Xinyang Zhao Xinyang Zhao is an MPhil/PhD student in China and Inner Asia Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her current research focuses on modern Chinese literature.
Wu Liqi Liqi Wu, a PhD student in law, focuses on the intersections of climate change, human mobility, state obligations, and the capability approach to explore how legal frameworks can better protect displaced populations.
Johanna Von Kietzell Johanna is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, supervised by Prof. Fiona B Adamson, Dr. Nathaniel George and Dr. Nicholas Westcott.
Hossein Bastani Hossein Bastani is an academic researcher and investigative journalist with BBC Persian, specialising in Iranian political affairs. Over the past two decades, he has produced dozens of investigative television programmes and authored more than two thousand in-depth reports and analytical articles on Iran’s domestic and foreign policy.
Mayukh Chakrabarty Mayukh is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at SOAS, University of London. His doctoral research focuses on the institutional history of life insurance in India, with broader interests in financial governance, colonial legacies, and science and technology studies.
Bonosree Rani Bonosree Rani, a Commonwealth Scholar, is currently serving as a Doctoral Researcher on environment and outer space law at SOAS University of London.
Ishret Wahid Ishret Binte Wahid is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at SOAS, exploring how transnational flows of social remittances and sexual norms between Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates reshape masculinities among Bangladeshi male labour migrants. Her research examines the intersections of migration, masculinities, and sexualities in the Bangladesh–UAE migration corridor.
Yun-Tzu Chang Yun-Tzu Chang is a PhD candidate in the department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS. She is currently undertaking her thesis on geopolitics and the dynamics of Chinese new migrants' identity and political engagement.
Jennifer Fleming Doctoral candidate researching artists of Hong Kong descent living and working in Britain. Other research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese art, diaspora art in Britain, and phenomenology as a tool for art historical research.