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Remitting through crisis: learning lessons from the pandemic

As the world confronts ongoing climate, conflict and cost-of-living problems, what can we learn from the pandemic period about people’s remittance practices through times of crisis?

The Gas Industrial Complex: Vast profits, imperial roots and ecological destruction

The global fossil industry is rooted in colonialism in its pernicious and relentless pursuit of fuel. However, there is growing resistance from environmentalist organisations fighting for their livelihoods and communities.

How should central banks respond to the climate crisis?

Central banking has entered a new era – the era of the climate crisis. It is now uncontroversial that central banks should take climate change into account. But a big question remains: how should they do so? This is where an important battle of ideas and politics is under way.

5 places to eat lunch in the sun near SOAS

There’s nothing better than enjoying some delicious food outside while soaking up the sun. Here are my go-to places near campus.

SOAS growth proves humanities still matter in a world of STEM

Chair of the Board of Trustees, Lord Dr Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE offers his latest reflections on SOAS’s position in the higher education sector – and the progress it is making to realise its strategic vision

Tips from a final year student: How I cope with exam season

Final-year student Caera shares her top tips for exam season, from planning your schedule and studying creatively to getting support and taking breaks.

Careers: How SOAS helped Andrew become a policymaker in Tanzania

Andrew Mahiga studied MSc in Public Policy & Management at SOAS and is now working as a Director of Policy, Research, Advocacy & Lobbying in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. FInd out about his career so far.

Has the Chinese government lost their control of protests?

China have had one of the strictest COVID policies since the pandemic began, bringing economic hardship to most of the population and leading to a number protests. The rules have now been relaxed, does this mean the government have lost their control of protests?

NO, RCTs are not public goods. And YES, they have a colonial problem

Are Randomized Control Trials truly a global solution to poverty, or do they mask deeper issues with superficial fixes? Uncover the ethical and political flaws behind this "gold standard".