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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.

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.

Advocacy expert Illia Djadi discusses several advocacy training sessions to village relays of the Watigueleya Kèlê project (Climate Resilience in West Africa).

Reports, research projects and submissions from the Centre for Human Rights Law.

A share of a £40 million investment has been secured to mobilise SOAS research on the precursors and effects of migration and displacement, minorities and marginalisation. 

London is officially one of the best cities in the UK to study in, according to a new report by HEPI and London Higher.