Events

What is humanitarianism, and who is a humanitarian in 2023?

This panel of experts in humanitarian policy, research, and programme implementation reflect on the present and future of humanitarianism, the global humanitarian workforce, and the value of UCL’s MSc in Humanitarian Policy and Practice.

Panel: Prof Maria Kett – Professor of Humanitarianism and Social Inclusion, and Programme Director for the new MSc Humanitarian Policy and Practice. Chris Porter - Humanitarian Head of Profession at the UK Government’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) – Chris is speaking in a personal capacity, but drawing on his wealth of experience. Tariq Riebl - Global Programme Strategy and Innovation Director at the Norwegian Refugee Council. Mouna Khaity - Gender and Global Health Researcher. Dr Israel Balogun - Commonwealth PhD Student, UCL. 

Webinar: How to respond to Humanitarian crises

In this 'Public Health Voices' webinar, hosted by Dr Xand van Tulleken, humanitarian experts reflect on the past year, discuss the practical dilemmas humanitarians face today, and why different skillsets and disciplines are essential for responding and preventing humanitarian emergencies. 

The panel consisted of Prof Maria Kett (Programme Director for the new Humanitarian Policy and Practice MSc), Dr Yulia Ioffe (UCL Inst for Risk & Disaster Reduction), Elias Pavlopoulos (UK-Med), Phil Duloy (Independent consultant) and Anna Landry (The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies).

UCL Humanitarian Summit – Doing more with even less? 

Humanitarians have been exhorted to ‘do more with less’ for many years in the face of rising need and declining resources, as well as climate change predictions, a spiralling global population and climbing inequity. Is this imperative useful? Is it true, from the perspectives of both need and funding? Is it possible? The 2023 UCL Humanitarian Summit, convened by the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction’s Dr Lisa Guppy, sought to answer some of these questions. 

In conversation: Professor David Alexander interviews Stuart Kefford, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office; Maria Kett, UCL; and James Smith, UCL.

Humanitarian Network Partnerships Week (HNPW) 2022 

A session that took place during Humanitarian Network Partnerships Week with a focus on 2 main topics: 1. Strengthening Existing Systems: How can AT be better tied into overall health system strengthening during preparedness and planning? 2. AT in Humanitarian Response: How can AT can be better integrated into humanitarian responses?