Welcome to SOAS World issue 6. In this edition, you’ll find the usual mix of information about the benefits you enjoy as alumni, along with news and events from around SOAS.

Our features this issue include a timely look at the potential dangers and inherent biases in AI systems, an interview with alumna and diplomat Sheikha Alya Al-Thani (MA International Studies & Diplomacy 2006), on the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, and an article marking the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking MSc Violence, Conflict and Development.

If there are any features you would like to see in future issues, or if you have any feedback on what you expect from SOAS World, please reach out to us at alumni@soas.ac.uk.

Shona Aitken

Director of Advancement