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Joanna Newman MBE, FRSA, is Provost at SOAS, University of London, and was previously the first female Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), an international network of 500 universities.

The geopolitics and geo-economics of the Pacific Islands, with reference to China and Japan. Investigating the role of Tokyo’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific and Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative in the region, and the interplay between them.

Anna Lindley is a Reader in Migration, Mobility and Development at SOAS.

International Relations Theory; International Security; Foreign Policy Analysis; International Political Sociology; Global History; Postcolonialism; Hierarchy; Violence; Culture and Ideas.

Chihiro Toya is a PhD candidate in Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS. Her research focuses on feminist discourses on sex work, the politics of knowledge production, and the role of counter-media.

Dr Marie Rodet's principal research interests lie in Modern African history, gender history, history of slavery, public history, gamification, and digital humanities.

Ummugulsum is a PhD candidate in Islamic Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her research explores Muslim travel writing across different genres and periods, asking how travellers understood their journeys, explained their motives, and experimented with the language of travel.

Labour relations, Informal economy, Economic development, Political economy.