Professor Richard Kozul-Wright Economic development, Industrial policy, International trade and finance, Climate change.
Text-mining propaganda: Studying Tibetan newspapers, 1950s to early 1960s Dr Franz Xaver Erhard and Dr Robert Barnett will discuss the use of digital humanities tools to mine the corpus they have compiled of Tibetan-language newspapers produced within China and the exile Tibetan community in the 1950s and 1960s, and the prospects of discourse-tracing as a strategy for the historical study of that period.
A ‘Utopian University’: My SOAS Equity Co-Creator Fellowship project BA student Savannah describes her SOAS Equity Co-Creator Fellowship project on ‘utopian universities’ and whether higher education should be reimagined to benefit both students and staff.
Navigating the digital space: African diaspora activism and online risks African diaspora communities increasingly use social media for information-sharing, advocacy, and financial contributions to their countries of origin, while actively participating in local and global political discourse.
British Museum exhibition Silk Roads: Past connections, present collaborations On 26 September 2024, the British Museum launched its major exhibition Silk Roads, exploring the movement of people, objects and ideas across Afro-Eurasia from 500 to 1000 CE – a significant period in the history of cross-cultural connectivity.
Major research funding awarded to SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies SOAS, University of London has signed its 10th major agreement with Taiwan, solidifying a commitment to expand the SOAS Taiwan Studies Programme from 2024 to 2027.
College of Development, Economics and Finance alumni event Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating the work of SOAS’s College of Development, Economics and Finance which brings together the Department of Development Studies, Department of Economics, and the School of Finance and Management.
Dr Carl Adams Kopati Gbali Venture Capital investment in Africa, Startups development, Digital transformation, Innovation Development Policy, STI, Technological change, Emerging technologies.