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The SOAS World Development Society

By Afreen Ahmed, BA International Relations On the SOAS campus there are many societies that are committed to not only providing a close-knit community space but also an educational insight into the world around us. Such societies allow students from certain undergraduate or postgraduate degrees to build upon their previous

Can sport play a role in development?

Can sport play a role in development?

By Chris Hoellriegl, MSc Development Studies Sports have many faces. Apart from diversion or pleasure, sports can for instance be a ‘big business’ when considering an annual revenue of 715.1 M Euro of Barcelona FC alone in 2019/20. What many may not be directly aware of, is that

Is China on its way to global supremacy, and if so, at what cost for developing countries?

Is China on its way to global supremacy, and if so, at what cost for developing countries?

“The ambition is immense” – one economist explains in their analysis of ‘What is China’s Belt and Road initiative?’ (BRI). The strategy launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, involves supplying trillions of dollars as part of an infrastructure project to reroute global trade. For instance, gas pipelines from the

It is not overpopulation that is killing our planet, it is overconsumption.

It is not overpopulation that is killing our planet, it is overconsumption.

Every year the Global Footprint Network calculates the Earth Overshoot Day or Earth Debt Day. This is the date that marks when humanity’s resource consumption for the year had exceeded Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year. In 1987, the first year in which the EOD was