HUMANITARIAN CRISES
Humanitarian crises are on the rise globally. With the looming threats of climate change, conflict, economic shocks, and pandemics, the prospects for the future are worrying.
Feinstein researchers are conducting pioneering research and offering unique educational opportunities that explore how the world can transform its approach to humanitarian crises to the meet the growing needs of the coming decades. Our mission is to protect and strengthen the lives, livelihoods, and dignity of people affected by or at risk of hunger or humanitarian crises.
HUMANITARIAN CRISES PUBLICATIONS
This study examines how anticipatory action was perceived and experienced among Ethiopians living with drought alongside other crises.
In 2022 UN OCHA led a pilot anticipatory action intervention in South Sudan. This brief presents UN actors’ perceptions of this intervention.
This report reviews progress, outlines barriers to further progress, and makes recommendations to advance gender equality in the humanitarian system.
Building on a previous report on the localization of humanitarian assistance, this study focuses on issues unique to the localization of humanitarian research.
This anticipatory action landscape brief summarizes what has been published on anticipatory action since 2020 and what progress has been made on existing recommendations.
This paper examines the role of marital status and motherhood on schooling experience and educational interruption, attainment, and aspirations in South Sudan and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
HUMANITARIAN CRISES PROJECTS
The CORD consortium works to protect health and build resilience in climate-related disasters. We collect and analyze data on the health effects of climate-related disasters, illuminating how vulnerable populations are affected around the world.
This project aims to improve the lives and livelihoods of populations in pastoral areas of the Sudano-Sahel and Greater Horn of Africa by ensuring that early warning systems and humanitarian action are better attuned and more responsive to the needs and realities of these communities.
This research program seeks to understand the enabling and hindering factors that support localized or locally led humanitarian responses to natural disasters, conflicts, and prolonged complex emergencies.
This page brings together multiple projects related to gender, sex, and age in humanitarian response.
Our latest research shows that we do not know enough about early marriage to design programs and policies that effectively support female youth in the ways that they need. This study is generating the evidence humanitarians need.
The Taadoud operational research aims to strengthen the impact of resilience-related actions and interventions.
HUMANITARIAN CRISES NEWS
MASTER OF ARTS IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (MAHA)
MAHA is geared toward humanitarian professionals who have significant field experience. Students develop the knowledge and skills needed to advance their careers in the areas of nutrition; food policy; and economic, political, and social development. It is a joint–degree offered by the Friedman and Fletcher Schools.
