SOAS Department of Economics launches new partnership-based MA-PhD full scholarship with ISRFS

SOAS Department of Economics is excited to announce the agreement of a new partnership between the Department and the Indonesia Scholarship and Research Support Foundation (ISRFS). The partnership will allow for four Indonesian students per year to embark on a 1 + 3 pathway, enrolling initially on the MA Economic Policy, to progress subsequently onto a three year PhD programme. Students will be selected by ISRFS. The programme aims to train Indonesian scholars to become specialists in Economics and Public Policy and, subsequently, to return to Indonesia to join ISRFS’ established Institutes for Advanced Research (IFAR). The initiative is part of the wider strategy by SOAS and the Department to strengthen ties with academic institutions and researchers globally drawing on its intellectual leaderships in political economy, development and real world economics, as well as its regional and global expertise. Colleagues across the two institutions are very excited about the prospects of this new partnership.

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SOAS Economist assists in unveiling plaque to Joan Robinson

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College of Development, Economics and Finance & Department of Economics

Feminist political economy is essential for understanding inequality

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College of Development, Economics and Finance & Department of Economics

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Department of Economics

Involving Multilateral Development Banks in debt relief: not only feasible, but desirable

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Department of Economics & Centre for Sustainable Finance

Transforming Finance in the Era of the Climate Crisis

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Business models

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Industrial policy

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Infrastructure development

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Restructuring of supply chains

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Critical minerals

This research focuses on how African economies should manage the relationships with international mining companies promoting socio-economic development.

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Energy transition

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Political Economy Analysis of Food Industry (PEAFI)
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Debt Relief for a Green and Inclusive Recovery

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Scaling Up Green Investment in the Global South: Strengthening Domestic Financial Resource Mobilisation and Attracting Patient International Capital

The research project will provide evidence-based analysis that will help to design policies that will support the scaling up of sustainable investment in the Global South.

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INSPIRE Sustainable Central Banking Toolbox Policy Briefing Paper Series

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SOAS Department of Economics launches new partnership-based MA-PhD full scholarship with ISRFS