Economics Department News at SOAS University of London

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

Mushtaq Khan gives keynote lecture at 2017 African Economic Conference

'Mushtaq Khan gave the keynote lecture on Governance for Structural Transformation at the 2017 African Economic Conference at Addis Ababa on 5th December 2017. The AEC is an "annual conference bringing together leading thinkers and practitioners to discuss emerging issues in Africa" organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank, and the UNDP.'

13th December 2017

First newsletter from the Anti-Corruption Evidence (ACE) research consortium

10th November 2017

SOAS Economist Participates in Theatre Performance at Volksbühne Berlin

SOAS Economist Participates in Theatre Performance at Volksbühne Berlin
Ulrich Volz performed three nights in “This is exchange”, a piece by conceptual artist Tino Segahl

10th November 2017