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South African G20 to centre Global South voices, says Deputy President

Deputy President Paul Mashatile set out South Africa’s plans for its 2025 presidency of the G20 Summit during an address at SOAS.

New Professors of Practice to focus on languages, the arts and climate change policy

Five new Professors of Practice will bring their industry experience in energy policy, art, languages and translation to SOAS this year.

SOAS joins new coalition to support refugee students

Responding to the urgent need for improved higher education access for refugees and their communities, SOAS University of London has joined 14 leading universities in Africa, Asia and North America to launch the Global University Academy.

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Bangladesh receives honorary DSc in Economics from SOAS

On 5 September 2024, SOAS University of London awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) in Economics to Dr. Atiur Rahman in recognition of his life-long research work on poverty reduction and the initiatives that he took as a Governor of the Central Bank of Bangladesh to promote financial inclusion and sustainable finance.

Call for papers: Authoritarianism, law, and the remaking of society

‘Social life of Law in Authoritarian Contexts’, project funded by the Leverhulme Trust at SOAS, University of London invites applicants for a workshop that seeks to draw attention to the social life of laws used by authoritarian states and leaders to change the composition of societies.

DLD delivers 5th Future Leaders Programme with South African partners

From 2nd to 6th September senior government officials, policy makers, civil society leaders and researchers from 14 countries across Africa gathered outside Johannesburg for the 5th SOAS DLD Future Leaders Programme.

SOAS alumna receives highest honour from President Macron for work in human rights

SOAS PhD graduate Dr Alice Mogwe was appointed to the prestigious Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by President Emmanuel Macron and the French government in August.

SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art opens applications for forum facilitators

The SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art is looking to employ several forum facilitators to participate in the online discussion fora that will be integral to our new online programme being launched in October 2024.

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.