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.
UK’s first decolonising philosophy toolkit for secondary schools and universities launched Students and staff at SOAS University of London have co-created the UK’s first Decolonising Philosophy Toolkit for secondary schools, sixth forms, and universities.
Students tackle real-world issues with World Bank and UN in new joint supervision scheme Leading experts from the World Bank and several United Nations agencies have joined SOAS University of London academics in the Department of Economics to provide joint supervision to postgraduate economics students.
Global democracy in focus at SOAS exhibition and public discussion A new exhibition at the Brunei Gallery and a public discussion hosted by SOAS University of London explore the themes of democracy and international relations, as over 2 billion individuals in 50 nations prepare to exercise their voting rights in 2024.
YCW London Mentorship Programme 2023 Cohort – Call for Applications The London chapter of the Young China Watchers (YCW) is pleased to be launching our sixth mentorship cohort.
Professor Sanjay Srivastava Urban anthropology; consumer cultures; masculinity studies; middle-class cultures; ethnographies of the state and capital; India.
Dr Edwige Fortier Research interests include the Middle East and North Africa, international development, civil society, transitions from authoritarian rule, democratisation, neoliberalism, vulnerable and marginalised groups, human rights, multilateralism, non-governmental organisations and HIV/Aids.