🌍 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: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hidden-co…

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: shorturl.at/8NpVU Co-hosted by @SOASpolitics @SOASDevelopment @CAS_SOAS @royafrisoc

🎧 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: shorturl.at/1pgbt @nomhossain @sndeall @estariade @SOASEconomics @SOASpolitics @SOASalumni @devcomms @EADI @WFP @RoyPallavi2 @Terminalias @SOAS_DLD @SOAS_MEI

Well done to our colleague @giusi_siciliano on her recent interview with Dialogue Earth about her @WorldDevJournal research on energy access in Cambodia. The study highlights why expanding the electricity grid is only part of the challenge, affordable access is essential to ensure no one is left behind. Read more ➡️: lnkd.in/dV34QFVH #EnergyJustice #Cambodia #EnergyAccess #DevelopmentStudies

🎧 What happens when the world's most important oil chokepoint becomes a battlefield? As US–Iran tensions escalate, Adam Hanieh, Director at @SOAS_MEI, joins Rida Fathima to unpack what the Strait of Hormuz means for Gulf investment, migratory labour, debt, and the future of the Global South, and the wider world. War. Oil. Finance. Labour. ▶️ Watch the full episode now: shorturl.at/BQmZ9 @nomhossain @estariade @SOASEconomics @SOASpolitics @SOASalumni @devcomms @EADI @RoyPallavi2 @FeministOnMarx @SOAS_DLD @SOASpress @SOAS_CI @sndeall

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.