Evan Easton-Calabria
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Dr. Evan Easton-Calabria is a Research Assistant Professor at the Feinstein International Center and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Her work focuses on the lives, livelihoods, and self-reliance of displaced people, and other topics at the intersection of displacement, conflict, and climate change.
Easton-Calabria is the author of over 85 publications on humanitarianism and development, including Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A Critical History (Bristol University Press, 2022), and co-author of The Global Governed: Refugees as Providers of Protection and Assistance (Cambridge University Press, 2020). She is currently co-authoring a book on the future of humanitarian protection (Oxford University Press).
At Tufts, Easton-Calabria is PI of major projects on anticipatory action in fragile and conflict-affected contexts and early warning systems for forcibly displaced people. She conducts qualitative and mixed methods research on humanitarian interventions in east and the Horn of Africa with partners including the United Nations Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
Easton-Calabria holds a master’s and doctorate in international development from the University of Oxford, where she previously worked.
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Hazard-focused anticipatory action (AA) plans that focus on drought often seek to mitigate or avoid negative impacts to nutrition and food security. The most recommended approach for AA for malnutrition is…
Waterborne disease anticipatory action (AA) plans focus entirely on reducing health impacts and rely heavily on surveillance systems. Globally, government agencies have developed elaborate surveillance and control measures to combat…
Predictive modelling, surveillance and risk mapping, early warning systems, and anticipatory action (AA) such as pre-positioned resources are all important means for preventing vector-borne diseases. The vector-borne diseases identified as…
The human health impact of storms and flooding occur during and after these weather events and include risks of injury or death as well as waterborne disease. The most common…
Extreme heat is one of the fastest-growing hazards globally. Anticipatory action (AA) is one way to reduce the negative health impacts of heatwaves alongside other adaptive strategies to reduce the…
This report provides a global review of anticipatory action frameworks and offers a typology of approaches to AA for different national contexts and health outcomes.
The time pressure involved in designing and implementing anticipatory action can discourage the localization of decision-making. Learn more from a cartoon-infused summary of insights.
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 anticipatory action landscape brief summarizes what has been published on anticipatory action since 2020 and what progress has been made on existing recommendations.
This brief builds on the existing body of knowledge on trauma-informed practice to explore ways that anticipatory action for displaced populations can be improved.
This brief examines Lesotho, a small country in southern Africa that is highly vulnerable to climate hazards, is equipped to make use of DRF.
This literature review examines social protection systems in hazard-prone countries to make recommendations on how these systems could be best used to inform or implement anticipatory action.
FEINSTEIN RESEARCH 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 study of 4 U.S. locations will document how refugee and migrant populations in the United States receive, understand, and act on early warnings and information related to weather hazards.
The Academic Alliance for Anticipatory Action (4As) is a global consortium of universities supported by USAID that is building the evidence base on why acting ahead of hazards and risks saves lives.