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

Alessandra Francone is a doctoral researcher in the LCL department. Her thesis "The effects of sociohistorical context on lexical borrowing: a re-evaluation of "basic vocabulary"" straddles historical linguistics and contact linguistics, and focuses on lexical borrowing in languages spoken in the Baltic region and the central Mediterranean.

Runako Charles is a doctoral researcher in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics (Near and Middle East Section) at SOAS, University of London. His research focuses on the intellectual legacy of Imām al-Dāraquṭnī (d. 385/995) and the development of ḥadīth criticism in the 4th/10th century.

Institution and economic development, Political economy of industrial policy, Green transition and technological change, China.

Dina Matar is a Professor in the Department of Media Studies at SOAS.

Decolonial feminist approaches to filmmaking, film cultures and screen media industries globally; practice/artistic research through film; feminist and ethical leadership in the arts and academia; digital transformations in screen media production, distribution, exhibition, curation, and spectatorship; film festivals and film curating

Dr Elvis Imafidon is a Reader in African Philosophy and Head of the School of History, Religions and Philosophies at SOAS University of London.

Homosocial Narrative in Heisei Literature and Visual Cultures.

Anna Löfstrand is a PhD researcher at SOAS, focused on the connections between education, migration, belonging, and the future.