“The world needs you.” Advice to the class of 2025 Our SOAS Honorary Graduands share life and career advice for 2025 graduates navigating their next chapter.
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".
Eliane Correa: “Don’t be afraid of being passionate” An interview with SOAS alumna, Eliane Correa about her career as a pianist, MD and composer.
Decolonising Bloomsbury: A guided walking tour through London’s colonial legacy Dr Alia Amir, Research Associate at the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, takes us on a 'decolonising walk' through Bloomsbury, London.
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 Nobel Laureates are not only wrong about China, but also about the West This essay by Yuen Yuen Ang was first published in The Ideas Letter, a project of the Open Society Foundations.
Talking shit: discussing the centrality of excrement to the modern world Ed Emery writes on the centrality of excrement, both metaphorical and literal, to the modern world.
Olivette Otele: “SOAS is the place to be” An interview with Olivette Otele, who joins SOAS as a Distinguished Research Professor of the Legacies and Memory of Slavery.
Zeinab Badawi: 'You go to SOAS and you meet the world' An interview with broadcaster, journalist and SOAS President Zeinab Badawi on her career, her favourite interview and time studying for an MA in Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS.