SOAS Development Studies

🌍 SOAS Development Studies Department
🏆 #2 in the world by subject, QS 2026
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Member spotlight: Development Studies at SOAS, University of London — Development Studies Association (https://t.co/KhI1tPjTG7)

[Carlos Oya @estariade]

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📚 Decolonising economics: @devikadutt, @cacrisalves, @SurbhiKesar & @ingridharvold expose the Eurocentric foundations that limit how the discipline tackles racism, uneven development & power.

Watch here: https://t.co/w19g3B4auQ
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Prof. Phil Clark debated @michelawrong & @freyntje over #Rwanda's model of development & post-genocide recovery. He discussed his forthcoming book Rwanda under the RPF, which examines how welfare delivery shapes citizens' interactions w/ a powerful state.

https://t.co/UGVk0dIMTB

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🎧 New podcast! What does it mean to report from the frontlines of humanitarian crises?

@SOAS MSc Humanitarian, Aid and Conflict students Lynn Tabbara and Hassan Karmali speak with @jonathandumont1, Emmy Award–winning journalist and #UN humanitarian official, about the realities of reporting from the frontlines of global crises, from places like #Gaza, #Sudan and #Syria.

▶️ Watch full episode now: https://t.co/effeEojgyf

@nomhossain @sndeall @estariade @SOASEconomics @SOASpolitics @SOASalumni @devcomms @EADI @WFP @RoyPallavi2 @Terminalias @SOAS_DLD @SOAS_MEI

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Exciting news! 🎉
The Regional Studies Association (@regstud) has approved funding for the new research network on Uneven and Combined Transitions: Energy, Justice and the Global South (UCT-EJGS).

The network will bring together scholars from the #UK, #SouthAfrica, #Uzbekistan, and #PapuaNewGuinea, and will explore how climate justice, power, inequality, and political economy shape energy transitions across the Global South.

Congratulations to our colleague @floretta_voice and the wider team leading this exciting initiative.

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

Exciting news! 🎉
The Regional Studies Association (@regstud) has approved funding for the new research network on Uneven and Combined Transitions: Energy, Justice and the Global South (UCT-EJGS).

The network will bring together scholars from the #UK, #SouthAfrica, #Uzbekistan, and #PapuaNewGuinea, and will explore how climate justice, power, inequality, and political economy shape energy transitions across the Global South.

Congratulations to our colleague @floretta_voice and the wider team leading this exciting initiative.

[Development Studies Association @devcomms]

Self-help and Volunteerism in Tanzania in the 1960s: Voluntary Labour, Nation Building and Constructing Modernity.
During the 2026 Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development, @mikejennings101 @SOASDevelopment writes an #OpenAccess paper in @DevandChg.
https://t.co/yxRJC4lI0C

[Robtel Neajai Pailey @RobtelNeajai]

Congrats to my #PhD alma mater @SOASDevelopment on ranking #2 globally for #DevelopmentStudies! A well-deserved credit for top-notch #scholarship underpinned by a deep commitment to #socialjustice. https://t.co/sXcSN9fdsU

[Alessandra Mezzadri @FeministOnMarx]

Opening Day Plenary: Decolonization & Feminist Economics -Our opening plenary kicks off the conference on June 26, setting the tone with a conversation you won't want to miss.Deadline to register June 18 at https://t.co/zTyav8faX4
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How can we better support children and young people leading climate action?
@london_climate discussion co-hosted by @SOASDevelopment & @savechildrenuk. Opening remarks by @MoazzamTMalik (CEO, Save the Children UK), moderated by our colleague @tommytanner .

📍23 June | Save the Children UK, Farringdon
Register➡️ https://t.co/0CoBikjCCP

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📢 Join us this Thursday for a timely discussion on whether international development remains relevant in responding to today’s global crises through justice, repair, and reparation, with Andrea Cornwall, chaired by @estariade . Don't miss out!

