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Political economy of development; Labour migration; Feminist political economy; Middle East and Gulf Studies, Migration and labour rights, Political economy of domestic work; Race, gender and reproduction.

International relations, Conflict studies, Political and diplomatic studies, International economy.

Lei is a PhD candidate in the SOAS History department. Her research focuses on the transformations in economic thought and practices in late Qing China, particularly the role of the Qing central government amid the global rise of neomercantilism. er interests include the intellectual history of Western and Chinese economics during the Qing dynasty, Sino-Western encounters and communication, economic thought in pre-modern China, and modern enterprises in the Qing dynasty.

Gwawr is a doctoral researcher in the Centre for Human Rights Law at SOAS.

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.

Nyāṇasāmi Leingara is an MPhil/PhD candidate at SOAS University of London, specialising in Pāli manuscript traditions in mainland Southeast Asia, focusing on pāramī manuscripts and their devotional and cultural contexts across Tai/Shan, Lanna, and Burmese regions.

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.

Muhammad Tahir is a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at SOAS University of London.