In this report, Southern Responses to Displacement PI, Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, offers a critical reflection on humanitarianism under siege, in which the framing of “siege" is not treated as a temporary condition or even a military tactic, but rather as a governance model. This framing prompts a shift from the narrative of “how to deliver... Continue Reading →
Syrian refugees and healthcare in Turkey
by Sara Al Helali As part of the Southern Responses to Displacement project, the research team has been examining responses developed by differently-positioned states (including host states) as well as by municipal and local-level actors, and of course refugees themselves. While Syrians registered under a Temporary Protection ID in Turkey can access free healthcare services... Continue Reading →
Revisiting the Syrian Experience: Agency, (non-)Return, and the Future
by Amal Shaiah Istanbouli As a researcher involved in the Southern Responses to Displacement project since 2020, I have had the unique opportunity to conduct around 70 interviews with refugees from Syria, local community members, and service providers, as well as helping to run participatory and writing workshops in both 2022 and 2025. Over the... Continue Reading →
The Role of Brazil in the North and South: Discussing Refugee Reception with Dr Mirian Alves de Souza
In contrast to the ‘hyper-visibility’ of humanitarian aid designed and delivered by countries of the global North, humanitarian aid provided by countries of the Global South remains mostly unseen. In this interview, Dr Estella Carpi and Dr Mirian Alves de Souza, discuss how countries in the Global South, with a particular focus on Brazil, have... Continue Reading →
Bringing Social Class into Humanitarian Debates: The Case of Northern Lebanon – Part Two The Hidden Role of Social Class
In Part Two of this two-part series examining class-based inequality that can be both ignored and exacerbated by humanitarian programmes and aid workers, Dr Carpi draws on research conducted for the Southern Responses to Displacement project and argues that economic changes brought about by the introduction of a humanitarian economy of consumerism and labour in... Continue Reading →
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