In this blog post Dr Estella Carpi reflects on her experiences of teaching humanitarianism in different countries and languages and the importance of de-centring the humanitarian discourse.
In this piece, Dr Janaka Jayawickrama and Bushra Rehman argue that the localisation of aid agenda is shaped by a discourse of global humanitarianism that is characterised by a particular, cultural relationship to power.
In this introduction to our mini blog series Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh gives and overview of the background to the Southern Responses to Displacement project and the approaches used to better understand the motivations, nature and impacts of Southern-led initiatives to displacement from Syria.
Who are the key responders in conflict and human displacement and how do they identify and meet local need? The Southern Responses to Displacement team participated in a Global Challenges Research Fund Conference examining ways in which Southern led responses complement and, at times, challenge Northern led responses.
Since 2011, aid programmes have been implemented in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey…Read more
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. (Grant agreement No. 715582)
Through a multi-sited case-study of Southern-led responses to displacement from Syria…Read more
This project draws on ethnographic and participatory research with refugees from Syria…Read more
Southern Responses to Displacement 