Azadeh Pourzand A human rights researcher and a civic entrepreneur, Azadeh has spent the past decade contributing to the design, implementation and impact evaluation of civil society strengthening, media development, education and human rights programs for marginalized communities in the Middle East and South Asia.
Beyond plug-and-play: Sustainability as a relational practice When ‘green’ solutions are designed without connection to place and people, can they ever truly be sustainable?
New report highlights the cost of sovereign capital is significantly affected by climate risk A new report jointly published by the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS University of London; the Asian Development Bank Institute; the World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore; and Four Twenty Seven, provides a comprehensive analysis of the ways in which climate risks affect sovereign risk.
Development Leadership Dialogue Development Leadership Dialogue (DLD) aims to bring people and disciplines together in dialogue in order to generate more effective and inclusive development strategies.
Beyond Discovery: Religion, economics and administration in Sasanian Iran through new clay bullae from Taxt-e Solayman This project will analyse and publish newly discovered bullae and the seal impression they bear from one of the most important fire temples of Sasanian Iran.
Artificial Humanity? Generative AI, Culture and Human Subjectivity A one-day internal SOAS symposium exploring how generative AI interacts with culture, language, knowledge, education and human experience across our three colleges, Humanities, Social Science and Law.