Gen Z and Beyond: A Survey for Every Generation An online survey to explore different views and practices within the current global Zoroastrian community and those close to it.
Chinese Perspectives on AI in Global Context: Towards a New Ethical Eco-System A multi-year and interdisciplinary project where diverse scholars and practitioners, from AI engineers to Sci-fiction novelists, from philosophers to Sinologists aim to discuss Chinese perspectives on AI in a global dialogue and explore its implications for humanity and its future.
Improving climate-change risk management in Shanghai and Hangzhou Contributing to the mitigation and adaptation efforts against devastating natural hazards in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Watigueleya Kèlê: Equitable Climate Resilience in West Africa Long-term resilience strategies developed by marginalised communities to respond to socioecological stress and climate-related disasters in West Africa.
Financial risk and the impact of climate change Developing a robust characterisation, quantification and communication of climate-related transition risks.
One more time: Anthropology, cinema, futures The project regards anthropology and cinema as distinct yet related forms of culture critique; by revisiting the films of Théo Angelopoulos, it poses the question of how the real is fashioned in such films, charting the effects its cinematic reconstruction has been having on audiences.
Business models This research focuses on understanding the emerging business models and how innovation and venture capital investments, can promote sustainable structural transformation in Africa.
Drugs & (dis)order A SOAS-led consortium researching into the role of illicit drug economies in conflict-affected borderlands of Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar.
Call for Papers on “Accelerating Climate Action in Asia: Fiscal Policy Solutions” Accelerating action on climate change in Asia and the Pacific while maintaining fiscal sustainability over the medium-to-long term presents a critical challenge for policymakers. SOAS to co-organise conference in Tokyo in July 2025.