Development Studies 2nd in the world in the QS World University Rankings

SOAS University of London has once again featured amongst the world’s elite institutions in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.

6th April 2022

Dr Amir Lebdioui presents his work on inequality and diversification to the Costa Rican government

Dr Amir Lebdioui was invited to present his research on how to foster a more socially inclusive economic diversification to the Minister of Trade of Costa Rica and his team

18th March 2022

Professor Laura Hammond conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

30th September 2021

Toward Development Solutions to Internal Displacement: A Political Economy Approach - New report from UN Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with SOAS

9th June 2021

It is impossible to pursue a drugs-free world, sustainable development and peace at the same time, says new research

A new Special Issue of the International Journal of Drugs Policy (IJDP), led by SOAS University of London, provides empirical research on the convergence of the drugs, development and peacebuilding policy fields, and calls into question a growing reformist agenda that advocates for the developmentalisation of drugs

19th April 2021

Former student Chanté Chan wins Walter Rodney prize for Independent Study Project on 'An Intergenerational Study of Black-Caribbean Experiences of Racism, Discrimination and the State'

26th March 2021

Policymakers need to listen to the voices of people living in borderlands affected by drugs and conflict, says new report

29th July 2020

A message to new and returning students from Department Head, Zoë Marriage

18th May 2020

New report from the Research and Evidence Facility (REF) released at the Global Refugee Forum 

Supported by the EU Trust Fund, the Research and Evidence Facility (REF) has today, 16 December, released its report, Comprehensive Refugee Responses in the Horn of Africa: Regional Leadership on Education, Livelihoods and Durable Solutions at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva.  

16th December 2019

SOAS to launch degree programme with Johns Hopkins University

SOAS University of London and Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) are launching a new cooperative degree programme. Under the new programme, students from both SAIS and SOAS have the opportunity to conduct two years of study in International Affairs in combination with studies in Economics, Development Studies or Politics at two of the world’s leading universities in these fields.

5th September 2019

SOAS students help raise funds for Camden Foodbank this summer

The Department of Development Studies, Undergraduate final year students raised £412.50 for the Camden Foodbank this summer, an organisation that provides much needed emergency food stores to local people in crisis.

7th August 2019

SOAS research challenges perceptions of Chinese firms’ labour practices in Africa

New findings from the Industrial Development, Construction and Employment in Africa (IDCEA) project challenges commonly held perceptions of labour practices in Africa by Chinese firms

3rd July 2019

Resources on key concepts around migration for schoolchildren created using SOAS scholar’s research

New resources on migration designed for schools launched by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) have been informed by research by Laura Hammond, Professor of Development Studies at SOAS University of London. The resources explore key concepts including migration, urbanisation and the nature of changing cities.

25th June 2019

Chinese firms and employment dynamics in Africa: research findings

21st June 2019

Former SOAS Development Studies students launch new textbook

SOAS University of London alumni from the Department of Development Studies and the Department of Economics are part of a group of young authors who have launched a new textbook on development studies for students in Denmark.

17th June 2019