War in Ukraine is pushing global acute hunger to the highest level in this century Distributing flour rations and other food supplies in southern Yemen on March 29, 2022. Saleh Al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images Daniel Maxwell, Tufts University Russia’s invasion of...
Humanitarian Agenda 2015: Burundi and Liberia Country Studies
Three of the four topics addressed by the Humanitarian Agenda 2015 research seem pertinent in the case of Burundi – coherence, security and, to a lesser extent, terrorism. Many comparisons can be made with Liberia, in terms of the length and cruelty of the war and the...
Humanitarian Agenda 2015
Over the past three years, Tufts/FIC has conducted 12 country case studies on local perceptions of the work of humanitarian agencies. The objective was to understand, from the perspective of those most affected by crisis and conflict, whether humanitarian action was seen as responding to a universal imperative or as an externally-driven approach linked to Northern and Western agendas.
Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium
The Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium aims to generate a stronger evidence base on how people in conflict-affected situations make a living, access basic services like health care, education and water, and perceive and engage with governance at local and national levels.
Food Security and Resilience in Somalia
This project is a major retrospective study of the 2010-2011 Somalia famine. It considers the reasons for the delayed international response, the engagement of non-western humanitarian actors, and the agency and actions of affected communities and groups in protecting their own livelihoods and lives. The project also develops interventions to build resilience in the famine-affected areas.
Crisis and Social Transformation in Nepal
How does the work of aid agencies during and after conflict affect people’s perceptions of change? What can we learn from recent experience? Our work in Nepal has uncovered a number of interesting issues around the humanitarian-development relationship and the challenges of social transformation in a (hopefully) post-conflict environment that we feel are important to research both because they are largely unexplored and because of their potential policy implications.
Thessaloniki, Greece: A Case Report in Refugees in Towns
This report attempts to shed light on the integration process for the most recent wave of refugees in Thessaloniki.
Livelihoods, conflict, and recovery: findings from the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium
This report synthesizes findings on livelihoods from research projects that took place over five years in eight countries affected by fragility and conflict as part of the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC).
Humanitarian Agenda 2015: Principles, Power, and Perceptions
This report summarizes the findings of the first phase of a major research project on the challenges and compromises that are likely to affect humanitarian action in the next decade. The issues are organized and analyzed around four interrelated “petals”: the...
The U.S. Citizen-Soldier and the Global War on Terror
This study provides a composite view of reflections by U.S. veterans from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq on their experiences in the Global War on Terror. It draws on interviews with soldiers, their families, and their communities, and on materials that the...