Drugs & (dis)order A SOAS-led consortium researching into the role of illicit drug economies in conflict-affected borderlands of Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar.
Sovereign risk and climate change Investigating how climate risk impacts upon sovereign credit risk and debt sustainability, and assessing the implications from a financial regulation and central banking perspective.
Changing awareness of internal slavery in Mali Research conducted by Dr Marie Rodet has raised awareness of the history of internal slavery in Mali, transmitted previously lost history between elders and the younger generations, and exposed enduring discrimination against populations with ascribed status as descendants of former slaves.
Mapping religious diversity in modern Sichuan: A spatial and social study of communities and networks A multi-year and interdisciplinary project that explores patterns of religious diversity in Sichuan from the 1800 to today, and relocates Sichuan from the periphery to the centre of the study of Chinese religions.
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.
AXA Chair in Global Finance Identifying and monitoring mega trends in global finance, allowing for dynamics of competitive conditions, which are engendered by the interplay between institutional economics and technological innovations.
Carceral Policy, Policing and Race Amplifying the carceral experiences of marginalised populations across the Global South.
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.