Dr Yannis Dafermos

Member

Financial macroeconomics; Climate change and finance; Ecological macroeconomics; Shadow banking; Inequality.

• Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4619
• Email: yd6@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 272
• Academic Support Hours: Mondays 11:00 to 13:00 (Term 1)

Dr Harald Heubaum

Deputy Director

Energy and climate policy in Europe, the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; institutional change and innovation in global energy, climate and financial governance; climate and sustainable finance; ESG standards and financial performance; decarbonisation of transport; public policy

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4362
• Email: hh15@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 4431
• Academic Support Hours: By appointment

Ms Felicia Jackson

Member

Global finance, sustainability and climate change; energy and climate policy and governance; energy transition; systemic change; climate risk, financial resilience; the economics of climate change; data for climate and sustainable finance.

• Email: fj3@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 4433
• Academic Support Hours: By appointment

Sean Kidney

Professor of Practice

CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Dr Thomas Marois

Member

Political Economy; Emerging finance capitalism; Privatization; Alternative development; Banking, finance, and development; Mexico, Turkey, other emerging capitalisms; State-capital-labour relations; State theory; Internationalization.

• Tel: 0207 898 4503
• Email: tm47@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 293
• Academic Support Hours: Bookable online here: https://goo.by/YQbfP.
• On Sabbatical:Term 2 & 3 (2019/20)

Dr Risa Morimoto

Member

Environmental economics, Development economics, Economics of hydropower development, Energy economics, Transport economics,  Economics of sustainable business, Sustainable economic development policy in developing countries, Climate change.

• Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4730
• Email: rm36@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 274
• Academic Support Hours: Tuesdays and Fridays 11:00-12:00

Professor Victor Murinde

Member

Mega Trends in Global Finance; Inclusive Finance; Financial Institutions, Markets and Instruments; Financial Modelling & Forecasting

• Tel: 020 7898 4057
• Email: v.murinde@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 541
• Academic Support Hours: By email appointment

Dr Andrew Newsham

Research: Vulnerability to climate impacts, climate change adaptation and locally held knowledge, the political economy of climate-compatible development, knowing and deciding for conservation and development.

• Tel: 020 7898 4884
• Email: an14@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 255
• Academic Support Hours: By appointment: http://bit.ly/2xS56rg
• On Sabbatical:Term 3 (2019/20)

Professor Christine Oughton

Member

Industrial organisation and policy, innovation, sustainable development and corporate governance, including the governance and regulation of sport

• Tel: 020 7898 4410
• Email: co12@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 532
• Academic Support Hours: Monday 2 - 4 or by email appointment

Dr Gregor Semieniuk

Member

Growth and distribution; theory of competition; finance and innovation in the energy sector; Bayesian inference

• Tel: 020 7898 4219
• Email: gs53@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 264
• Academic Support Hours: On leave in academic year 2019/20

Jeanne Stampe

Senior Fellow

Dr Thomas Tanner

Member

Research: climate change policy and planning, anticipatory decision-making, urban resilience, policy processes and political economy.

• Tel: +44 (0) 20 7074 5166
• Email: tt43@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 477

Dr Jakob Thomae

Senior Fellow

• Email: jt55@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 276

Dr Ulrich Volz

Centre Director

International Finance, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Financial Market Development and Stability, Development and Transition Economics, Global Economic Governance, East Asian Financial Markets

• Tel: +44(0) 207 898 4721
• Email: uv1@soas.ac.uk
• Room: 285
• Academic Support Hours: On Research Leave 2019/20

Professor Gerhard Kling

Professorial Research Associate

Professor Gerhard Kling holds a Chair in Finance at the University of Aberdeen.