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Major research funding awarded to SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies

SOAS, University of London has signed its 10th major agreement with Taiwan, solidifying a commitment to expand the SOAS Taiwan Studies Programme from 2024 to 2027.

Historic papers of Black visionary Solomon Plaatje return to South Africa

SOAS Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib has delivered the historical papers of politician and activist Solomon Plaatje to the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

SOAS Environmental Law Clinic partners with Lawyers for Nature on rights of nature representative model mapping report

The SOAS Pro-Bono Environmental Law and Policy Clinic has released a new report mapping and analysing global 'Rights of Nature' case studies.

SOAS Economists Present at Public Debt Management Conference at the World Bank

Alex Dryden, Dr Yuen Lo and Professor Ulrich Volz presented their research on the impact of disasters on sovereign debt at the 3rd Public Debt Management Conference hosted by the World Bank in Washington, DC on 3-4 October 2024.

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.