Proposed Panel List

Proposed Panels & Papers

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Health and the Environment

Bridging the gaps between knowledge and action in Disaster Risk Reduction
Organiser(s): Caroline Vitaglione
Aid workers at the frontlines: studying effects of epidemics on volunteering
Organiser(s): Caroline Vitaglione
COVID-19 beyond Health Insecurity
Organiser(s): Lisette Robles
Love, sex and crisis: challenges and paths forward for sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings
Organiser(s): Megan Daigle
How to include marginalized groups in risk communication and community engagement
Organiser(s): Mia Marzotto, Christine Fricke
Rethinking the History of Attacks on Healthcare
Organiser(s): Laure Humbert
Medical quality and Patient-centered care
Organiser(s): Elba Rahmouni
Novel and innovative approaches to advance health research in humanitarian crises.
Organiser(s): Mohamed Jelle, Andrew Seal, Abdihamid Warsame

Localising Humanitarian Studies

Privileging Forces in the Humanitarian System: Power and Marginalization
Organiser(s): OLIVIA WILKINSON, Thomas Arcaro
Beyond the Local: Cultural translatability in humanitarian interventions
Organiser(s): Jeremy Allouche
Inclusion of Disadvantaged Groups in Humanitarian Action and Disaster Risk Reduction
Organiser(s): Carolin Funke
From Board to Reality: The Practice of Research Ethics Reviews in Conflict Settings
Organiser(s): Francesca Grandi, Emilie Venables
Decolonising aid? Issues and directions
Organiser(s): Vicki-Ann Ware
Practical Leadership through Education
Organiser(s): Imri Schattner-Ornan
Navigating Empathy in Humanitarian Education
Organiser(s): Jessica Hawkins, Amanda McCorkindale
Teaching violence: trauma, professionalisation and humanitarian education
Organiser(s): Jessica Hawkins, Róisín Read, Eleanor Davey
Implementing the Grand Bargain on the ground: Lessons and Reflections from the Pacific
Organiser(s): Hannah Miles, Kai Hopkins
Changing practices of humanitarian advocacy
Organiser(s): Dorothea Hilhorst

Migration, Displacement and Refugees

Managing governance of forced displacement and refugee crises: can lessons be learned from the host communities?
Organiser(s): Palash Kamruzzaman
“Humanitarian borders” between care and control
Organiser(s): Damien Simonneau, Polly Pallister-Wilkins, shoshana fine
Residential trajectories of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers: vulnerabilities, assistance and policies
Organiser(s): Nicole Tabet
Impacts of war and displacement on refugees’ educational trajectories
Organiser(s): Kristin Hadfield, Isabelle Mareschal
Refugee Social Integration: Resettlement, Protection & Europe
Organiser(s): Joseph Munnelly, Sulagna Maitra
A world without camps? Understanding the potential for refugees and IDPs to achieve well-being and decent livelihoods in urban areas.
Organiser(s): Lucy Earle
Aligning Large Scale Development Programs with Community Resilience
Organiser(s): Sulagna Maitra, Nigatu Wolkanto
Migration crises in Latin America: what management of exiled populations?
Organiser(s): Lucie Laplace
Climate-Related Displacement, (Internal) Migration and Humanitarian Action
Organiser(s): Rodrigo Mena, Hyeonggeun Ji
Everyday violence and resistance in Europe’s ‘migration management’ during the Covid-19 pandemic
Organiser(s): Susanne Jaspars
Borders and Subjectivities: Imagination, bodies, and political experiences
Organiser(s): Fernando Garlin Politis
The Safety of Strangers: humanitarian protection in South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda
Organiser(s): Naomi Pendle
The challenge of reframing displacement in recent times - The actors and meanings of terms
Organiser(s): Mausumi Chetia, Ven Paolo Valenzuela

Political Economy and Politics of Humanitarianism

The Politics of Humanitarian Urbanism
Organiser(s): Karen Buscher
From Reaction to Anticipation: How to Expand and Finance Anticipatory Humanitarian Action
Organiser(s): Marie Wagner
Trust in Humanitarian Action
Organiser(s): Oheneba Boateng
Taking ideology out of humanitarianism? The everyday, corporate interests and the politics of global solidarity
Organiser(s): Tanja Müller, Lisa Ann Richey
Rethinking Violence in Humanitarian Research
Organiser(s): Nat O'Grady, Pedro Silva Rocha Lima
The politics of negotiating with authoritarian regimes
Organiser(s): Andrew Cunningham
Humanitarianism and Inequality
Organiser(s): Silke Roth
Working in the Sahel
Organiser(s): Elba Rahmouni
Ebola and accountability
Organiser(s): Elba Rahmouni
After the 'revolution' - where next for participation and accountability in humanitarian action?
Organiser(s): Oliver Lough
The Politics of Difference in Humanitarian Practice
Organiser(s): Nora Bardelli, Myfanwy James
Hierarchies and Exclusion in Humanitarianism
Organiser(s): Clara Egger, Andrea Schneiker
Bringing Political Economy back to Centre-Stage
Organiser(s): Fiona Terry
Depoliticizing humanitarian action: motives, practices, consequences
Organiser(s): Isabelle Desportes
Communities matter: Examining the role of informal support networks in humanitarian response
Organiser(s): Jeeyon Kim
Ethics of Humanitarian Action & Politics of Humanitarianism on the Subject of Child Rights Complaints Mechanisms
Organiser(s): Rigmor Argren, Jessica Jonsson
Transactional Sex in Humanitarian Contexts
Organiser(s): Clea Kahn
Optimizing humanitarian needs assessment
Organiser(s): Danielle Poole
Humanitarian standards as the leveller in humanitarian politics
Organiser(s): Aninia Nadig
Political Economy and Politics of Humanitarianism: Is the Past Prologue?
Organiser(s): Charles Kelly, Steve Hansch
Syrian Remittances: Navigating Forced Displacement, Sanctions and Humanitarian Needs
Organiser(s): Asya El Meehy, Dalia Abdelhady
The politics of solidarity during famine
Organiser(s): Naomi Pendle

Technology and Innovation

The humanitarian ‘digital divide’
Organiser(s): Kerrie Holloway
Trust in Humanitarian Numbers? Bringing Critical Data Studies into Humanitarian Studies
Organiser(s): Joel Glasman, Brendan Lawson
Frugal innovations and technology: aiding self-reliance and resilience amongst crisis affected groups?
Organiser(s): Holly Ritchie, Rodrigo Mena
Responsible Data Sharing with Donors in Humanitarian Action
Organiser(s): Stuart Campo
Technology, Innovation and Experimentation in the Refugee Sector
Organiser(s): Aila Spathopoulou, Hanna Ruszczyk
Data and Displacement: Data Justice in Humanitarian Targeting
Organiser(s): Vicki Squire, Róisín Read
ProTECt - Community interventions and technological avenues against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (SEAH)
Organiser(s): Isabelle Vonèche-Cardia
Humanitarian innovation, technology and cash assistance in Lebanon
Organiser(s): Nadine Hassouneh, Glenda Garelli
Towards responsible use of AI and geospatial data in preparedness and response to natural hazards and complex emergencies
Organiser(s): Marc van den Homberg