In the sixth episode of the humanitarian hub podcast, Tayba Ahmed talks with Dr Natalie Roberts about her role as Head of Emergencies with MSF. Dr Natalie draws our attention to the ongoing Ebola epidemic in the DRC, while also, bringing to light, the cohort of actors involved
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This week’s guest blogger, Ed Martin, considers ‘The politics of providing humanitarian support to migrants.’ He is currently completing his MSc in Migration, Mobility, and Development at SOAS. Before coming to SOAS, I was living in Marrakech, Morocco. The city had a history of hosting West and Central
In today’s post, Tayba Ahmed, a present a VCD student sat with a former VCD alumnus to discuss their experiences working in the humanitarian sector. Naturally, the discussion turned into a Q&A, centred on some of the developmental perks and challenges of working for both bigger organisations and
In this video Ellen Goodwin discusses elements of her PhD research at SOAS, where she explores the role of inter-religious action in humanitarian interventions. She highlights the historical role that religious actors have played in humanitarian interventions and more broadly the developmental sector by addressing two fundamental questions:
Outside the confines of classrooms, the SOAS Development Department has a lot of activity happening throughout the academic year. The most well-received and well-attended lecture series is the Development Studies Seminar Series organised by Feyzi Ismail and Alfredo Saad-Filho. The seminar takes place weekly across both terms with
The SOAS Humanitarian Hub
The SOAS Humanitarian Hub is the university’s forum for research, collaboration and information on contemporary developments within the humanitarian sector. This project has been established to provide a platform to bring together a cohort of people from around the world by enabling them to engage critically with the