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📌 Join us for the next SOAS DLD Conversation, 10 March at 5.30pm. Is growing inequality a problem for international development, what is driving it and what can be done about it? Info & Registration ➡️: shorturl.at/VqzHn @soas-dld.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social

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"Imagining the efforts of decolonising to yield fruits in an ecosystem that is engineered and continues to reproduce colonial structures may be in someways paradoxical." writes @soasdevelopment.bsky.social's Touseef Mir, introducing "a baby step in the direction" www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2166

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🌟@sndeall.bsky.social & team completed a 3-day workshop in Bangkok, kickstarting a community to explore research gaps at the intersection of conflict, climate, & Explosive Remnants of War. Thanks to Norwegian People's Aid, Thailand office & @soasuni.bsky.social for their support @eadi.bsky.social

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Check out Fola Aina's latest article on "Why Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s new plan to tackle extremist violence is likely to fail" via @uk.theconversation.com Read full article here➡️ shorturl.at/ieNw5 @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

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The UN human rights commision published its report on the human rights violations during the Bangladesh uprising of July-August 2024. The results are shocking but not surprising, even to those of us who followed events closely. 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

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@sndeall.bsky.social,SOAS, is co-hosting a Research Workshop with NPA Thailand (24-26 Feb) to co-design solutions for land degradation and communities impacted by Explosive Remnants of War. Thanks to @ukri.org for supporting this work. @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

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📢 @elifriedman.bsky.social will explore how China’s rise has impacted employment, class structures, and political effects in both regions. Join the talk, chaired by Tim Pringle. 📍 SOAS SALT & Zoom 📅 20 Feb, 5pm GMT Register here ➡️: shorturl.at/dbIzR @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social

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📌 Join us for the next SOAS DLD Conversation, 10 March at 5.30pm. Is growing inequality a problem for international development, what is driving it and what can be done about it? Info & Registration ➡️: shorturl.at/VqzHn @soas-dld.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @oxfaminternational.bsky.social

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Fantastic interactive final session on day 3 of our Future Leaders Programme. @carlosoya.bsky.social & @possibilist.bsky.social take participants through new thinking Agriculture, Growth and Development 🍊🫐

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📢 @elifriedman.bsky.social will explore how China’s rise has impacted employment, class structures, and political effects in both regions. Join the talk, chaired by Tim Pringle. 📍 SOAS SALT & Zoom 📅 20 Feb, 5pm GMT Register here ➡️: shorturl.at/dbIzR @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social

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🎬 The much-anticipated film screening is TOMORROW at 5.15pm, SOAS KLT! More information ➡️: shorturl.at/NhThq @carlosoya.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @lindacalab.bsky.social @yunnanchen.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social

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"The sudden stop order on #USAID funded activities has had an immediate negative impact on critical humanitarian and development work around the world." @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social shares analysis of the short-term impacts and longer-term consequences 👇 www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/the... #USAIDFreeze

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📌 Join us for SOAS's Inaugural Lecture! @tommytanner.bsky.social "The Real Adaptation Gap" and Ulrich Volz on "Reversing the Vicious Circle of Debt & Environmental Change." 📍 SOAS 📅 5 Feb 5:30pm Info: shorturl.at/6yG83 @naomihossain.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social

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🎬 Screening & discussion of Made in Ethiopia, an award-winning doc by Max Duncan & Xinyan Yu on Chinese industrial park in Ethiopia. 📅 12 Feb, 17:15 📍 SOAS KLT @carlosoya.bsky.social @lindacalab.bsky.social Weiwei Chen 🎟️ Register: shorturl.at/9SU6L @yunnanchen.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

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🏆SOAS scholars, Moritz Kraemer & Ulrich Volz awarded the Financial Times 2025 Award for their research on climate change and nature risk impact on sovereign credit ratings! Congrats on this well-deserved recognition! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/exbbjzha @naomihossain.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social

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📢 Today at 5pm! "Stay and deliver? Walking the tightrope of humanitarianism in Afghanistan" by Hsiao-Wei Lee, WFP Country Director in Afghanistan Don’t miss out! @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social

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📢 Join us for a talk by Hsiao-Wei Lee, WFP Country Director in Afghanistan, chaired by Naomi Hossain @naomihossain.bsky.social! 📍SOAS SWLT & Zoom 📅Jan 29 @ 5pm Register➡️: shorturl.at/3ei1T @soasuni.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social

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📢 Join us for a talk by Hsiao-Wei Lee, WFP Country Director in Afghanistan, chaired by Naomi Hossain @naomihossain.bsky.social! 📍SOAS SWLT & Zoom 📅Jan 29 @ 5pm Register➡️: shorturl.at/3ei1T @soasuni.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social

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Making feminist economics count - Workshop @ SOAS (13th & 14th of Feb) Come join us for a two day workshop dedicated to learning & advancing quantitative methods in feminist economics. Limited spaces. Apply! ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/making...

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📢Tomorrow @ 5pm! Don’t miss the lecture by Shiping Tang! See you there @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social @soas-dld.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social

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Our first newsletter of the year just went out announcing the third season of our #podcast, featuring @tninstitute.bsky.social's Reclaiming Energy, @unu-wider.bsky.social's Resources Matter, reflections on research and more picks and opportunities from our community mailchi.mp/eadi/nl1janu...

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📢 Hassan Ould Moctar presents "After Border Externalization", exploring the EU's border & migration control in the GS, with a focus on Mauritania. Join the discussion, chaired by @terminalias.bsky.social 📍SOAS SALT & Zoom 📅 6 Feb at 5pm Register ➡️: shorturl.at/k6YO2 @naomihossain.bsky.social

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🎙️ New podcast episode unravels informal economy with Surbhi Kesar, in a thought-provoking conversation with Sara Stevano, focusing on the Indian economy Tune in for key insights! Listen here 🔊 www.soas.ac.uk/research/res... @naomihossain.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social #IndianEconomy

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📢 SOAS Global Development Seminar Series - 2025! Join us at #SOAS for seminars on global challenges, featuring experts in development economy, migration, social reproduction and more! 📅 Next date: Jan 22 at 5pm 🔗 shorturl.at/Q8b34 @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

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🎙️ Fola Aina on AI, TikTok, Security, Middle East and Africa! Listen to his expert interviews on BBC Sounds 🎧here: shorturl.at/u9lCj • Middle East (4:30) • TikTok (just after the Middle East segment) • AI (34:50) • Africa (13:30): shorturl.at/PRUbY @naomihossain.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

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📢 Join us for a talk by Shiping Tang, Professor at Fudan University, Shanghai, chaired by Elisa Van Waeyenberge! 📍SOAS, KLT & Zoom 📅 Jan 22 @ 5pm GMT Register➡️: shorturl.at/qQJCD @soasuni.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social

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📌 Check out @carlosoya.bsky.social and Florian Schaefer recently published research report! Title: “ONEILO-SIRAYE Programme Ethiopia: Evaluation Report” Read the summary report➡️: shorturl.at/MsNPN & the full report➡️: doi.org/10.25501/SOA... @naomihossain.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social

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Join our colleague Althea Rivas as she chairs the launch of “Public Library UK Vol 1, After Kenneth Little” by Richard Hylton, with Tom Denman & Paul Nataraj as discussants. 📍SOAS Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre 📅 Jan 16 at 6.30pm ➡️ shorturl.at/4U1Nk @naomihossain.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

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Founded by SOAS alum Dr Benjamin Worku-Dix, PositiveNegatives is an award-winning nonprofit transforming humanitarian research into striking visual art. Ahead of their upcoming exhibition at the SOAS Gallery, MA student Lilly sat down with Ben to find out more. Read: www.soas.ac.uk/about/blog/h...

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📣 Recording available to watch - SOAS (@soasuni.bsky.social) ICOP's event: 'Reframing Narratives Around Migration' 📣 Our Zehrah Hasan spoke at the event, which explored current narratives of migration and difficulties faced by migrants entering the UK. Watch below 🔽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXEH...

