Recognition of the need for evidence-based interventions to help to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian responses has been increasing. However, little …

Social scientists doing fieldwork in humanitarian situations often face a dual imperative:
research should be both academically sound and policy relevant. We argue that much of the …

Weltweit werden Flüchtlinge langfristig in Flüchtlingslagern untergebracht. Heterogene
Akteure-UNO, NGOs, Regierungsvertreter, aber auch die Flüchtlinge selbst-bringen ihre …

All recent books on international social work mention Africa only briefly and few engage with
the broader field of development studies. This book focuses solely on the unique African …

Many humanitarian aid workers receive training prior to being dispatched into the field, but
they often encounter challenges that require additional learning and creativity …

This introductory paper sets the stage for this special issue of Disasters on evidence‐based
action in humanitarian crises. It reviews definition (s) of evidence and it examines the …

While co-ordination is essentially a method of getting institutions to work together, it is clearly
not synonymous with togetherness. Undercurrents of suspicion and distrust between …

There have been significant improvements in the design and management of humanitarian
aid responses in the last decade. In particular, a significant body of knowledge has been …

This article describes the findings of a participatory assessment of Burundian and Rwandan
refugees' perceptions of the quality of health services in camps in Ngara, Tanzania. Taking a …

There has been an increasing drive for accountability in the humanitarian sector over the
past twenty years, particularly after failures in the humanitarian response to crises. But how …