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The Department of Politics and International Studies is unique in its coverage of the world regions and respected for its combination of in-depth expertise of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and a critical approach to knowledge production.

Cutting-edge ethnographic research that advances cross-disciplinary and impact-generating knowledge in our specialist regions of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East, as well as their diasporas. 

The UK government wants to remove the right to claim asylum from people who arrive without the right of entry, whom they call “illegal”. But it does not address the nation's international human rights obligations and echoes the anti-migrant discourse of previous generations.

Postgraduate Certificate in Quantitative Finance (Online) at SOAS University of London

Postgraduate Certificate in Public Management (Online) at SOAS University of London

Postgraduate Certificate in Public Financial Management (Online) at SOAS University of London

In this blog, author Aline Desdevises explores a particular dimension of West African rural communities’ resilience facing environmental change regarding health risks and healthcare.

In a reflection on the notion of a collective village repertoire and its digitisation, authors Elara Bertho and Aguibou Sow outline the research-action programme carried out with the Malian association Donkosira, which since 2017 has aimed to digitally conserve local knowledge in rural communities.

Postgraduate Certificate in Public Policy (Online) at SOAS University of London