Submissions to the Humanitarian Leader are open. Please submit your paper here.
The Humanitarian Leader, a diamond open access journal, is an independent voice for the humanitarian sector. We tell stories that challenge our collective assumptions and present concepts that help make humanitarian aid more just, equitable and effective.
Humanitarian Leader authors include researchers, activists, volunteers and operational practitioners. It provides a platform for non-peer-reviewed articles and allows authors to test ideas and insights in an accessible academic setting. All papers are published by Open Journals at Deakin.
Papers should broadly engage with issues of humanitarian leadership, and/or transforming systems of support for humanitarian crises.
Launched in August 2019, the journal will traditionally publish 10 papers online each year, with an annual print and online edition released in December. In 2024, the Humanitarian Leader recorded more than 35,000 downloads and abstract reviews.
The Humanitarian Leader is a Diamond Open Access journal – we do not charge fees to authors or readers.
Please note, the Leader Humanitaire (francophone journal) is on hold for 2024. You can still view the French-language editions on our website.
From 2023- 2024 the Humanitarian Leader and the Leader Humanitaire publications were made possible with the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of these editions are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
Editor and Editorial Board
The journal is edited by Dr Phoebe Downing, CHL Senior Research Fellow, with the support of an Editorial Board consisting of Deakin University academics.
The Humanitarian Leader Annual Editions
- Download the Humanitarian Leader 2024 Edition (PDF)
- Download the Humanitarian Leader 2023 Edition (PDF).
- Download the Humanitarian Leader 2022 Edition (PDF)
- Download the Humanitarian Leader 2021 Edition (PDF).
- Download the Humanitarian Leader 2020 Edition (PDF).
