Proposed Panels

Proposed Panels & Papers

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Alternative session

Feminist crisis response amidst anti-rights politics and backlash: insights from hum. practice (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Gabriela Villacis, Megan Daigle, Kaira Zoe Canete
Book Launch: An Introduction to Humanitarian Action
Organiser(s): Kristina Roepstorff, Katrin Radtke
Refugee Leadership in Responses and Policies in Türkiye: a Syrian RLOs and Turkish CSOs Roundtable (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Leen Al Massalma, Kevin Pulley, Azize Duygu Yılmaz Kaplan
Transformative leadership and coloniality of knowledge in the humanitarian space (Interactive session)
Organiser(s): Carla Vitantonio
Compassion as Compass: A Reflective Journey for Humanitarians and Changemakers (Interactive session)
Organiser(s): Rayyan Haries
How can humanitarians leverage the experiences of persons with disabilities in humanitarian contexts (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Maria Kett
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Humanitarian Action: Anyone Still Interested? (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Dennis Dijkzeul, Stephen Brown
Supporting Community-Led Responses (sclr) and Mutual Aid after the February 6th Earthquakes (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Kevin Pulley
In Defense of Humanity: Civilian Protection, Aid Work, and the Demise of IHL (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Emily K M Scott
The end for humanitarianism? Budget cuts, altered humanitarianism(s), and affected populations (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Emily K M Scott
Humanitarian Justice: a declaration of crisis-affected communities (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Dorothea Hilhorst, Juan Ricardo Aparicio, Agrippina Nandjaa, Loreine Dela Cruz
Strengthening Humanitarian Action Through Bottom-Up Research: Lessons from the RCRC Movement (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Red Cross Red Crescent Research Consortium
The future of humanitarian research (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): Virginie Troit, Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
Is the Humanitarian Subject Shifting? Rethinking Southern Leadership in Humanitarian Aid (Roundtable)
Organiser(s): İRFAN TATLI
Exploring participatory humanitarian and development practices (Interactive session)
Organiser(s): Anne Brinkman
Racism & Mental Health within Humanitarian Organisations: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Organiser(s): Hannah Strohmeier
Recalibrating Aid: What To Do Without Principles, Money or Mojo? (Roundtable-Style Town Hall)
Organiser(s): IHSA Conference Email

Design, adaptation, and practice

Getting Ahead of Disasters by Connecting Early Warning and Anticipatory Action That Works for All
Organiser(s): Vladislav Kavaleuski
MHPSS in Crisis Zones: Psychosocial Liberation through Local Knowledge and Decolonised Practice
Organiser(s): Merve Özdenler, Gülsüm Özkaya, Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Humanitarian Aid Workers: Ethics, Altruism, and Best Practices
Organiser(s): Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, Nadine Voelkner
The Time is Now: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Improving Humanitarian Systems
Organiser(s): Andrea Steinke, Pinar Okur
Sexual and gender minorities, humanitarian action and the Triple Nexus
Organiser(s): Stephen Brown, Dennis Dijkzeul, Morgane Rosier
AI solutions for humanitarian challenges
Organiser(s): Maria Kett, Tigmanshu Bhatnagar
Using Evaluation Evidence to Guide a Structured "Humanitarian Reset"
Organiser(s): Julia Steets
Towards Plural Humanitarianisms: Decolonising Theory through Global-South Perspectives
Organiser(s): Jan Říkovský
Reimagining Humanitarian Response in the Face of Compounding Global Risks
Organiser(s): Ilja Ormel
Reimagining Humanitarian Action: Innovations and Knowledge Infrastructures Driving Transformation
Organiser(s): Thaenpaavai Kannan, Helen Lindsay, Corinne Lamain
Ethical Exits and Future Trajectories: Reimagining Closure, Localisation and Humanitarian Practice
Organiser(s): Molly Gilmour, Isabel Muñoz Beaulieu, Melissa Gatter, Puspita Hossain

International accountability and IHL

Humanitarian Accountability in Technology
Organiser(s): Jessica Robbins
The Forgotten Affected Population: Recognizing and Accounting for Crimes against Persons with Disabilities
Organiser(s): Dennis Dijkzeul, William Pons
Protecting civilians in a changing world order
Organiser(s): Amra Lee

Politics of humanitarianism: power, influence, and governance

Beyond Trust: Rethinking Humanitarian Legitimacy in Times of Grassroots Power
Organiser(s): Kemal Arslantas
Adjusting to a Changing Humanitarian System: Practices from the Global South
Organiser(s): Oheneba Boateng
The politics of food and technology in changing global and local crises
Organiser(s): Susanne Jaspars, Iris Lim, Tamer Abd Elkreem, Christina Sathyamala
Reuniting Families, Upholding Rights: RFL between Policy, Practice, and Protection
Organiser(s): Anusha Zubairy Yıldız
Communities of Practice as Sites of Solidarity, Resistance and Shifting Power in Humanitarianism
Organiser(s): Ricardo Fal-Dutra Santos, Anat Cassuto
Resisting Border Violence: The Role of Civil Society, Local Actors, and Researchers
Organiser(s): Heidi Mogstad, valentina benincasa
‘Real’ Humanitarian Governance: Accountability, Advocacy, and Alternatives
Organiser(s): Dorothea Hilhorst, Gabriela Anderson, Rodrigo Mena, Delu LUSAMBYA,
Beyond Integration: Revisiting the Triple Humanitarian–Development–Peace (HDP) Nexus in Practice
Organiser(s): Rodrigo Mena, Andrés Felipe Gómez, Summer Brown, Camille Nussbaum, Christina Plesner Volkdal, Jaap Vuijk, Massimo Alone, Marina Ferrero Baselga, Andrea Steinke, Birgit Kemmerling
Redrawing the Map: Rethinking Humanitarian Financing in Times of Structural Instability
Organiser(s): İRFAN TATLI
Understanding Voluntary and Dignified Return in a Rapidly Changing World
Organiser(s): Hafize Ece Yılmaztürk
Revisiting the Nexus Between Human Rights and Humanitarianism
Organiser(s): Talita Cetinoglu
The politics of humanitarian negotiations
Organiser(s): Kristoffer Lidén, Kristina Roepstorff
Teaching Global Humanitarian Assistance in Turbulent Times: Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education
Organiser(s): Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, Kirsten Gelsdorf

Understanding new trends in disasters, war, and polycrises

The Role(s) of Social Capital in Humanitarian Resilience in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts
Organiser(s): Caitriona Dowd
Coping strategies of affected people in a resource-constrained environment
Organiser(s): Clea Kahn
Disaster Risk Reduction in Fragile, Conflict-Affected, and Vulnerable (FCV) Contexts: Strategies for Protracted Crises
Organiser(s): Rodrigo Mena, Catalina Jaime, Kirstin Kreyscher, Laura Peters, Katie Peters, Ayesha Siddiqi
Humanitarianism in Protracted Crisis: Syria’s journey from Risk Reduction to Recovery, with Insights from Yemen and Beyond
Organiser(s): Rodrigo Mena, Thomas Ansell, mohamad diab, Ahmed Ekzayez
Contemporary Humanitarian Deadlock: People on the Move
Organiser(s): Zeynep Nur Sarı
Building Climate-Resilient Health Systems in Humanitarian Crises: Examples from Research and Practice
Organiser(s): Gillian McKay, Faiza Rab
Responding to humanitarian crises in the context of the Democratic Republic of Congo and similar contexts
Organiser(s): Patrick Milabyo Kyamusugulwa