How I became a Strategic Business Consultant: Valerie Lynn on building bridges across Southeast Asia Alumna Valerie Lynn's journey reflects her belief in the power of relationships to bridge markets and cultures.
Going analogue: Digital detox or a new consumerist trap? Notebooks, record players, and digital cameras: the analogue-living trend is everywhere in 2026. But are we finding a genuine digital detox or just buying into a new aesthetic?
AI begins and thrives with the humanities The key to understanding AI's place in human society is the humanities, whose scholars have been studying the human-nonhuman relationship for centuries, argues Dr Elvis Imafidon.
Paid student internships at SOAS: What students achieve and what comes next Here's a rundown of the SOAS Co-Creator Internship and Summer Placement opportunities on offer, what students have achieved and where these opportunities can take you.
What we’ve always known: London named best city for culture Time Out magazine has rated London the best city in the world for culture, outranking Paris and New York.
A different way at looking at art history Spin a colour wheel and all the colours blur together. It looks white, but it contains everything. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. That’s what it’s like studying Art History at SOAS.
A new economic model for securing the Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz is vital to global energy, but the US-led security model has become costly and uneven. Economists Massoud Karshenas, Hashem Pesaran, and Ron Smith propose a regional, transit-fee-funded security framework as a more sustainable alternative.
“The degree that runs Britain”: Why I chose PPE and my experience so far BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) student Siddhant Pawar reflects on why they chose to study the combined subject at SOAS and how it’s helped them understand what drives the decisions societies make.
Wu-wei: Finding ease in a world that constantly pushes Siddhant Pawar explains how the philosophical concept of wu-wei can help us navigate busy modern urban life - even the frustration of missing a London bus.