Proposed Panel List

Proposed Panels & Papers

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Changes in refugees, displacement, and migration policy and crises

Criminal violence and forced displacement
Organiser(s): Miriam Bradley
Examining humanitarian action for forced migration: Approaches to the needs of vulnerable groups on the move in crises
Organiser(s): Lisette Robles, Lorenzo Guadagno
Displacement, Trauma and Homeness: Mental Health among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Organiser(s): Nur Newaz Khan, Bulbul Siddiqi, Palash Kamruzzaman, Ursula Read
Women's Engagement & Protection in Conflict: Examining Displacement, Peacemaking, and Empowerment
Organiser(s): Ava Strasser
Rohingya repatriation debates and survival-migration complex: Thoughts toward a policy shift
Organiser(s): Abdul Wohab
Laws and Policies Designed to Manage Refugee Flows Violate the Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
Organiser(s): Gideon Mwawasi
Migration Management and External Borders in the EU: Refugees and Forced Displacement
Organiser(s): Elaine Abrams
Making Live, Letting Die at Europe’s Borders – violence and resistance and human mobility
Organiser(s): Marta Welander
Working towards Durable Solutions by Amplifying Refugee Voices and Local Engagement
Organiser(s): Nassim Majidi
Thriving on climate vulnerabilities: Urbanisation, informal work & precarious migrant life in cities
Organiser(s): Selim Reza
Transactional sex in humanitarian contexts
Organiser(s): Clea Kahn
The Uptick of Social Media and the Influence on Migration
Organiser(s): Timothy Wolfer

Civic space, advocacy, and locally-led humanitarian response

Authoritarian Practices and Humanitarian Negotiations
Organiser(s): Andrew Cunningham
How can local CSOs increase their influence in multistakeholder early warning systems?
Organiser(s): Madison Jansen, Kai Hopkins
South-South Cooperation as Enabler of Localisation?
Organiser(s): Dennis Dijkzeul, Kristina Roepstorff
Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Crises: Discourse, Implementation and Evidence
Organiser(s): Dennis Dijkzeul, Shaun Grech
Being witness – being witnessed: the local gaze and perceptions of humanitarianism
Organiser(s): Eleonor Marcussen, Norbert Götz
Advocating for ourselves: communities’ agency and engagement with armed actors for self-protection
Organiser(s): Gemma Davies
Mapping Feminist Approaches to Humanitarian Action
Organiser(s): Kaira Zoe Canete, Gabriela Villacis
Building locally-led solidarities over shrinking space for civil society
Organiser(s): Catherine Viens, Olivier Arvisais, Francois Audet
Beyond survival: understanding protracted crises through wellbeing
Organiser(s): Alexandra Spencer
Collaboration and Partnership: Strengthening Civil Space through Coordination Mechanisms
Organiser(s): Sena Yumurtacı, Mustafa Talha Keskin
Feminist humanitarianism, or humanitarian feminism?
Organiser(s): Megan Daigle
Local humanitarian responses to Ukrainian refugees - the case of Eastern Europe
Organiser(s): Elisa Sandri
Filling the gap or filling the shoes? Civil society and political change in historical disasters
Organiser(s): Eleonor Marcussen, Niladri Chatterjee
Cultural and gendered contexts of the ethics of humanitarian negotiations
Organiser(s): Kristoffer Lidén, Kristina Roepstorff
Humanitarian studies in turbulent times: taking stock of the Agenda for Humanity
Organiser(s): Clara Egger
In the "Too-Hard" basket: Locally-led response in complex and protracted settings
Organiser(s): Eranda Wijewickrama, Suman Ahsanul Islam
Everyday humanitarianism
Organiser(s): Miriam Bradley
Appreciative Inquiry: Lessons for Effective Local Participation
Organiser(s): Vishal Pathak, Mihir Bhatt
Deforestation and weak urbanization as catalysts to flooding and fires
Organiser(s): Patrick Milabyo Kyamusugulwa

From evidence to action: advancing health in humanitarian contexts

How can we assess the effectiveness of interventions to prevent GBV during humanitarian crisis?
Organiser(s): Madison Jansen, Kai Hopkins
What are the best practices for implementing MHPSS interventions in smaller, under the radar crisis?
Organiser(s): Madison Jansen, Kai Hopkins
From need to rights to justice: building better sexual and reproductive health and rights in crises
Organiser(s): Megan Daigle
Palliative care in humanitarian action: Moving from awareness to integration
Organiser(s): Rachel Yantzi, Puspita Hossain, Ilias Risat
Health Systems Resilience in response to mass displacement, conflict, and disasters
Organiser(s): Sneha Krishnan

