HSC news updates
The latest happenings at The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre. For upcoming events, head to our events page.
24 June 2025
Call for Applications: International Writing Workshop on the HDP nexus in Brazil in 2026. We invite Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from the Global South to apply for this 3-day all expenses covered workshop.
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18 June 2025
‘Future of Aid: Affected Population’s Perspectives in Ahmedabad, India’. The Humanitarian Observatory Initiative in South Asia takes part in IARAN’s Design Fiction leading to the Future of Aid 2040.
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05 June 2025
‘Humanitarian observatories: insights for reforming humanitarianism from below’ has been published in the Journal of International Humanitarian Action.
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28 May 2025
Call for presentations for the third edition of our One-Day Humanitarian Studies Conference ‘Humanitarian Studies: Adapting and Reworking in New Times and Contexts’. Deadline 10 July!
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8 May 2025
The 2nd HSC Research Brief ‘Connecting Humanitarianism and the Sendai Framework after 10 years’ by Rodrigo Mena and Tom Ansell has been published.
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30 January 2025
The HSC podcast ‘The Good Humanitarian’ has been released! Join us as we delve into the dilemmas and questions faced within humanitarian studies.
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2025 News
“The observatories offer unique, local perspectives that can help improve the accountability and effectiveness of humanitarian aid.” | Read about the Humanitarian Observatories in the KUNO interview with Dr Kaira Zoe Cañete
Accountability for International Crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Listen to the Justice Update with asymmetrical haircuts and Thea Hilhorst
Looking back at Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories: A conversation with UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese | Rewatch Francesca Albanese’s talk
2024 News
The HSC-led consortium has been awarded €6.9 million for a project aimed at climate resilience in Africa | Read more about Climares
HSC One-Day Conference ‘Humanitarian Studies: Today and Tomorrow’ | Recap the event
Hyeonggeun Ji receives the Best Poster Award at the SENSE Symposium in Amsterdam about climate-related displacement in Bangladesh for the Humanitarian Governance Project | View the poster
The Humanitarian Observatory for Central and Eastern Europe (based in Poland) shares the report ‘Narratives and the Ukraine Response: Implications for humanitarian action and principles’ | Read it here
Thea Hilhorst talks about how the Giro555 campaign to raise money for civilians affected by war in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel has sparked discussions | Listen to the podcast [in Dutch]
Professor Maja Janmyr walked us through the ‘Carboard Camp: Stories of Sudanese Refugees in Lebanon’ | View the graphic novel online
‘Humanitarianism in the Shadow of Politics: Navigating Aid Under Pressure’ Humanitarian Congress Berlin panel with Thea Hilhorst | Watch the recording from 1:40:00
The report on the 15th Hague Roundtable on Climate and Security has been published | Download the report
The Hum-Gov Project: How a team of ISS academics are shaping the future of humanitarian research | Read the article
‘Colombia: Neglected or normalised crises?’ presentation by Gabriela Villacis Izquierdo | Watch the recap from minute 31
2023 News
Statement on Gaza from the IHSA conference roundtable at North South University, Dhaka | Read the statement
‘Humanitarian Studies is about dignity and it is about humanity’ | Read the DevISSues feature article from the launch of the Centre
‘Rethinking our Roles as Disaster Scholars for Advancing Justice’ presentation by Kaira Zoe Cañete | Rewatch the CERN webinar 1:10:56
Disaster Recovery through Women’s Eyes | Read the KUNO interview about the new book by Kaira Zoe Cañete