India’s Prime Minister and his government are facing criticism for their handling of the Covid surge. But their political spin on the situation tells another tale.
After over a year of Covid-19 dominating our lives, the vaccination programme across the world is finally underway, with more and more people being protected
What is vaccine nationalism – and how does it impact global (in)equality? Discover what ‘vaccine apartheid’ really is.
Kinship, connection and support is more important than ever – not necessarily with blood relatives, but with our own version of ‘family’.
SOAS is leading the way for UK universities by confirming its No Detriment policy, ensuring that students aren’t at an academic disadvantage.
Post-Covid-19 world and its implications in achieving inclusive and sustainable development and industrialisation to meet the 2030 SDGs.
The World Bank Group responds to Covid-19 and sees an opportunity to intensify its “maximising finance for development” (MFD) approach.
Protect yourself, your university and the wider community – remember ‘Hands. Face. Space’.
In March 2020, the world witnessed ‘one of the most dramatic stock market crashes in history’ (Mazur et al (2020)). Stock market indices across most
Today is National Graduates Day in the UK, and this year‘s students – especially graduates – have been through a year unmatched. It is important
Do you feel strongly about social justice? Are you passionate about a cause? An inter-disciplinary studies approach could be the answer.
Covid-19 will cause serious issues for Latin American companies.
The current crisis should be used as a basis to rebuild and strengthen solidarity between people and nations.
The rapid rise in Brazil’s Covid-19 cases is a direct result of the president’s actions.
Two SOAS academics discuss Covid-19, law and gender.
“Why are firms struggling with the pandemic’s disruption still so focused on distributing profits to shareholders?”
How is Covid-19 impacting a nation still recovering from the 2015 earthquakes?
“It would be a tragedy if, post-COVID-19 crisis, the previous unjust global economic order was simply restored.”
Could the coronavirus pandemic lead to a rise in falsified medicines?
What does this global health emergency mean for the world’s economy?
Covid-19, the oil industry, and wider economic effects.
Dr. Joanne Tomkinson explores Covid-19’s effect on African architecture.
How is Covid-19 impacting Europe’s current and future interactions with China?
With schools closed and many children without internet or electricity at home, the social divide is apparent.
Mark Hobart reflects on what the media tells us about the Covid-19 crisis.
Are world leaders taking a global view of the coronavirus pandemic? Or are they the blind leading the blind?
“Covid-19 campaigns across Africa respond to another key aspect of African societies: multilingualism.
SOAS academic disputes suggestions that Ramadan will increase Covid cases.
No evidence behind use of Traditional Chinese Medicine to cure Covid-19.
Dr. Aweno Okech discusses COVID-19’s impact on teaching and learning.
“Nigeria’s situation, distinctive in many ways, is not unique.”
An economic crisis engulfing both core and periphery of the world economy.
Active listening, negotiation, and working towards a common goal in the age of Coronavirus.
A few ways to maintain motivation in isolation.
This article has been published in a series of languages – you can read in French, Spanish, and Italian. In the face of the COVID-19
“”Metaphors are effective. But how innocent are they?”
Covid-19 constitutes a major stress test for societies, states, and the international order.
The Covid-19 outbreak, on an unprecedented global level, has further embedded media – as news institutions, as information providers, as spaces for socialisation and as
In January 1918, the global pandemic known as ‘Spanish flu’ began, and by its end in December 1920, well over 40 million people had died.
