Proposed Panels/Papers

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Changing Actors, Views and Challenges from Below

Transitory Spaces and Insurgent Citizenship Practices: Refugee and Migrant Activists as Humanitarian and Political Actors by Katarzyna Grabska and Tanja R. Müller

Climate Change and Humanitarianism by IIan Kelman

Disaster Diplomacy for Humanitarianism by IIan Kelman

Participation and Accountability in Humanitarian Disaster Management by Kees Boersma, Femke Mulder, Nimesh Dhungana, Corinna Frey

What is holding us back? Humanitarian Reform and the Shift to Locally-Led Response by Larissa Fast, Christina Bennett

Alternative Humanitarian Principles & Non-Traditional Humanitarians by Roanne van Voorst

Children and Improved Crisis Response by Rigmor Argren, Jessica Jonsson

The Disaster Survivor as Humanitarian Actor by C. Kelly, S. Hansch

Social Museology and Social Role of Museums by Diana Bogado, Erica Abreu, Judite Primo, Marcelle Pereira, Marcelo Murta, Paula Assunção and Vânia Brayner

The active role of Higher Education Institutes & local actors in understanding and responding to the needs of crisis-affected communities by Joe Munnelly, Holly Dignam

The agency of aid recipients by Ralf Otto

Precarity and Debt: The Vicissitudes of Credit and “Upliftment” in Asia and Africa by Vagisha Gunasekara

Humanitarianism from below: analysing the views, values and practices of local and national aid actors by Clara Egger, Edith Favoreu

More than (Buzz)Words: Participation in Humanitarian Practice by Elias Sagmeister

Key Humanitarian Concepts in Historical Perspective by Pierre Fuller, Eleanor Davey, Bertrand Taithe, Laure Humbert, Andrew Newby, Steffen Werther, Norbert Gotz, Georgina Brewis, Antoine Burgard, Julia Irwin

Let’s make sure that Local Humanitarian Leadership means more women’s leadership in the humanitarian sector by Tara Gingerich

Criminalizing Starvation by Alex de Waal; Wayne Jordash; Catriona Murdoch

Local humanitarian leadership and faith: humanitarian INGOs, local faith actors, and religious literacy by Tara Gingerich

Humanitarian Aid, European Civil Protection, and Domestic Disaster Management in the European Refugee/Migrant Crisis and Beyond by Daniel F. Lorenz, Cordula Dittmer

Direct Funding for Local and National Humanitarian Actors: Perspectives and Experiences by Tilleke Kiewied and Petra Righetti

Volunteer Humanitarians in Europe: their Role, Significance and Potential Implications for the Humanitarian Sector by John Borton

Humanitarian Studies and the WHS Humanitarian Scholar Commitments

What do Practitioners Really Need from Academics? Searching for Best Practices by Martin Quack, Peter Heintze

Action or Impact: How should we monitor progress in the World Humanitarian Summit? by Alice Obrecht

The WHS within the broader 2030 Agenda: Linkages and Gaps by Alice Obrecht

Collaborative humanitarian research – creating stronger pathways for impact by Sarah Palmer-Felgate

When Humanitarian Crises were Really Bad: Refugees after WW II, the Post-WW I Famines in the USSR and other Historical Humanitarian Crises by C. Kelly, S. Hansch

When Humanitarian Knowledge Hits the Road; Matching Learning Needs with Context by Shadi Saleh, Hussein Ismail, Farah Sbeity, Fida Abu Hassan, Alex Farrington

What have we learned about adapting research methodologies for use in humanitarian crisis contexts? by Anne Harmer

Localising Research on Humanitarian Concepts by Doris Schopper, Clara Egger

History and the World Humanitarian Summit: A Postgraduate Perspective by Jennifer Chapman

The Changing Realities of Crisis and Responses to Crises, Including Humanitarianism

Humanitarianism in Urban Violent Settings by Diego Otegui

Unrecognized states and insurgent-held areas as humanitarian spaces. by Bruno de Cordier