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Wonderful to have Professor Sari Hamadi of American Univ Beirut with us this evening discussing Knowledge Production in the Arab World @soasdevelopment.bsky.social

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📢Today at 5pm! Join us for a lecture by Sari Hanafi on "A cognitive Arab Uprising? Paradigm shifts in Arab social sciences", chaired by Gilbert Achcar. 📍SOAS, Khalili Lecture Theatre and via Zoom www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social @chrlsoas.bsky.social

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Rising sea levels driven by the climate crisis will overwhelm many of the world’s biggest oil ports, say scientists 13 ports with high supertanker traffic will be seriously damaged by just 1 metre of sea level rise, inc. two in Saudi Arabia www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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📢Join us tomorrow for a talk on "A Cognitive Arab Uprising?: Paradigm Shifts in Arab Social Sciences" with Sari Hanafi, chaired by Gilbert Achcar 📍SOAS KLT & Zoom, 5pm Registration ➡️: shorturl.at/BVKaa @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social

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📌 Join us on January 7th at @soasuni.bsky.social for a talk by Professor Sari Hanafi, chaired by Gilbert Achcar. 📍SOAS, Khalili Lecture Theatre & Zoom 📅 January 7th at 5pm GMT Info and registration➡️: shorturl.at/BVKaa @naomihossain.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social

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🎥 Sneak peek from the Financing Climate Action Roundtable! @tommytanner.bsky.social offers his perspective on the financial pledges made at COP29. Watch the full roundtable discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W56S... @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social

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Watch the recording of this fab roundtable event here youtu.be/W56S-rY0MVc @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

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📌“Where is Syria headed?” In this latest piece, our colleague Gilbert Achcar provides insightful perspectives on the ongoing events in #Syria. Read full article here ➡️: gilbert-achcar.net/where-is-syr... @soasuni.bsky.social

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Our colleague @naomihossain.bsky.social spoke at the #DohaForum2024 panel: Bangladesh at a Crossroads An exciting opportunity for @soasuni.bsky.social scholars to contribute to discussions on pressing global challenges. 🎥Watch ➡️: shorturl.at/oPuRi @carlosoya.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social

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📢Join Dzodzi Tsikata & Marleen Dekker for the book launch presenting key findings from 12 African case studies on how governments addressed equity in their COVID-19 responses 📆12 Dec 5pm 📍SOAS & Zoom Register➡️: shorturl.at/8YdHa @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social

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🎉 Congrats to Dzodzi Tsikata and the team!! Join us for the book launch at SOAS on 12 Dec @5pm on campus and online. Register here: shorturl.at/pMWDz @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @sndeall.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social @tilley101.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

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📌Thinking about migration narratives, realities, & reframing. SOAS ICOP hosts brilliant speakers at @soasuni.bsky.social with Anna Lindley chairing. 🗓️ 4 Dec, 7:15pm 📍SOAS BGLT Register here ➡️: shorturl.at/gEsLY @openrightsgroup.bsky.social @tbij.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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📌 This Thursday! Join @tommytanner.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social for a roundtable on the state of global climate finance post-COP29 Panelists * May Thazin Aung * Leo Horn-Phathanothai * Yannis Dafermos * Emily Wilkinson * Andrew Norton ➡️Register now shorturl.at/I9WAy @naomihossain.bsky.social

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Updated starter pack on Migration and Displacement Researchers. Wow! Thanks to all who asked to be added. I’ve discovered so many excellent people and great research this way! As usual, let me know if you don’t want to be on the list or want to be added. go.bsky.app/PLhHQgR

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🎉 Congrats to Dzodzi Tsikata and the team!! Join us for the book launch at SOAS on 12 Dec @5pm on campus and online. Register here: shorturl.at/pMWDz @naomihossain.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @sndeall.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social @tilley101.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

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Unfortunate that Biden is supplying ATMs to Kyiv. Self detonation is a fallacy. B4 they do, they'll kill incl or esp civilians. Ukraine is a signatory to the MBT & therefore will be in contravention if they use. Ukraine is seeking to withdraw from the treaty setting us back years bit.ly/4fURdtF

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