Our research is shaped and enriched by attention to our key themes: Global Voices, Heritage of Humanity, Global Interactions, Sharing a Small Planet, and Global Diplomacy and Governance. These themes bring together and build critical mass in areas where our research is able to make a real impact in challenging inequality and injustice worldwide.
Discover some of the many ways that SOAS makes an impact around the world below.
Deepening our understanding of the different ways that global voices can be heard, interpreted and transmitted. Read more about our Global Voices research theme...
Ensuring that the rich physical and cultural diversity of the SOAS regions, past and present, is handed on to future generations, whether in terms of endangered languages, hidden archives, or rich and diverse cultures around food. Read about the Heritage of Humanity research theme...
Understanding how global interactions are shaped by regional influences, cultures and economies, as practices and ideas from one region adapt and develop in new contexts. Read more about our Global Interactions research theme...
Questions about access to resources such as water, food and energy, inequality and social justice, as well as about the dynamics of sharing in both urban and rural spaces. Read more about our Sharing a Small Planet research theme...
As the centre of geopolitical power shifts away from the US and Europe, SOAS research asks what this will mean for the underpinning values of governance and diplomacy, such as democracy, consent or trust. Read more about our Global Diplomacy and Governance research theme...