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Caste, Gender, and Privilege in Contemporary India

How is caste privilege sustained across generations? Drawing on "Becoming Agarwal", @UjithraP will explore how marriage, family expectations, and everyday labour reproduce caste, kinship, and power in urban India.

📅 22 October | 5:15pm
📍 @SOAS SALT
Register here: https://t.co/jxaizagWco

Join us to unpack the intersections of caste, gender, and power.
@Wits_SCIS @SOAS_SAI @PoMoGandhi @SOASpolitics
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[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

Caste, Gender, and Privilege in Contemporary India

How is caste privilege sustained across generations? Drawing on "Becoming Agarwal", @UjithraP will explore how marriage, family expectations, and everyday labour reproduce caste, kinship, and power in urban India.

📅 22 October | 5:15pm
📍 @SOAS SALT
Register here: https://t.co/jxaizagWco

Join us to unpack the intersections of caste, gender, and power.
@Wits_SCIS @SOAS_SAI @PoMoGandhi @SOASpolitics
,

[Conflict and Environment Observatory (CEOBS) @ceobs_org]

@SOASDevelopment @MekUniETH It proved to be a great event in parliament last night, Jonathan introduced his new environmental change monitoring methodology for mine action, while Anna introduced participants to the Green Field Tool for mine action. Thank you to all our partners!

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

🌍 What happens when climate change, explosive ordnance & post-conflict recovery intersect?

Join us for a panel exploring impacts on communities, livelihoods, displacement & environmental recovery, hosted by @SOASICOP.

Featuring @SOAS colleague @sndeall alongside researchers & practitioners from @ceobs_org, The REVIVE campaign, @MekUniETH, @CranfieldUni & @TheHALOTrust.

📍 Portcullis House, London
📅 14 Oct | 17:30–19:30
🔗 Register: https://t.co/kjOC2epad0

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

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[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

🌍 What does climate risk management look like when business as usual is no longer an option?

As climate risks intensify, Aditya Bahadur (@AdiBahadur) Director @RCClimate, explores the frontiers of climate risk management and what a transformed future of risk and resilience could look like.

Q&A and discussion chaired by @tommytanner.

📅 14 Oct | 17:00
📍 MB R101, SOAS
🔗 Register: https://t.co/DMCEXiMnBF

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

Join us tomorrow for the launch of "The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise" by @pritishbehuria, @SOAS alumnus.

Drawing on a decade of research and 580+ interviews, Pritish explores Rwanda’s economic transformation since the 1994 genocide, and why structural transformation remains so elusive.

The launch will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by @philclark79.

📅 9 October, 17:30
📍 SALT, SOAS University of London
🔗 Register: https://t.co/zPyzCWyorh
Co-hosted by @SOASpolitics @SOASDevelopment @CAS_SOAS @royafrisoc

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

🌍 What does climate risk management look like when business as usual is no longer an option?

As climate risks intensify, Aditya Bahadur (@AdiBahadur) Director @RCClimate, explores the frontiers of climate risk management and what a transformed future of risk and resilience could look like.

Q&A and discussion chaired by @tommytanner.

📅 14 Oct | 17:00
📍 MB R101, SOAS
🔗 Register: https://t.co/DMCEXiMnBF

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

Join us tomorrow for the launch of "The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise" by @pritishbehuria, @SOAS alumnus.

Drawing on a decade of research and 580+ interviews, Pritish explores Rwanda’s economic transformation since the 1994 genocide, and why structural transformation remains so elusive.

The launch will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by @philclark79.

📅 9 October, 17:30
📍 SALT, SOAS University of London
🔗 Register: https://t.co/zPyzCWyorh
Co-hosted by @SOASpolitics @SOASDevelopment @CAS_SOAS @royafrisoc

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

📢 New semester, new conversations in Global Development.

We are excited to launch the SOAS Global Development Seminar Series for Semester 1, bringing together leading voices for talks and discussions on key issues shaping global development.

📅 Programme & register: https://t.co/DSXSS9ZuKN

🤝 With: @SOASpolitics @SOASEconomics @SOASsfm @CAS_SOAS @royafrisoc @WRCHR_SOAS, @AdiBahadur, @RCClimate, @pritishbehuria and more.

Come along, join the conversation, and share with your networks!

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

Are social media influencers workers? And how is AI reshaping work?

@ckdwarkasing, @SOASEconomics, and Thabo Huntgeburth explore digital capitalism, labour and the future of work in the latest #SOAS Global Developments Podcast Series.

#11. Work in the Age of Digital Capitalism
🎥 Watch the full episode: https://t.co/lp8O6IW3Qs
🎧Listen to the episode: https://t.co/JpQAXvac3x

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

🌍 What happens when climate change, explosive ordnance & post-conflict recovery intersect?

Join us for a panel exploring impacts on communities, livelihoods, displacement & environmental recovery, hosted by @SOASICOP.

Featuring @SOAS colleague @sndeall alongside researchers & practitioners from @ceobs_org, The REVIVE campaign, @MekUniETH, @CranfieldUni & @TheHALOTrust.

📍 Portcullis House, London
📅 14 Oct | 17:30–19:30
🔗 Register: https://t.co/kjOC2epad0

[Alessandra Mezzadri @FeministOnMarx]

Dear all, greetings! Great seminar lined up by @SOAS_CMDS! Come along
@SOASDevelopment @SOASEconomics @devcomms

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🎉 Congratulations to @AzzamLeena, @SOAS alumna and graduate of the MSc Humanitarianism, Aid and Conflict programme, on her new chapter in "Local Agency in Africa’s Peace and Security" (2026).

An excellent example of the academic & research journeys our programmes can inspire. Her chapter explores SSR, inequality & displacement in South Sudan.

🔗 Read full chapter here: https://t.co/fbF3zZBsxe

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

Join us for the launch of "The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise" with @pritishbehuria, the author, drawing on a decade of research and 580+ interviews.

How did Rwanda 🇷🇼 transform its economy after the 1994 genocide, and why does structural transformation remain so elusive?

The launch will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by @philclark79.

📅 9 October at 17:30
📍 SALT, SOAS University of London
Event link: https://t.co/SlQe99vilS

Co-hosted by @SOASpolitics @SOASDevelopment @CAS_SOAS @royafrisoc

[SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue @SOAS_DLD]

💡Our SOAS Development Leadership Dialogue co-director, Christopher Cramer, features in the latest episode of the @InspireUsPod cast.

🌍Visit the link below to listen to Chris' reflections on development, economic policy, inequality, conflict and more➡️https://t.co/aXRU2KQjgC