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Will AI help us out of the productivity slump?

Economics PhD student Thabo Huntgeburth explores how AI may worsen the productivity slump, instead exacerbating wage inequality and economic stagnation.

My internship at the SOAS Library: Curating a digital exhibition with a critical and decolonial lens

BA History student Sahaana recounts their co-creator internship, where they curated a digital exhibition for SOAS Library Special Collections.

When one thing leads to nothing: Cultivating industrial ecosystems in an era of GVCs

Postgraduate student Shiran Illanperuma reflects on the challenges of industrialization in an era of Global Value Chains. Using China and Sri Lanka as contrasting examples, he argues for the need for activist industrial policies to incentivize domestic value addition and the participation of local firms in the Global South.

The 2024 uprising in Bangladesh: More than just quota reform

SOAS student Md Rafid Hossain explains the Bangladesh students’ movement for the reform of the quota system in government jobs, and why violent repression from the state has caused it to escalate into a broader demand for accountability and justice.

What Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things' has to say about female sexual desire and the commodification of bodies

Postgraduate student Valentina Frassa explores how Yorgos Lanthimos's critically acclaimed film 'Poor Things' provides commentary on pressing socio-economic issues of our time and contributes to ongoing debates around female empowerment and the commodification of women's bodies.

Finding my path: Why I chose SOAS through Clearing

Final-year student Daisy reflects on her journey back to university. After dropping out at 19 and working for three years, she chose to return through Clearing to study for a BA in Chinese.

Pick your weapon: Reflections on the radical black woman and the black liberation struggle

Postgraduate student Megan Morgan reflects upon the makings of the radical Black woman and the fight for Black liberation.

Meet Iqra Hasan: SOAS alum making history as India's youngest female Muslim MP

Iqra Hasan Choudhary studied at SOAS and has now made history as the youngest Muslim woman to enter the Indian Parliament. Shloka explores her inspiring journey.

Powering Production: A Developmental Energy Transition for Africa

The SOAS Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation (CSST) held its first bi-annual conference, themed “Powering Production: A Developmental Energy Transition for Africa.”