The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC)
Based at the International Institute of Social Studies
The HSC is a hive of transformative initiatives around Humanitarian Studies
aimed at academic and applied research; teaching and
training; networking and impact.
Humanitarian Studies is:
“The study of societies and vulnerable communities experiencing humanitarian crises originating from disasters, conflicts, refugee situations, and/or political collapse. It studies the causes and impacts of crisis; how people, communities and authorities respond to them, including efforts for prevention and preparedness; how humanitarian action and other external interventions are organized and affect the recovery from crises; and the institutional changes that crises and crisis response engender. “
– Thea Hilhorst, Director, HSC
New publication alert! ‘Humanitarian observatories: insights for reforming humanitarianism from below’
05 June 2025
Call for presentations for the 3rd edition of our One-Day Humanitarian Studies Conference. Deadline 10 July!
28 May 2025
The 2nd HSC Research Brief ‘Connecting Humanitarianism and the Sendai Framework after 10 years’ has been published!
8 May 2025
The HSC podcast ‘The Good Humanitarian’ has been released!
30 January 2025
The HSC-led consortium has been awarded €6.9 million for a project aimed at climate resilience in Africa
8 November 2024
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June
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KUNO Conference: The Changing World Order and its Impact on Humanitarian Action
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24
June
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COPE Webinar: Creative and Reflexive Methodologies for Critical Disaster Research
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18
June
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Hum-Gov webinar: Concurrent Challenges: Responding to Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
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12
September
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HSC One Day Conference | Humanitarian Studies: Adapting and Reworking in new Times and Contexts
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15-17
October
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IHSA Conference Istanbul – Humanitarianism in Crisis: New Realities in Practices and Knowledges
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Monthly
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Monthly Hum-Gov Webinars
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Based at the International Institute of Social Studies
Kortenaerkade 12
2518 AX The Hague
The Netherlands