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SOAS to host African Development Forum on the current state of insecurity in Africa
SOAS University of London to host the 8th annual African Development Forum which is based around the theme of ‘insecurity’. The conference will host a series of panel discussions on leadership, conflict and economy on 15-16 March 2019.
8th March 2019
SOAS academic publishes new volume on the Ethiopian economy
Christopher Cramer, Professor of the Political Economy of Development, has co-edited a new volume, The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy, which presents a current and accessible analysis of the past, present and future of the Ethiopian economy. This is the first single country Oxford handbook published for an African country.
19th February 2019
SOAS joins £20m global research hub aiming to harness benefits of South-South migration
SOAS University of London is set to play a key role in a £20 million global research hub – funded through UKRI’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and led by Coventry University’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR).
14th February 2019
SOAS scholar awarded 3 million Euro Horizon 2020 grant for project to shift perception of migration
Peter Mollinga, Professor of Development Studies at SOAS University of London has been awarded an EU H2020 Societal Challenges award of nearly 3 million Euro for a project in understanding the relation between migration and agricultural and rural change.
8th January 2019
SOAS expert gives evidence at International Development Committee on Forced displacement in Africa
Laura Hammond, Professor of Development Studies at SOAS University of London and Challenge Leader for Conflict and Displacement for the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), has given evidence at International Development Committee’s inquiry on forced displacement in Africa.
4th December 2018
Kehinde Andrews to speak at SOAS on the Global Politics of Black radicalism
SOAS University of London’s Department of Development Studies will be hosting Dr Kehinde Andrews for a seminar on Black radicalism.
9th November 2018
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
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
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