SOAS Development for Transformation Centre (DevTraC)

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The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) DevTraC (SOAS Development for Transformation Centre) is located in the Department of Development Studies. It draws upon the department’s cutting edge research and thematic and regional expertise, to address today’s crucial development challenges. The centre builds upon long term partnerships with policy-makers, development agencies, civil society organisations and activists who live in, or work on, the regions studied at SOAS.

SOAS DevTraC was previously known as the Centre for Development Policy and Research (CDPR).

SOAS DevTraC aims to harness research, evidence and knowledge exchange to contribute towards more just, equitable and sustainable forms of global development by:

• Engaging in innovative policy-oriented research on crucial development issues
• Promoting spaces for ‘critical conversations’ between researchers, policy makers and practitioners and activists
• Facilitating research and knowledge exchange within the international development arena

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

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School of Oriental and African Studies
London