The Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London. Unrivalled expertise in the politics of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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A huge welcome to @SOAS to our UG and PGR students. We are delighted to see so much energy, enthusiasm and curiosity at our welcome events. Here's to a wonderful academic year to come!
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🌏 Starting at SOAS this year? Your learning can take you well beyond the classroom, and beyond London. This March, our postgraduate students travelled to Laos, exploring politics, development, heritage and regional integration. What will your with us look like? 🌍
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📣SOAS students! We think you should know that applications for the @WorldBankGroup Young Professionals Program are now open. worldbank.org/ext/en/careers…
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Hagar Kotef has received the 2026 Heinz I. Eulau Award from APSA for her article “Torture’s Bureaucracy and the ‘Legitimacy Effect’”, published in Perspectives on Politics.
Read the article: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Prof. Phil Clark's 3-year, 6-person Leverhulme research project ends with a hybrid seminar at the Uni of Cape Town on 8 Sept.
The project challenges conventional understandings of transitional justice actors & processes.
No registration for in-person. QR code below for online
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🎉 A throwback to April, when Professor Fiona B. Adamson received the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award from the ISA’s Ethnicity, Nationalism & Migration Section for her contribution to migration studies & international relations,
Read the SOAS story: soas.ac.uk/about/news/intern…
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🇹🇼📚 A major boost for Taiwan Studies at SOAS!
A new grant from Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council will fund MA scholarships, a visiting scholar programme, and student research & conference opportunities in Taiwan. Read more soas.ac.uk/about/news/major-…
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How AI works on our cognition. New interview @adib_moghaddam
Your mind being rewritten by code
‘Decolonize data’ to achieve equitable AI, techno-resistance: Expert
Interview
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
Professor at SOAS University of London
newspaper.irandaily.ir/8182/…
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The Human Rights Council for the UN presented a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel. Our new podcast from NEW(S) FRONTIERS series is very timely: We look at post conflict what the road to transitional justice might look like.
LINK IN BIO⬆⬆⬆
#Palestine #genocide #UK
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SOAS Politics retweeted
The third podcast, NEW(S) FRONTIERS series entitled: ‘Israel and Palestine: Is Transitional Justice Possible?’
is now available to listen. Link in bio.
#palestinewar #gaza #UK #Genocide
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SOAS Politics retweeted
Arshin @Adib_Moghaddam, author of The Myth of Good AI and series editor of our AI Futures series, speaks to @E_IR about critical AI, power, and the need for more just and inclusive approaches to the future of artificial intelligence.
Read the interview: bit.ly/3TGPrGz
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SOAS Politics retweeted
A new @E_IR interview highlights how @SOAS research is reshaping global tech ethics, driven by the foundational work of Professor Arshin Adib-Moghaddam at the SOAS Centre for AI Futures. @ai_soas2023 e-ir.info/2026/07/27/intervi…
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SOAS Centre for Pan-African Studies, led by @danielmulugeta, is delighted to host Prof. Anthony Butler from @UCT this Wed (8 July) 12pm.
Prof Butler will present, "Four Dimensions of Presidential Leadership in South Africa: From Mandela to Ramaphosa".
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It was a tremendous honour to co-develop #Bangladesh's National #AI Policy 2026–2030 (Draft V2) as a member of the National AI Steering Committee.
Many thanks to @Adib_Moghaddam for the kind mention and to @SOAS for featuring this story! soas.ac.uk/about/news/bangla…
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Prof. Phil Clark was a panelist on Al Jazeera's "Inside Story" last night, discussing the #DRC taking #Rwanda to the International Court of Justice over its alleged crimes in Congo since 1996. @AJEnglish
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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.
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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.
piped.video/watch?v=cFj62N…
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The debate was on @AfricaDeskLive, moderated by Liberian journalist Semantics King Jr.
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