Climate and Development Finance in a Fast-Changing World This lecture is delivered by Mahmoud Mohieldin, the editor of Policy-Driven Climate and Development Finance: Strategies for Equitable Solutions, and draws directly on the book’s analysis to examine why current climate finance arrangements are failing and how they can be reformed.
A Town Hall Meeting with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese Join us for an interactive conversation with Ms. Albanese on topics including the role of international law during an ongoing genocide and recent developments in Gaza and Palestine.
Archiving Gaza in the Present: Art, Memory, Erasure This event will mark the publication of the book 'Archiving Gaza in the Present', co-edited by Professor Dina Matar and Dr Venetia Porter.
Venturing into Africa’s Future: What Works, What Doesn’t, and the Role of Venture Capital in the Structural Transformation of Tech Startups A hybrid conference examining what drives venture capital impact in Africa, combining research insights, investor perspectives, startup cases, and dialogue. Limited places available. Register by Sunday 18 January only; confirmed seats will be allocated to early registrants and notified accordingly.
Complicit: British Complicity in the Genocide in Gaza Join us for a discussion between Peter Oborne and Professor Martin Shaw about British complicity in mass atrocities in Gaza.
Safety Regulation: For Whom? The Effects of Poultry Slaughter Line Speed Regulation on Firm Profits This event is part of the SOAS Economics Seminar Series 2025/26.
Examination Culture: Meritocracy and aspiration in a Thai monastic school This talk will explore the lives of adolescent novice monks studying at a Buddhist monastic school in northern Thailand. In particular, it will focus on examinations as a meritocratic mode of assessment aimed at shaping young novice's capacity to aspire.