Humanitarian studies and education

Student “field trips” in humanitarian studies–a roadmap for “do no harm”
Organiser(s): Jessica Hawkins
Qualifications Frameworks and the recognition of formal and informal learning: necessary tools for the professionalization of the humanitarian sector
Organiser(s): Cristina Churruca Muguruza
Building a Knowledge Base: Theories and Methods in Humanitarian Action
Organiser(s): Jan Říkovský
Research safety and security: Addressing the risks of studying disasters and humanitarian action.
Organiser(s): Rodrigo Mena, Lea Liekefedt
Humanitarian Education in Practice: Reflections on Knowledge, Interdisciplinarity and Pedagogy
Organiser(s): Helen Underhill, Nataliia Azhypa, Eduardo Wehbe
Undervalued and unrecognised: Local knowledge and expertise in humanitarian research and evaluation
Organiser(s): Eranda Wijewickrama, Suman Ahsanul Islam
Who or what constitutes the humanitarian?
Organiser(s): Jessica Hawkins, Maria Kett, James Smith
Core standards for humanitarian leadership training
Organiser(s): Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, Vincenzo Bollettino, Joshua Hallwright
The Ethics of Teaching Humanitarian Studies: Classroom, real-world Practice and the Discomfort in between
Organiser(s): Jessica Hawkins, Helen Underhill, Amanda McCorkindale
Bridging the Gap: Academia, Policy-Making, and Humanitarian Response in Complex Emergencies
Organiser(s): Amanda McCorkindale, Kristina Tschunkert

Protracted crises, sustainable responses? Climate change, conflict, and development

Rohingya Refugee Crisis – improving social cohesion and reducing human trafficking
Organiser(s): Anthony Ware
Housing in Urban Protracted Crises
Organiser(s): David Kostenwein
Successful Lessons Learned: Good Practice to Inspire Solutions for New Realities
Organiser(s): Jan Říkovský
How Can Research and Innovation Respond to Humanitarian Needs in South and Central Asia
Organiser(s): Vishal Pathak, Colette Fearon, Mihir Bhatt
Humanitarian action in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): Its governance and peculiarities in the region
Organiser(s): Rodrigo Mena, Juan Ricardo Aparicio, Gabriela Villacis, Gabriela Villacis
Tackling Climate-Related Displacement: Balancing 'Alleviating Suffering' and 'Climate Justice'
Organiser(s): Hyeonggeun Ji, Rodrigo Mena
Inside/Outside: Exploring Participatory Responses to Protracted Crises
Organiser(s): Nassim Majidi
Understanding and Addressing the Humanitarian Consequences of Sanctions
Organiser(s): Francesco Giumelli, Erica Moret
Heatwave Risk Management: Need and Demand from the Affected Populations
Organiser(s): Vishal Pathak, Mihir Bhatt
'Nexus Thinking Revisited: Bridging Humanitarian, Development, Peace, and Climate Change.'
Organiser(s): Rodrigo Mena, Summer Brown
Famine and Food Insecurity: New Trends and Systems or Politics as usual?
Organiser(s): Susanne Jaspars, Luka Kuol
Conflict and Hunger: Untangling the Connections and Building Food System Resilience
Organiser(s): Ronak Patel
Displacement ecologies: Social-ecological dimensions of complex protracted humanitarian settings
Organiser(s): Anwesha Dutta, Hanna Geschewski

The digital transformation in humanitarian crises and humanitarianism

Governing digital risks in humanitarian action
Organiser(s): Kristoffer Lidén, Susanne Jaspars
Is there a ‘geopolitics of humanitarian technology’?
Organiser(s): Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Humanitarian studies theory seminar: conceptualizing the digital transformation
Organiser(s): Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Practitioner-Academic virtual roundtable: “Taking stock: How is AI change humanitarian work?”
Organiser(s): Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Innovations in Education in Emergencies and for Displaced and Disadvantaged Populations
Organiser(s): Pam DeLargy, Marc Alan Sperber
Mis/disinformation during crises: is humanitarianism part of the problem or the solution?
Organiser(s): Alistair Cook, Oscar A. Gomez
Ctrl Shift? Exploring the impacts of digital change on power and accountability in humanitarian aid
Organiser(s): John Bryant