Economics Department News at SOAS University of London

Ulrich Volz Gives Talk on Sustainable Finance at the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

16th October 2018

Ulrich Volz invited by Dutch central bank to talk about the role of central banks in greening the financial system

Ulrich Volz invited by Dutch central bank to talk about the role of central banks in greening the financial system. High-level conference of the Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System in Amsterdam

4th October 2018

Ulrich Volz presents report on “Climate Change and the Cost of Capital in Developing Countries” at the Asian Development Bank in Manila

Ulrich Volz, Head of the SOAS Department of Economics and Reader in Economics, presented a report on “Climate Change and the Cost of Capital in Developing Countries” at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila.

19th September 2018

Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao reappoints Ulrich Volz to Advisory Council

24th July 2018

Developing countries face rising debt payments due to climate change

Developing countries face additional debt payments of up to $168 billion over the next ten years as a result of their vulnerability to man-made climate change.

3rd July 2018

Recall for Papers: Europe after Brexit

RECALL FOR PAPERS

Europe after Brexit

SOAS University of London / Department of Economics and School of Law

King’s College London / Department of European and International Studies

19th June 2018

Becca Thompson (MSc Development Economics) Awarded TAA Master’s Award

12th June 2018

Implementation of the International Standard on Phytosanitary Measures, ISPM 15: An empirical analysis of how the regulation affects the economy of a group of countries in Africa

Standard and Trade Development Facility grant (STDF/PG/460)

Dr. Elissaios Papyrakis (ISS) and Dr. Luca Tasciotti (SOAS)

10th May 2018

Ulrich Volz gives Distinguished Speaker Seminar on Asia's Green Finance Challenge at Asian Development Bank Institute

19th April 2018

Antonio Andreoni and Sofia Torreggiani awarded a United Nations University UNU-WIDER grant under the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development programme.

19th April 2018

Is the Euro Sustainabable - And What if Not?

9th March 2018

World leading scholar to give SOAS Penrose Lectures on innovation, development and patents

SOAS University of London will next week host the Penrose Lectures on innovation, development and patents with one of the world's leading authorities on R&D, innovation, patents, productivity and industrial policy: Professor Bronwyn Hall from University of California Berkeley.

8th March 2018

ReCommons Europe (RCE) 1st Meeting

26th February 2018

The Bloomsbury College PhD Studentships

The Bloomsbury Scholarship has been awarded and can be applied for by a PhD student on a specific topic.

5th January 2018

Risa Morimoto participated at the TRT World Roundtable Progamme

Risa has participated in a panel discussion on the increasing levels of plastics in ocean for the current affairs programme called Roundtable broadcast by an international TV channel TRT World. The other participants of the panel discussion were Paul De Zylva, Friends of the Earth, Andy Hughes, a photographer whose work explores plastics waste, Emily Penn, Ocean advocate.

14th December 2017