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SOAS University of London is one of the world’s top performing universities for one of the UN’s sustainable development goals, according to the Times Higher Education impact rankings.

A new Special Issue of the International Journal of Drugs Policy (IJDP), led by SOAS University of London, provides empirical research on the convergence of the drugs, development and peacebuilding policy fields, and calls into question a growing reformist agenda that advocates for the developmentalisation of drugs

Dr Kordmafi's talk explored the historical evolution of the contemporary tradition of classical Iranian music, unravelling how this distinct musical idiom emerged out of the cosmopolitan aesthetics of music-making in the Islamic world.

SOAS Lecturer in Music Saeid Kordmafi has been recognised by British Academy as a Global Talent/Exceptional Promise

Dr Richard Williams and Dr Saeid Kordmafi, from the Music department, delivered lectures in the conference of ‘The 1922 Contest: Crystallization of Flamenco as a World Music Genre’ (19-23 September 2022)

The President of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe has paid tribute to the Zartoshty Brothers for their vision and foresight in donating to SOAS to enhance the study of Zoroastrianism. 

Ulrich Volz, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS, wrote a foreword to World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) inaugural annual report on Sustainable Financial Regulations and Central Bank Activities (SUSREG).

Dr Kordmafi's speech aimed to show how apparently opposing strands and methods in the field of music studies may interact and enrich each other within the methodologically flexible framework of artistic research.