Bertrand Taithe is professor of Cultural History and Director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. He works and published on the history of humanitarian aid and on contemporary humanitarian practices. He belongs to the Scientific Committee of Centre de Réflexion sur L’Action et les Savoirs Humanitaires (www.msf-crash.org/en/crash) and his a trustee of UKMed (www.uk-med.org/) and Mines Advisory Group (MAG, www.maginternational.org/).