Mohamed-Ali Mahmoud
Sustainability Officer
Portfolio Part-Time Officer for 2026/27.
Mohamed-Ali was elected by SOAS students in October 2026. Part-Time Officers are voluntary roles, around 2–3 hours a week, in post until 31 July 2027.
Contact Mohamed-Ali
Email 26127882@soas.ac.uk
Manifesto
This is the manifesto Mohamed-Ali stood on in the October 2026 election.
Hello, my name is Mohamed-Ali and I’m a first year undergraduate doing a BA in International relations and economics.
I am running for sustainability officer,
I am running because at SOAS we spend our degrees studying how colonialism, extraction and inequality shape the world, yet the climate crisis often gets treated as a separate, purely “green” issue on campus. I want to change that. I want the forefront of issues being risen.
Experiences such as having done research on sizewell C and their environment goals has helped me shape and understand what should be prioritised or not. Having attended sustainability talks about energy and material reusage has allowed me to develop greater understanding of these types of issues.
I am brand new to the SU, as a first year, which means I will bring fresh eyes and ideas to the union, which I believe will be pivotal in creating a better world than the one we lived in yesterday.
If elected, I will campaign on the following:
1. Climate justice at the centre of SOAS environmental work
This issue is important because SOAS students know the climate crisis hits the Global South hardest, and our campus environmental work should reflect that rather than focus only on recycling bins.
I will achieve this through running a termly joint campaign with relevant societies and student-led groups, centring voices from affected communities, and hosting at least one talk or panel per term that connects our courses to real climate action.
2. Cutting waste and making sustainability easy
This issue is important because small everyday habits add up, and students on tight budgets shouldn’t have to pay extra to be sustainable.
3. Holding SOAS accountable
This issue is important because students should know where the university’s money goes and what its carbon targets actually are.
I will achieve this through using the student seats and committees available to Officers to ask for clear, public updates on SOAS’s investments, energy use and sustainability targets, and sharing what I find with students in plain language each term.
Please remember to go out and vote. Every vote counts, and this is your chance to shape how SOAS responds to the climate crisis.
My name is Mohamed-Ali and I am ready. Please consider voting for me.
More about this role
Read the Part-Time Officer role descriptions.