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 the fifth episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Ellen Goodwin about her PhD research exploring the potentials of promoting local, inter-religious cooperation to build resilience in fragile contexts. Ellen is currently researching at SOAS, in conjunction with World Vision UK. We
In the fourth episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Dr. Claudia Seymour about her book: ‘The Myth of International Protection, War and Survival in the Congo’. Dr. Seymour’s book presents a highly engaging, and very readable, amalgamation of her own experiences working
In the third episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with SOAS’s Professor Steve Hopgood about his latest article: ‘When the Music Stops, Humanitarianism in a Post Liberal World Order’. Amidst a shifting away from a liberal world order, most notably exemplified by the rise
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:
The second episode of the Humanitarian Hub Podcast, is now live! In this episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Amy Joce, a 3rd year undergraduate student at SOAS. Amy, who was studying Development Studies, has just completed a dissertation exploring sexual exploitation within
The first episode of the Humanitarian Hub Podcast, is now live! In this podcast, Jake Tacchi speaks with Dr. Suda Perera about her recent article: ‘To Boldly Know: Knowledge, Peacekeeping and Remote Data-Gathering in Conflict Affected States’, alongside her work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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