SOAS researcher Sarah Njeri has one of 29 British Academy International Writing Workshops to support early career researchers in developing countries.

Visibilising marginalised Early Career Researchers in Peace, Conflict and Security Studies : A Writing and Publishing Workshop for scholars from the Global South will be delivered by a workshop team consisting of Dr Sarah Njeri, SOAS; Dr Zac Chiliswa, Meru University of Science and Technology; Dr Roberta Holanda Maschietto, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Dr Natália Bueno, University of Coimbra.

The International Writing Workshops programme aims to encourage professional networks and mentorship for early career researchers, and to provide access to the academic requirement of journals, equipping them with the necessary skills to publish in these journals.

Find out more on the British Academy website.

Two new reports have been released by Research and Facility Evidence (REF), the consortium led by SOAS (Laura H), Laura Hammond, in partnership with the University of Manchester and Sahan, a research organisation in Nairobi.

Working towards durable solutions for displacement-affected communities in Togdheer region, Somaliland – Research and Evidence Facility: Migration in the Horn of Africa (soas.ac.uk)  by yan Mohamoud, Laura Hammond

Forced displacement and social cohesion in Ethiopia – Research and Evidence Facility: Migration in the Horn of Africa (soas.ac.uk) by Fekadu Adugna, Kiya Gezahegne (REF researchers based from Addis Unversity)

Carlos Oya’s contribution to a new independent systematic review organised by ISEAL and Evidensia to identify effective supply chain sustainability approaches for improving decent work in agriculture and apparel production in Low- and Middle-income Countries. 

Read the resulting blog and synthesis report.