Examined in New Commission Co-Written by SOAS Staff

A new blueprint for international development has been published in The Lancet, a week ahead of the UN’s major summit about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). SOAS staff Professor Andrew Dorward and Colin Poulton contributed to the report, particularly the sections relating to agriculture, economics and the definition of development.

13th September 2010

Appointment of new Professor in CeDEP

CeDEP is delighted that Professor Bhavani Shankar will be joining us to take up a Chair in International Food, Agriculture and Health in January 2011.

8th September 2010

Life after the Millennium Development Goals: Lessons Learned and Future Goal Setting

There are only five years left until the 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals, and debates about their progress and prospects are becoming increasingly urgent.

12th August 2010