Forskningsgruppeleder

Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert

Ansvarlig enhet(er)

Beskrivelse

​​​​​The humanitarian enterprise currently finds itself at a crossroads. At the tail end of armed international engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is increasingly also faced with new types of emergencies related to climate change, urbanization, and shifting geopolitical dynamics. What is the future of the humanitarian system in light of these challenges? This is the most basic research question that occupies us. Answering it requires investigations into humanitarianism's current character, how it is changing, and how it ought to change. The Humanitarianism Research Group has a close collaboration with The Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies. The Centre aims to promote and facilitate critical and relevant research on key humanitarian issues, and serves as a hub for research and policy discussion. The Centre is established as a joint PRIO, CMI and NUPI initiative. NCHS also features a national network of scholars working on humanitarian issues from outside the three core institutions, as well as featuring an extensive network of international humanitarian scholars. ​​ Humanitarianism is still an evolving field of study. As illustrated by events over the past ten years, the institutional and political frameworks of the humanitarian enterprise will continue to shift the terrain of global governance in the new century, posing novel challenges to traditional ideas of sovereignty, security, and human welfare. To understand the political, legal, ethical, cultural, and economic implications of this development, there is a need for basic research into the premises and impact of contemporary humanitarian practice, with a focus on developing better conceptual and methodological approaches. The work of the Humanitarianism research group seeks to contribute to the development of humanitarianism as a field of study in its own right, and to further a more critical debate on humanitarian issues and humanitarian policies at the national, regional, and international level. It also seeks to develop the insights of a variety of cognate disciplines in relation to the complex issue of contemporary humanitarianism.

Publikasjoner

A FALSE START: BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE IN THE SOUTHERN SUDAN, 1956-62 (2011)
Rolandsen, Øystein
Journal of African History
Hearts and mines: A district-level analysis of the Maoist conflcit in India (2012)
Hoelscher, Kristian;Miklian, Jason;Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya
International Area Studies Review
The Rise of the Humanitarian Drone: Giving Content to an Emerging Concept (2014)
Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora;Lohne, Kjersti
Millennium: Journal of International Studies
Return Visits as a Marker of Differentiation in the Social Field (2014)
Sagmo, Tove Heggli
Mobilities
Humanitarian technology: a critical research agenda (2014)
Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora;Jumbert, Maria Gabrielsen;Karlsrud, John;Kaufmann, Mareile
International Review of the Red Cross

Lenker

http://https://www.prio.org/Research/Group/?x=5 (Hjemmeside)