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IHSA prepares a weekly collection of blog posts that relate to humanitarian crises, and the responses to crisis from people, communities, politicians, and humanitarians. The weekly newsletter also shares IHSA events and news as well as activities and publications from IHSA members.

IHSA News Announcement – 11 February

Carla Vitantonio elected as new IHSA Vice-President

The International Humanitarian Studies Association Board is delighted to announce that Carla Vitantonio has been elected as the new IHSA Vice-President. The IHSA VP is elected by the Board, with former VP Susanne Jaspars having stood down from the Board after reaching her term limit.

Carla was first elected to the IHSA Board by IHSA Members during the 2023 IHSA Conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Since then she has taken a leading role in the IHSA Thesis Prize, amongst other IHSA initiatives.

The Vice-President position at IHSA is an important part of the ‘Executive Committee’ leadership team, which is formed by the IHSA President, Vice-President, and Treasurer.

We hope that all IHSA Members will join us in congratulating Carla! Having been a senior humanitarian practitioner in contexts including Cuba, Myanmar and North Korea, Carla’s research interests include decoloniality in the aid sector,  South-South policy development, and humanitarian work in fractured governance contexts. Her podcast, ‘Living Decoloniality’, is also well worth a listen!

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.

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