Dr Sophie van Huellen Commodity markets; commodity dependency; financialisation; global commodity chains; macro-financial linkages; international finance, machine learning for applied econometrics.
Zixuan Wang Zixuan Wang is an MPhil/PhD candidate in Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on young Chinese urbanites who abandon white-collar jobs to engage in coffee production in rural Pu’er, Yunnan.
Judith Hoppermann Judith is a doctoral researcher in Politics and International Studies. Her work examines the Syrian conflict and the politics of refugee governance in cross-border settings, with a focus on neighbouring Lebanon and Türkiye.
Professor Awino Okech Africa - Critical gender theory on sexuality, queer politics, security and violent extremism, gender in nation and state making, social movements.Qualitative research methods and feminist research methodology
Samuel Dic Sum Lai Samuel Lai is a PhD candidate whose research project examines the multiple facades of Caacaanteng ('Tea Restaurant'): from licensing and popular history, ingredients and cuisines, server-customer relationship, skill acquisition, to sociability especially in the locally narrated form of Jancingmei ('Flavour of Human Warmth').
Professor Matthew J Nelson Matthew J. Nelson (Ph.D. Columbia) is a Professor of Politics, currently serving as Head of Department (Department of Politics and International Studies) at SOAS University of London.