Economics Department News at SOAS University of London

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

Ulrich Volz Chaired Panel Discussion on ‘Financing the Transformation – Sharing Global Responsibility’ at CrossroadsBonn Conference

The high-level conference on ‘Climate Action and Human Wellbeing at a Crossroads: Historical Transformation or Backlash?’ was held in Bonn back to back with COP23

4th November 2017

SOAS PhD Scholar awarded prestigious EAEPE-Simon Young Scholar Prize

Pedro Mendes Loureiro, PhD candidate in Economics at SOAS University of London has been awarded the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) Simon Young Scholar Prize for the best paper presented by a young scholar.

31st October 2017

SOAS Economics at the Festival for New Economic Thinking in Edinburgh

Department of Economics as contributing partner to the Festival

25th October 2017

SOAS Economics Hosts Talk by the Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank

ADB Chief Economist Yasuyuki Sawada presented the Asian Development Outlook Update 2017 report

25th October 2017

The Department of Economics hosted Chinese Delegates form the Guangzhou Audit Bureau

Risa Morimoto hosted 13 Chinese government delegates from Guangzhou Audit Bureau who visited the UK for a two week study tour.

19th October 2017