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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.

Cross-border disputes, international arbitration, commercial contracts, banking and finance, Islamic law and finance, Middle East laws, comparative law

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

Hanee Kang is a PhD candidate in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS University of London, with research interests encompassing international development aid, aid philosophy, development discourse, postcolonialism, post-colonialism, colonial modernity, postcolonial donors, aid programs utilising national development experiences, and South Korean aid.

Alice Emmanuelle Lyzcia is an interdisciplinary historian currently pursuing doctoral research in the Department of History at SOAS.

Multilingualism, Regional and Minority Languages, Language Learning

Rodi Yilmaz is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London. His research focuses on the social democratic parties in Turkey within the broader contexts of party politics, local governments and democratic backsliding in comparative politics.