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Tat Yan Kong is Professor of Comparative Politics and Development Studies at SOAS, and Co-director of the London Asia Pacific Centre for Social Science.

Shadwa is a PhD candidate at SOAS, University of London, specialising in labour market dynamics with a focus on the dual nature of formal and informal employment and its implications on wage differentials.

Brenna Bhandar is Director of Research at the College of Law in SOAS.

Ishret Binte Wahid is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at SOAS, exploring how transnational flows of social remittances and sexual norms between Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates reshape masculinities among Bangladeshi male labour migrants. Her research examines the intersections of migration, masculinities, and sexualities in the Bangladesh–UAE migration corridor.

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.

Joseph Zoliana is a PhD student in Social Anthropology at SOAS, University of London, examining urban life, ethnic identity, and forms of digital discourse. His work explores how these dynamics shape contemporary social relations in diverse city spaces.

Yuiko Asaba is Lecturer in Music at SOAS.

Jason Birch (DPhil, Oxon) is a Research Associate and a founding member of the Centre of Yoga Studies SOAS and the Journal of Yoga Studies.

Music of South Asia; Hindustani classical music; historical ethnomusicology; cultural history; historical musicology and musical aesthetics; lyric, song, and musical literature; music and gender; music and religion; history of emotions