SOAS hosts inaugural Climate Summit in partnership with Standard Bank The two-day summit took place under the important and topical theme of Africa’s transition to net-zero.
SOAS begins to take new strategy forward with newly completed leadership team SOAS now has a complete leadership team and governance committee to take the university’s new strategic plan forward.
SOAS delivers capacity building on the economics of climate change adaptation for the Ugandan government The Resilience Adaptation Mainstreaming Program (RAMP), a collaboration between the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance and the World Resources Institute, convened a five-day practitioner training workshop on the economics and finance of climate adaptation in collaboration with faculty from Makerere University in Entebbe, Uganda, 22-26 July 2024.
Major grant awarded for new mental health research centre in London SOAS University of London anthropologists have secured a Research England grant worth nearly £8 million to help reshape mental healthcare in London and globally.
SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance trains Bank of Thailand on climate and environmental risks The Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS University of London held a training programme on Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance Development for the Bank of Thailand.
SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance Co-hosts Three Events at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank The Spring Meetings bring together central bankers, ministers of finance and development, parliamentarians, private sector executives, representatives from civil society organisations and academics to discuss the state of the global economy, international development, and the world’s financial system.
SOAS in top 50 in the world for addressing Peace, Justice, Poverty and Sustainability SOAS continues to rank high in delivering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)