MA History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia MA History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia at SOAS University of London
Issa Diro Issa Diro is a PhD candidate in the Department of Finance and Management at SOAS University of London. He serves as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PTA) at SOAS. He also delivers workshops and training sessions for students both locally and internationally. His research focuses on fiscal policy, fiscal federalism, taxation, and public finance in fragile and post-conflict states, with a particular emphasis on East Africa.
Professor Yafa Shanneik Yafa Shanneik's research pushes the boundaries of how Islam, gender and migration are studied and understood in the 21st century.
Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme (JJ/WGBSP)
Milhatun Nisa Milha is a PhD student in the Economics Department researching Indonesia’s clean energy transition and coal phase-out. Her interests include industrial policy, energy transition, political economy, institutions, structural transformation, green economics, and macroeconomics.
SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance co-organises conference with the Asian Development Bank Institute on Sustainable Finance for Asia’s Net Zero Transition The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS, University of London are seeking original, unpublished papers on sustainable finance and Asia’s transition to net zero carbon emissions.
Tom Peterson Tom Peterson, School of Arts, Department of Music, Ethnomusicology. The Lyric in Lanka: Alternative Histories of Music through the Hugh Nevill Collection. Research interests: Ethnomusicology, Global Music History, Colonialism, South Asia, Sri Lanka.
Faith in crisis: Water, ritual, and resilience among Iraq’s Mandaeans Climate change and water scarcity threaten the survival of the ancient Mandaean faith, as their sacred connection to rivers, vital for rituals and cultural identity, faces an uncertain future.