How is Covid-19 impacting human rights? Covid-19 constitutes a major stress test for societies, states, and the international order.
Getting into university: Three things I wish I'd known before Clearing If you haven’t heard of UCAS Clearing before, fret not! Here, SOAS Digital Ambassador Sinem shares her experience of the Clearing process and offers top tips of how to prepare.
Uganda's anti-homosexuality law and the urgent need for radical feminist politics As Uganda enacts fiercely anti-LGBTQ legislation, Dr Awino Okech argues how these changes are transnational in nature and calls for an urgent need for radical feminist politics.
How my time at SOAS forced me to be uncomfortable (and how I grew from it) A final-year student reflects on her time studying at SOAS, what she has learnt and how she has developed personally.
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.
Careers: "Making a tangible difference in someone’s life is a really motivational concept" Chris Bowden studied BA Swahili and Development Studies at SOAS and is now Head of Cargo - Global Partnerships at Cathay Cargo. We asked him about his time at SOAS and his career journey so far.
Transforming Finance in the Era of the Climate Crisis Responding to the climate emergency and reducing growing inequalities are two key challenges of our age. Tackling these challenges requires a rapid transition to a net zero carbon economy. Such a transition won’t be achieved without the implementation of a wide range of radical policies as part of a transformational Green New Deal.
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.
From the Coronation to Succession, what are the benefits of family business? Family businesses can often be perceived as fragile and full of drama. But can keeping it in the family offer competitive advantages?