11 June, 12pm
SOAS SALT
Register: https://t.co/XiWLFJplIX

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What Is Development For? Rethinking Aid as Reparation

Join Andrea Cornwall as she explores development as reparation in a time of global crisis, shifting from charity to redress, and from “assistance” to repair. Chaired by @estariade .

📅 11 June, 12pm | 📍@SOAS SALT
Register: https://t.co/XiWLFJplIX

@SOASpolitics @SOASalumni @SOASEconomics @KingsIntDev @SOASanthro

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

What Is Development For? Rethinking Aid as Reparation

Join Andrea Cornwall as she explores development as reparation in a time of global crisis, shifting from charity to redress, and from “assistance” to repair. Chaired by @estariade .

📅 11 June, 12pm | 📍@SOAS SALT
Register: https://t.co/XiWLFJplIX

@SOASpolitics @SOASalumni @SOASEconomics @KingsIntDev @SOASanthro

[SOAS Economics @SOASEconomics]

📌 Join us at @SOAS #Economics for Amazon Dialogues 2026: #Economics, Deforestation🌳 and Global #Justice ⚖️🌎

🎤 Organised in collaboration with the Embassy of #Brazil in #London 🇧🇷

Info and registration 🔗 https://t.co/5ml2T2Fj6D

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Join us today at 3pm!

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"Demystifying AI": Excited to share an upcoming workshop on one of the most debated technologies today: Generative AI.

This is an interactive workshop led by Taylor Rockhill (@SOASDevelopment), exploring the promises, limits, and wider social impacts of AI.

What is AI really? What can it do and what can’t it do? Why is generative AI so controversial compared to earlier tech shifts like the internet or smartphones?

🗓 Mon 1 June | ⏰ 3–5pm
📍 @SOAS Senate House, S211
➡️Registration:https://t.co/ZEWkX24Vxk

A timely discussion for anyone interested in AI and its social, political, and economic implications.

[Development Studies Association @devcomms]

China for African industrialisation?

@estariade & @nomhossain discuss the opportunities and challenges of China’s growing engagement across Africa through a labour-centred lens.

See all videos in the @SOASDevelopment Global Developments Podcast Series: https://t.co/S0Kc4Yyl4I

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

"Demystifying AI": Excited to share an upcoming workshop on one of the most debated technologies today: Generative AI.

This is an interactive workshop led by Taylor Rockhill (@SOASDevelopment), exploring the promises, limits, and wider social impacts of AI.

What is AI really? What can it do and what can’t it do? Why is generative AI so controversial compared to earlier tech shifts like the internet or smartphones?

🗓 Mon 1 June | ⏰ 3–5pm
📍 @SOAS Senate House, S211
➡️Registration:https://t.co/ZEWkX24Vxk

A timely discussion for anyone interested in AI and its social, political, and economic implications.

[Naomi Hossain @nomhossain]

I am delighted that award-winning architect Saiqa Iqbal Meghna is joining us for the joint @SOASDevelopment @BRACUniversity PhD programme. Very excited about bringing true interdisciplinarity - and Saiqa's special genius - into our political economy of development programme!

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

Happening today at 12pm. Join us @SOAS KLT, for the launch of Jeffrey Winters’ latest book. Don’t miss what promises to be a fascinating discussion on inequality, oligarchy, and the hidden dynamics shaping democratic systems.

[SOAS Development Studies @SOASDevelopment]

Tomorrow, join us for the launch of Jeffrey Winters’ latest book, "The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies", exploring how extreme wealth and power shape modern democratic systems.

A timely discussion on inequality, oligarchy, and the paradoxes at the heart of democracy.

Opening remarks by Elisa Van Waeyenberge, followed by a discussion with @nomhossain.

📅 19 May 2026 | 🕛 12:00
📍 KLT, @SOAS

Book sale and signing to follow.
Register here➡️: https://t.co/v3C6kmf38g
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