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Peer-reviewed journal articles

Dec 2022

International engagement with North Korea: disability, human rights and humanitarian aid

This article examines disability rights in North Korea as an area of shared interest between humanitarian workers and human rights actors.

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Nov 2022

Through the looking glass: Coloniality and mirroring in localisation

What assumptions underpin the mainstream humanitarian sector's concept of localisation?

A child in a pink shirt wearing a face masks sits and writes on a chalk board. A woman next to them holds a card with a picture and writing on it.

Oct 2022

The relationship between language and neo-colonialism in the aid industry

This article analyses the use of language as a tool of power within the aid industry.

A pregnant women dressed in a white t-shirt looks through a glass window at the camera. There is a row of plastic chairs behind her.

Sep 2022

Women’s education and empowerment in the Philippines: A community solution

Highlighting the role of social workers in gender and human rights advocacy at the local and international level.

Three children sit cross legged on a decorative mat with their school books and bags at their feet.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Aug 2022

Prevalence of Poor Mental Health Among Adolescents in Kabul, Afghanistan

This study is the first to assess mental health among adolescents in Afghanistan after the change in political leadership in 2021.

A woman wearing a face mask looks into the distance. She is wearing a turquoise uniform and head covering and a beige vest..

Aug 2022

Catastrophe squared: COVID-19 vaccine inequity in humanitarian crises

Why the pandemic response must be linked to humanitarian assistance efforts.

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Reports and Report Summaries

Aug 2022

Leadership Survey Report

International INGO leaders reflect on the future of the aid and humanitarian sector.

A group of children sit on the ground gathered round a white piece of paper, with small piles of coloured lollies on it.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Jul 2022

Metaphor in conflict transformation

A man sits in a barber's chair looking at his reflection in the mirror, while a man cuts his hair with a razor.

Jul 2022

The ‘New Humanitarians’: Vernacular aid in Greece

A women with a ponytail and black top has her face turned to the side, with a red light shining a web-like shadow on her face

Jun 2022

Humanitarian practice fit for the digital age

Exploring the implications of advanced digital technologies on the humanitarian sector

International engagement with North Korea: disability, human rights and humanitarian aid

Through the looking glass: Coloniality and mirroring in localisation

The relationship between language and neo-colonialism in the aid industry

Women’s education and empowerment in the Philippines: A community solution

Prevalence of Poor Mental Health Among Adolescents in Kabul, Afghanistan

Catastrophe squared: COVID-19 vaccine inequity in humanitarian crises

Leadership Survey Report

Metaphor in conflict transformation

The ‘New Humanitarians’: Vernacular aid in Greece

Humanitarian practice fit for the digital age

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