HUMANITARIAN COLLABORATIVE
ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN COLLABORATIVE
WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES
Around the world, more than 300 million people in over 70 countries need global humanitarian assistance each year. Finding ways to improve prevention, response, and mitigation is critical. In response, the Humanitarian Collaborative at the University of Virginia brings together scholars, practitioners, university students, and community
partners to address the world’s pressing humanitarian and development challenges. We conduct applied interdisciplinary research, engage in real-time analysis and assessment, and provide strategic recommendations.
If you are interested in working with us or hearing more about our work, please fill out this interest form.
THEMATIC AREAS
The Humanitarian Collaborative’s applied, interdisciplinary work is organized around thematic areas, which are designed to understand, explore, and develop solutions to pressing challenges. In each of these themes we partner with global and local policy and operational organizations and individuals to take a lead in developing strategies, standards, and policies.
HIGHLIGHTS
Compassion in Global Action
As the world grows increasingly polarized, and economic, environmental and other societal challenges grow increasingly complex, future leaders will need to draw from ever-deeper sources of understanding and compassion to …
Humanitarian Collaborative Fellowship at World Food Program-USA
The UVA Humanitarian Collaborative has established the Batten Humanitarian Collaborative Fellowship program that connects two students from the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy (one graduate and one undergraduate) …
“Photovoice” Project in Turkey
Lucy Bassett, associate professor of practice at the Batten School and co-director of UVA’s Humanitarian Collaborative, and alumna Makayla Palazzo (MPP ’18), advocacy and communications director with Save the Children, …
Young Children in Humanitarian and COVID-19 Crises
Book Launch Event: March 19th, 2024 The long-term consequences of COVID-19 have been tough for children around the world, but even more so for young children already in humanitarian crises, whether …
Forced Migration and Agent-Based Approaches
Joined by leaders in the field of migration and displacement, David Leblang writes about forced migration in Ukraine using agent-based frameworks and models. “A Generalized Theory-Driven Agent-Based Framework” was published …
Read for Action: ‘A Passage North’ Webinar
Event: December 1, 2024 – 12 pm EST Join us on Friday, December 1 for a discussion on A Passage North with panelists Anuk Arudpragasam, Rebecca Vetharaniam Richards, and Patrick Deer, moderated by Adrienne Ghaly! …
How Much Good Can $100 Million Do? Sesame Street and IRC Put a Big Bet to the Test
To meet world humanitarian needs like food, shelter, and medicine would require $54.8 billion a year, according to recent projections by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of …
A Smart and Humane Answer on Immigration
CNN — A humanitarian crisis has pushed more than 7 million people to leave Venezuela over the past decade, some settling in South and Central America and others coming to the US. …
UVA Community Responds to Libyan Humanitarian Crisis With Hearts and Minds
A Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds Libya is dealing with a new crisis on top of multiple older ones, noted Kirsten Gelsdorf, a professor who worked with the UN Office for the …
Read for Action: Kickoff Event
Event: October 2nd, 2024 – 12 PM EST Join Read for Action: The Humanitarian Book Club (a partnership between the Humanitarian Collaborative and UN OCHA) as they kickoff their reading period and discuss …
How to Stay Optimistic in an Age of Crisis
International Rescue Committee President David Miliband discusses humanitarian action today and how to find hope in our current moment of crisis. Milliband outlines a solutions-driven, action-oriented approach to propel the humanitarian sector forward.
Child Migration and Displacement in LAC: Aligning Evidence-based Solutions and Research Priorities
The University of Virginia’s (UVA) Democracy Initiative (DI) and Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy’s Global Policy Centre (GPC) and UNICEF Innocenti (Innocenti) partnered to hold …