Humanitarian Governance and Management Research Cluster

Behmer-Prinz participates at 2nd Int'l Dialogue on Governance of Refugee Camps

Dr. Katharina Behmer-Prinz, Co-General Manager and Senior Researcher at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), participated in the 2nd International Dialogue on the Governance of Refugee Camps. The event, held in Athens and organized by Harokopio University of Athens, featured Dr. Behmer-Prinz in a micro talk session.

IFHV Organizes Humanitarian Training Course on “MEAL in Anticipatory Humanitarian Action” in Bochum

The IFHV organized a training course for humanitarian practitioners on “MEAL in Anticipatory Humanitarian Action” that took place on 5 and 6 June in Bochum. The workshop was hosted by the Academy of the Ruhr-University Bochum and facilitated by Karen Dall and Anita Auerbach from the German Red Cross as well as Clemens Gros from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.

Dijkzeul and Team win grant for research on freshwater and climate change in the Pacific Islands

Dennis Dijkzeul, Professor in Conflict and Organization Research at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), and colleagues from the Université du Quebec à Montreal (Canada) and Université de Neuchatel (Switzerland) has been awarded a grant for the research project "Securing availability and access to freshwater in a culturally adapted and sustainable way for populations of Pacific Island Countries facing climate change (SAFEPAC)".

Brown, Dijkzeul, Rosier hold workshop on LGBTQI+ and Triple Nexus

On August 22 and 23, Prof. Stephen Brown (University of Ottawa, UA Ruhr Senior Fellow and IFHV Associated Member), Dr. Morgane Rosier (also from the University of Ottawa and (soon) IFHV) and Prof. Dennis Dijkzeul held a workshop on “LGBTQI+ People and the ‘Triple Nexus’ of Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding” at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities in Essen. Scholars and practitioners have been debating how to integrate better the fields of short-term humanitarian aid with longer-term foreign aid/development cooperation for decades, along with, more recently, parallel efforts in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, often known as the “triple nexus”. Simultaneously, scholarship and practice in each of those three areas have begun to address the particular needs and rights of LGBTQI+ people, whose marginalization and exclusion have been well documented. However, until now these debates have never been brought together. At this workshop 17 international scholars and practitioners studied LGBTQI+ issues and the triple nexus. They discussed the state-of-the-art for each of the three nexus components, implementation issues, and current research gaps. The participants decided to hold a follow-up workshop a year from now.

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Anti-Corruption Summer School Concludes Successfully

This week, the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) at Ruhr University Bochum held its annual Anti-Corruption Summer School. The School, featuring guest speakers Matthew Jenkins (Transparency International) and Inda Loekman (Kemitraan Indonesia), brought together students and experts to develop innovative strategies against corruption in sectors like health, education, climate action, and construction.

Workshop on Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Action Concludes

The LNOB workshop on the joint edited volume "Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Action: From Promises to Practice" successfully concluded on September 6th and 7th at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum. Participants from Germany, Indonesia, Georgia, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, and Bangladesh engaged in lively discussions on best practices for disability inclusion, the "Four Must-Do Actions," guidelines, field-level implementation, and the broader global architecture of disability inclusion in humanitarian action.

Dijkzeul Co-Authored Joint Literature Review in the IRRC

Prof. Dr. Dennis Dijkzeul, Professor in Conflict and Organization Research at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), has recently co-authored a literature review of Jöel Glasman's "Humanitarianism and the Quantification of Human Needs: Minimal Humanity", published in the International Review of the Red Cross (IRRC).

New BOFAX: Beyond Atrocities

The Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) just published a new BOFAX. Since 2019, Völkerrechtsblog has cooperated with the IFHV and publishes BOFAXE, the IFHV’s scientific snapshot of up-to-the minute news in international law.

Amine Successfully Defends PhD Dissertation

Miriam Amine has successfully defended her PhD dissertation at the RUB Social Science School on 13 November, 2024. The title of her dissertation was "Enabling Evaluation Use – An analysis to improve evaluation use for more evidence-informed decision making in development cooperation".