Navigating humanitarian dilemmas in the Ukraine crisis
Explore the long-standing and new dilemmas faced by humanitarian actors in a crisis context.
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Our projects
Falling through the cracks: inclusion and exclusion in humanitarian action
The project examines the contextual and systemic factors dictating how ‘vulnerability’ is constructed and operationalised in humanitarian assistance, why certain categories of vulnerability are consistently privileged over others and why humanitarian agencies operating in emergencies find it difficult to both understand how needs differ across groups and identities, and to incorporate those differences into their programming.
How gender roles change in displacement
The project explores how gender norms shift in situations of displacement and the implications of these changes for humanitarian work, including what gender-aware emergency interventions should look like.
The humanitarian ‘digital divide’: understanding the impact of technology on crisis response
Building on previous HPG research on humanitarian reform and ongoing work on digital technology, data, blockchain, cash transfers and financing, this project assesses the impact of new technology-driven models of humanitarian action on inclusion and coverage.
Advocating for humanity: opportunities for improving protection outcomes in conflict
This project looks at current practice in protection advocacy, and examines the role and evolution of humanitarian organisations’ engagement with parties to conflicts and other groups with responsibility for protecting civilians caught up in violence and war.
Our Integrated Programme
Our work is directed by our Integrated Programme (IP), a body of research examining critical issues facing humanitarian policy and practice, designed in consultation with our Advisory Group. This is complemented by commissioned studies, evaluations and communications and networking activity.
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HPG team
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Sorcha O'Callaghan
Director of Programme – Humanitarian Policy Group
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Megan Daigle
Senior Research Fellow
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Wendy Fenton
HPN Coordinator
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Gemma Davies
Senior Research Fellow
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Sarah Bailey
Research Associate
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Veronique Barbelet
Research Associate
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John Borton
Senior Research Associate
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Mark Bowden
Senior Research Associate
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John Bryant
Senior Research Officer
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Margie Buchanan-Smith
Senior Research Associate
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Sarah Collinson
Research Associate
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Nicholas Crawford
Senior Research Associate
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Lilianne Fan
Research Associate
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Larissa Fast
Research Associate
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Matthew Foley
ODI Managing Editor And Senior Research Fellow (HPG)
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Amanda Gray Meral
Research Fellow
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Tom Harrisson
Senior Digital Officer
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Kerrie Holloway
Senior Research Officer
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Simon Levine
Senior Research Fellow
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Aimee Long
Senior Programme Manager
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Marta Lopes
Project Manager
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Oliver Lough
Research Fellow
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Nosheen Malik
Communications Officer
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Laura Mertsching
Project Manager
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Victoria Metcalfe-Hough
Research Associate
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Irina Mosel
Research Associate
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Sarah Njeri
Research Fellow
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Sara Pavanello
Research Associate
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Sarah Phillips
Disasters and DPR Journals Coordinator
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Sarah Redd
Policy and Communications Advisor
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Patrick Saez
Senior Research Fellow and Policy Lead
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Alexandra Spencer
Research Officer
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Caitlin Wake
Research Associate
