Indian elections 2014
Starting on 7th April and continuing for five weeks, Indians are casting their votes to elect the representatives to the 16th Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of parliament.
Starting on 7th April and continuing for five weeks, Indians are casting their votes to elect the representatives to the 16th Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of parliament.
SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) represents the most extensive and diverse community of scholars working on South Asia of any university in Europe. Go to this blog
The School of Oriental Studies was founded on 5 June 1916 when it received its Royal Charter as a college of the University of London. Go to this blog
This research cluster encompasses work on food, nutrition and health in development at both the macro and micro levels. It includes work at the regional, national and household levels as well as engaging with the effects of global trends on national and household food security, and nutrition and health status. Go to this blog
I am a third-year PhD student in the Economics Department at SOAS, and this blog is about my PhD research on the palm oil industries in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Philippines. I conducted fieldwork in those two countries from February to July 2017. Previous research on both countries’ palm oil industries is scarce…
In April and May 2015 the east-central districts of Nepal were struck by earthquakes which killed over 8000 people and displaced 2.8 million. The destructive force of these quakes impacted not only on hill districts, but also on Kathmandu. Visit the After Earth’s Violent Sway Project Blog
Our collections reflect the British interaction with Africa and Asia over the last 250 years. The archives contain manuscripts, photographs, maps, audio-visual material and rare books relating to Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and beyond. Go to this blog