Julia Modern Uganda, East Africa; disability; mental distress; Deaf Studies; sign language interpretation; social movements, especially those operating in environments of institutional and economic precarity; embodiment and the theorisation and experience of non-normative body-minds; practices of entitlement and resource distribution; resource extraction.
Mr John Gittings John Gittings was foreign leader-writer and East Asia editor at The Guardian for many years, retiring in 2003, and covered major events in the area from the late 1970s onwards.
Dr Arnaud Persenda Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation (CSST)
Professor Dan Plesch Professor Plesch is Professor of Diplomacy and Strategy at SOAS and is a 'door tenant' at the legal chambers of 9 Bedford Row in London.
Yu-Syuan Syu Yu-Syuan Syu (Ipiq Matay) is currently an MPhil student in Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS. Her research focuses on the Truku weaving culture revitalisation movement among the Truku weaving practitioners within the broader context of global heritalisation of Indigenous culture and Taiwan’s Indigenous recognition.
Meihui Li Meihui Li is currently pursuing a PhD in Finance at SOAS, University of London, with research interests in fiscal policy, policy uncertainty, and asset pricing.
Wu Liqi Liqi Wu, a PhD student in law, focuses on the intersections of climate change, human mobility, state obligations, and the capability approach to explore how legal frameworks can better protect displaced populations.