Labiba Rukhsana Labiba is a Bloomsbury PhD scholar at the School of Law, Gender and Media at SOAS, collaborating with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Vuyelwa Kuuya Vuyelwa Kuuya is an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and a legal scholar with nearly two decades of experience in international human rights law. Her work bridges theory and practice, with a focus on business and human rights, economic and social rights, and regional human rights systems across Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Christophère Ngolele Christophère Ngolele is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS. His thesis is titled "The Transition from Nomadic to Settled Life among Autochthonous Peoples: The Experience of the Mikaya of the Congo Basin Rainforest in the northwestern part of the Republic of Congo."
Rodi Yilmaz 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.
Ana Drulla Ana is in her first year of the SOAS-Wits Joint MPhil/PhD Applied Development Economics program
Sayed Yaqoob Emad Sayed Yaqoob Emad is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of History at SOAS University of London. His research examines the evolving politics of Islamic charities in Afghanistan, with broader interests in politics and religion.
Julie Emilie Sharon Hoffmann Julie Hoffmann is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at SOAS, researching the structural limits of technical and financial responses to price volatility in global agricultural markets, with a focus on risk, resilience, and the political economy of agriculture.
Why I chose: MA Global Media and Digital Communications at SOAS MA student Lilato Madiri shares why studying media through a critical, decolonial lens is vital in an era defined by digital disruption, misinformation, and contested power.
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