Heard about the IAA? 💡 SOAS’s Impact and Acceleration Account helps researchers turn ideas into real-world impact. At our celebration event, we shared inspiring projects, panel talks & tips for applicants. Get in touch for more info.

🎬 Behind the Scenes: IAA Impact Grant recipients share how funding helped turn research into real-world impact - from policy to grassroots action. Hear how they drove change through collaboration & knowledge exchange. Could your research do the same?

From research to real-world impact 🚀 Thanks to the IAA Impact Grant, researchers are turning ideas into action, tackling global challenges through partnerships. Ready to take your project further?

X Reminiscing on the #FestivalOfSocialScience ✨ 🔹 Laura Hammond welcomed students 🔹 Taylor Woods on AI & tech 🔹 Christina Yacoub on belonging 🔹 Eleanor Newbigin on shared histories A powerful start exploring identity, space & story. #SOAS

Day Two of the #FestivalOfSocialScience at SOAS was full of insight and reflection 🎤 Laura Hammond opened the day 📚 Eleanor, Swad & Foluke shared powerful sessions 🌍 Christina, Taylor & Mary returned for more A brilliant end to a beautiful festival. #SOAS #Impact #Belonging

🚀 Tomorrow in Kilifi! The first public Demo Launch of Umoja The Game 🎮✨ Created by Marie Kershaw & Jiwe Studios, Umoja is an interactive journey along the Swahili Coast, blending histories of resistance to slavery with innovative gameplay. 👉 Trailer: lnkd.in/eEd8RxNg

🌍🎮 Umoja: The Game explores resistance to slavery on the Swahili Coast. A collaboration between Marie Rodet, SOAS, UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, Pwani University & Jiwe Studio - check out our press release here:  👉 soas.ac.uk/about/news/umo…

Check out this new work from our colleague Paolo Novak: Asylum housing is never just about homes - it’s about power, inequality & belonging. #migration, #policy & #socialjustice. 👉 lnkd.in/eegYDKcJ SOAS University of London SOAS Department Of Anthropology SOAS Politics SOAS Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies

Students are at the centre of the Festival of Social Science 🎓 Their reflections help shape future research & impact. Thank you for sharing your voices! #esrcfestival @soasuni Economic and Social Research Council

Sharing on behalf of Becky Launchbury 📢 Call for contributions! 🌍 Impact in Motion: Navigating Uncertainty, Creating Change 📍 Oxford | 🗓 24–25 March Deadline: 12 Sept 2025 🔗 socsci.ox.ac.uk/impact-confere… #ImpactConference2026 #SocialScience #ResearchImpact

📢 Join our online information session, TOMORROW, Saturday, 11 Oct, with our colleague Kirstie Kwarteng. Learn about AFFORD Diaspora Trade & Investment Mission to Ghana, happening 16–23 Nov 2025. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us on 24 Oct 2025 (12:00–13:00 BST) for the Launch Webinar of the Global Migration Research CoMOOC, developed with researchers from SOAS Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies IOE QMUL School of Geography. For more details and to register now: soas.ac.uk/about/event/la…

SOAS joins the UK-wide #FestivalOfSocialScience (theme: Our Working Lives) for our 3rd run on 3–4 Nov. Interactive workshops with young students on identity, migration & how culture shapes work—from AI to art. Follow our highlights here!

Join Prof Laura Hammond and Iris Lim from SOAS University of London, as well as Elaine Chase (UCL) and Kavita Datta (Queen Mary University of London), TOMORROW, 24 Oct 2025 (12:00–13:00 BST), for the Launch Webinar of the Global Migration Research CoMOOC. For more details and to register now: soas.ac.uk/about/event/la….

Ahead of the Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science 2025, we are spotlighting some of our events. Today, we share Staging Identity, an event inviting EAL young people to create short theatre pieces to explore how objects shape who we are. More: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/staging…

Sharing another #esrcfestival event ahead of next week: BEYOND BORDERS: My Story, My Future, a creative workshop for 15–17s on identity, belonging & resilience. 4 Nov 2025, 11:30–12:30, SOAS Senate House (invite-only). Info: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/beyond-…

Tomorrow (Thu 30 Oct), 5–7pm, in SOAS SWLT + online: Join us & SOAS Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies for paolo novak Paolo Novak’s launch of Buildings of Refuge (BUP, 2025), on migration, asylum & EU borders. RSVP: soas.ac.uk/about/event/bo…

Sharing another #ESRCFestival event: Object-Stories and Shan Culture, hands-on object handling + discussion exploring Shan communities via the SOAS Teaching Collection. In person, invite-only. Details: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/object-…

Sharing our final event ahead of Economic and Social Research Council #festivalofsocialscience, Mon–Tue 3–4 Nov 2025: Confronting Oppression & AI at the Workplace, a session for ages 15–17 at SOAS Senate House (invite-only). Details: festivalofsocialscience.com/events/confron… Stay tuned for more posts live from the day!

Please join our colleague KirstieKwarteng, AFFORD UK, and the All-Party Parliament Group for Ghana for the Diaspora Trade and Investment Mission to Ghana launch event, taking place at the Houses of Parliament on 6th November at 3pm. Please register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/diaspora-tra…