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SOAS scholar awarded £95k UKRI fellowship for project on state-society relations in Bangladesh

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Development Studies Dr David Jackman has been awarded £95,000 by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for a project on political order in Bangladesh at SOAS University of London.

9th October 2018

Major study on foreign interventions in conflict-affected countries to be launched at SOAS

The publication of a major new study on how international interventions in conflict-affected countries have affected violence reduction and post war transitions for the UK Government's Stabilisation Unit will be launched at SOAS University of London on 2 October.

1st October 2018

A message to new and returning students from Department Head, Michael Jennings

13th September 2018

Song based on SOAS scholar’s anti-corruption work released in Liberia

A song promoting anti-corruption based on the work of SOAS University of London Research Partner and alumna Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey has been released today.

30th July 2018

Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond OBE (1932 -2018)

SOAS has paid tribute to the outstanding legal anthropologist and pioneer of refugee studies, Dr Barbara Harrell-Bond OBE, who passed away on 11 July.

13th July 2018

SOAS scholars lead major new study for the UK government's stabilisation unit

Professor Jonathan Goodhand and Dr Patrick Meehan in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS University of London have co-authored, with Dr Christine Cheng from Kings College London, a major study on how international interventions in conflict-affected countries have affected violence reduction and post war transitions for the UK government's stabilisation unit.

25th June 2018

SOAS scholar appointed Challenge Leader for Global Challenges Research Fund

Dr Laura Hammond, Reader in Development Studies at SOAS University of London, has been appointed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to one of nine ‘Challenge Leader’ posts to help direct the work of a £1.5bn government fund dedicated to addressing the economic development and social welfare of developing countries. 

4th June 2018

SOAS scholar to discuss the role of borderland regions in war to peace transitions

SOAS University of London in partnership with International Alert will host an event on the findings from a two-year collaborative research project on the role of borderland regions in war to peace transitions led by Professor Jonathan Goodhand.

21st May 2018

SOAS academic helps to secure £5m Research England Grant

Dr Michael Jennings, Head of the Department of Development Studies at SOAS University of London, will be taking the lead on the SOAS contribution to a £4.96m project, as part of the Bloomsbury Set consortium, led by the Royal Veterinary College. The project is funded by Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund (CCF).

24th April 2018

Launch of major SOAS-led project on war and drugs and building sustainable economies

SOAS University of London’s Department of Development Studies will be welcoming researchers in three of the world’s largest drug-producing countries, Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar to launch a new Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) project led by Jonathan Goodhand, Professor in Conflict and Development Studies.

20th March 2018

SOAS rises again in QS rankings

SOAS University of London has risen among the world’s elite institutions in the 2018 QS World University Rankings with four of its subject areas across a broad range of disciplines ranked amongst the world’s top 25.

28th February 2018

SOAS scholar to lead LIDC’s ESRC-AHRC Migration Leadership Team

Dr Laura Hammond, Reader in Development Studies at SOAS University of London, will lead the new the London International Development Centre (LIDC) Migration Leadership Team to provide guidance to the Arts and Humanities and Economic and Social Research Councils (AHRC and ESRC) developing a shared strategy for supporting research on migration and displacement.

5th January 2018

John Weeks invited to Allied Social Sciences Association

John Weeks emeritus professor of development economics has been honoured by being invited to give the annual David Gordon Memorial Lecture at the Allied Social Sciences Association in Philadelphia on 5 January 2018.

29th November 2017

Welcoming Adivasi fellows

SOAS Development Studies Department alongside the LSE Anthropology Department are welcoming 6 Adivasi Fellows from India from 27th November -11th December 2017. 

27th November 2017

SOAS academic awarded £7million RCUK grant for project on war and drugs

Jonathan Goodhand, Professor in Conflict and Development Studies at SOAS University of London, has been awarded a grant of just over £7million from The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Research Councils UK Collective Fund for a project on war and drugs.

21st July 2017