Conference

The IHSA conference underway features NCHS members

Hosted by the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA), the Conference on Humanitarian Studies is being held at Sciences Po, Paris and online from 3 to 5 November 2021, with the theme ‘New realities of politics and humanitarianism: between solidarity and abandonment’.

The schedule features a number of NCHS members. Here are some of the interesting panels and roundtables the NCHS will be involved in.

Wednesday 3 November

Panel: Technology, innovation and experimentation in the refugee sector

Panel: ProTECt – Community interventions and technological avenues against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH)

Panel: Changing practices of humanitarian advocacy

Thursday 4 November

Roundtable: The ethics of humanitarian technology – Looking back and taking stock

Panel: Rethinking violence in humanitarian research

  • Antonio De Lauri as discussant.

Panel: Taking ideology out of humanitarianism? The everyday, corporate interests and the politics of global solidarity

Friday 5 November

Panel: The politics of negotiating with authoritarian regimes

Roundtable: Humanitarian innovation: Have we come full circle?

  • Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert will chair this roundtable, which will also feature Robin Mays, Paul Currion, Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Stuart Campo.

Panel: Humanitarian borders” between care and control