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
In this short, but highly informative, article Talita Cetinoglu discusses the intervention strategies of both Turkey and Europe in response to the movement of Syrian refugees. By focusing on Turkey’s state-led humanitarianism, the article looks to unpack conceptions of ‘Western’ and ‘non-Western’ humanitarianisms, and to explore whether such
In this video, Dr Suda Perera, Senior Teaching Fellow in Conflict and Migration at SOAS, discusses her recent article: ‘To Boldly Know: Knowledge, Peacekeeping and Remote Data-Gathering in Conflict Affected States’. Dr Perera’s article covers the growth of remote technologies as a tool for data gathering in conflict
In this video, Dr Stephen Hopgood, Professor of International Relations at SOAS, discusses his latest article: ‘When the Music Stops: Humanitarianism in a Post-Liberal World Order’. Professor Hopgood, who’s work covers human rights activists and humanitarian actors in the contemporary world system, explores how the position of such
Amy, a final year undergraduate student, begins our “student voices series” by talking to us about her dissertation on the #MeToo movement in NGOs. She discusses how this movement involving women who endured sexual abuse and assault in Hollywood gained traction globally and eventually seeped its way through