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Thank you to all those that attended the IHSA Conference in Istanbul & Bergen, 15-17 October 2025!

We would like to thank all IHSA Members that attended the conference, as well as our partners the Turkish Red Crescent, Red Cross Red Crescent Global Disaster Preparedness Centre, Marmara University, CMI, and all of those that contributed to bringing this conference to life. With around 300 attendees in total (online + in-person), this was one of the largest IHSA Conferences to date.

Post-conference activities:

  • Submit a blog to the ISS Blog (BLISS): this can be about your conference experiences, inspirations, or ideas! Contact info@ihsa.info with the subject line ‘Conference Blog’ for more information
  • Have feedback for us on the conference? Just email info@ihsa.info with the subject line ‘Conference Feedback’
  • Want to propose your organisation or university as a partner or host for (one of) the next IHSA Conferences? Email info@ihsa.info with the subject line ‘Next IHSA Conference’

Remember, as an IHSA Member, you can also always propose a working group or community, or another initiative!

About Us

The International Humanitarian Studies Association is a network engaged with the study of humanitarian crises caused by disaster, conflict or political instability. Humanitarian studies concern how humanitarian crises evolve, how they affect people and their institutions, communities and societies, and the responses they trigger.

We form a platform for the different disciplines that address humanitarian studies. It offers a venue where these scholarly communities can meet and debate their different insights and understanding of humanitarian crises, in dialogue with policy actors and implementing agencies. IHSA equally welcomes academic scholars, consultants, policy researchers, and reflective practitioners among its membership.

If you are not a member already, please join us today! If you want to find out more about IHSA Governance and how we function please have a look at our Governance page.

Relevant resources

As a part of our efforts to connect the actors in the humanitarian sector, we have created a selection of humanitarian resources for our community.

This selection includes a wide variety of topics and resources like:

Membership

IHSA offers two types of membership. Individual membership and institutional membership. We equally welcome academic scholars, consultants, policy researchers, and reflective practitioners among our membership. Do you think your institution might be interested in joining IHSA please send us an email. More information about institutional membership can be found here.

The individual membership fee is 25 Euro per year. You can fill in the membership registration form to become a member.

Members: