Global Development (Labour and Activism) SOAS University of London

Overview

On this Global Development (Labour and Activism) programme offered at SOAS University of London students are encouraged to examine critically the relationship between labour, capitalism, development and poverty you will get to investigate labour in the contemporary social and economic development of the Global South as well as established and emerging social movements of labour in local, national and international spaces. 

You will learn to identify and evaluate the relationship between collective agency, policy and vice-versa.

Career opportunities:

A degree from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS will further develop your understanding of the world and how society is organised, with specific focus on violence and conflict, the role of aid, refugees and forced migration. Graduates leave with a range of transferable skills, including critical thinking, analytical skills and cultural awareness. Recent graduates have been hired by:

• Amnesty International

• BBC World Service

• British Embassy Brussels

• Department for International Development

• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

• Embassy of Japan

• Government of Pakistan

• Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

• International Labour Organization (ILO)

• KPMG LLP

• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)