New NCHS paper: Is there legal pluralism in Afghanistan?

This NCHS paper examines the use of the term legal pluralism in Afghanistan and argues that where access to justice is particularly difficult or neglected, social actors face an absence rather than a plurality of legal orders.

World disasters report released by IFRC

The World Disasters Report 2022: Trust, Equity and Local Action was published by the IFRC in January 2023. The report examines lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic and how to avert the next global crisis.

Humanitarianism through the lens of climate resilient development

In this new Talking Humanitarianism podcast series, host Edwige Marty (NMBU) explores humanitarianism through the lens of climate resilient development, with a focus on three cases from Kenya.

Against the humanitarian grain

In this episode of the Talking Humanitarianism podcast, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh delivers the NCHS Annual Lecture titled ‘Against the humanitarian grain’ at the 2022 NCHS Annual Conference.

Recording of UNRWA seminar now available

If you missed the conversation with Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner General for UNRWA about the agency’s political and financial challenges, you can now listen to a recording of the discussion.

Humanitarianism in a post-liberal age

In this latest episode of the Talking Humanitarianism podcast, Michael Barnett delivers the keynote address titled ‘Humanitarianism in a post-liberal age’ to open the 2022 NCHS Annual Conference.

Continental encampment

Edited by Are John Knudsen and Kjersti G. Berg (CMI), ‘Continental Encampment’ explores responses to mass migration and traces the genealogy of humanitarian containment in the Middle East and Europe.

Breakfast seminar: Uncertain future for millions of Palestinian refugees

The PRIO MidEast Centre is hosting a breakfast conversation about UNRWA on 15 February with Leni Stenseth, Deputy Commissioner General for UNRWA.

Breakfast seminar: More than the humanitarian gaze and the portrayal of refugees

Digital Lab is hosting a breakfast conversation about the portrayal of refugees, based on the exhibition “More than the humanitarian gaze” by UN photographer Jørgen Grinde.

The EU Trust Fund for Africa and implications for Norwegian Aid

NCHS hosts policy exchange in Oslo examining lessons learned from the implementation of the EUTF for Africa since it was established in 2015 and the implications for Norwegian aid.