Rethinking Cash Assistance within Humanitarian Response by Talita Cetinoglu, Volkan Yilmaz

States and Humanitarian INGOs: Principles, Politics, and Identities by Andrew Cunningham

Humanitarian work in situations of mass crimes by Bradol Jean-Hervé

Migration, Protracted Crisis and Humanitarianism by Susanne Jaspars (SOAS), Margie Buchanan-Smith (HPG/ODI)

Displacement and respect for IHL: Introducing a costs and benefits approach by Vincent Bernard, Cédric Cotter

Negotiating Humanitarian Access in Violent Conflict by Roanne van Voorst, Jan Pospisil

Changing the paradigm on water programming in fragile and dry contexts by Timmo Gaasbeek, Maarten Onneweer, Daniela Benedicto van Dalen

One humanitarian club or many? The setting up of boundaries between and among humanitarian organizations by Andrea Schneiker

Layers of Siege: Breaking Down the Chain of Complicity from Syria to Europe by Jonathan Whittall - MSF Analysis Dept. Director, Aurelie Ponthieu - MSF Migration Coordinator, Michiel Hofman - MSF Sr Humanitarian Specialist, Asil Sidahmed - MSF Advocacy Strategy Referent

Finding Our Politics: Reimagining Success in Humanitarian Action by Juliano Fiori, Fernando Espada

When Do We Know Enough to Act? Early Warning in the Information Age by Caitlin Howarth, Joanna van der Merwe, Nathaniel A. Raymond

Humanitarian advocacy by Miriam Bradley

Armed non-state actors and humanitarian action by Miriam Bradley

Can Standards and Reforms Drive Effective Change? by Bonaventure Gbetoho Sokpoh

Urban Preparedness and Resilience by Pat Gibbons, Cristina Churruca Muguruza, Hans-Joachim Heintze, Joost Herman, Siswanto Wilopo

Gender in Focus: Pursuing Structural Change in Law and Policy for Displaced Women and Girls by Christina Moreno

We need to talk about it - Humanitarian Neocolonialism by Chamutal Afek Eitam and Pat Foley

Tackling Inhumanity by Antonio Donini, Cristina Churruca, Norah Niland and the UAI Collective

Resilience: Blurring the Humanitarian and Development Boundary by Ronak Patel

Post-Humanitarian Ecologies: from Spill-over Effects to Ambiguous Territorial Control in Chronic and Recurring Crises by Bram Jansen, Gemma van der Haar

Risk, Banks and Counter Terrorist Financing Legislation by Rawaad Mahyub

The Impact of Technology and Innovation in Coping with, Responding to and Transforming Crisis

Professionalizing the Use of Information Communication Technologies and Data in Crisis Response by Stuart Campo, Nathaniel Raymond

Connected Refugees: Opportunities and Challenges of Communication Technologies for Refugees by Benjamin Hounsell, Nassim Majidi

Eye in the Sky: Drones and Other Remote Sensing Technologies in Humanitarian Aid by Faine Greenwood

Politics and Power: Effects of New Technologies in Food Assistance and Nutrition by Susanne Jaspars, Christina Sathyamala, Youssif El Tayeb

Promises and Boundaries: Humanitarian Datafication for the Next Decade by Kirsten Gelsdorf, Sarah Telford, Kristen Sandvik

Responsible Innovation: One Step Forward-Two Steps Back by Kirsten Gelsdorf, Rahul Chandran

Ethics and Technology in Humanitarian Settings by Dónal O'Mathúna, Matthew Hunt

Data for the Digital Gender Divide by Danielle Poole, Ossama Zaqquot, Stuart Campo, Nathaniel Raymond

Humanitarian Blockchain Futures: Challenges and Opportunities by Dilek Genc

The World in Humanitarian Objects: Power, Change, Care and Control by Kristin Bergtora Sandvik

Interrogating Humanitarian Technology: Critical Perspectives on Data by Linnet Taylor, Aaron Martin