Simone Haysom

Research Officer 2, Humanitarian Policy Group

Simone Haysom works on issues to do with displacement and humanitarian action in urban areas, and on HPG's Civil-Military Coordination project. Simone has an MPhil in Geography from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining HPG, Simone researched the role of local institutions in facilitating urban service delivery in South Africa.

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Sanctuary in the city? Reframing responses to protracted urban displacement

Publication - Briefing papers - 18 June 2013

HPG Policy Briefs

Simone Haysom

This policy brief details how the humanitarian sector needs to embrace an approach to protracted urban displacement that tackles both its political and programmatic challenges.

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Protecting civilians in armed conflict

Event - Conference - 16 - 18 May 2013

The conference brought together humanitarians, diplomats, soldiers, experts, journalists and others for a frank discussion about these issues affecting the protection of civilians and produced some recommendations for the future.

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The search for common ground: civil–military relations in Afghanistan, 2002–13 - Policy Brief

Publication - Briefing papers - 15 May 2013

HPG Policy Briefs 51

Ashley Jackson and Simone Haysom

This policy brief summarises research on civil-military dialogue between aid agencies and military forces in Afghanistan from 2002 through 2012. It aims to contribute to the understanding of the challenges of civil-military dialogue in the context of international and national military forces pursuing stabilisation activities.

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The search for common ground: civil–military relations in Afghanistan, 2002–13

Publication - Research reports and studies - 22 April 2013

HPG Working Papers

Ashley Jackson and Simone Haysom

Experiences in Afghanistan have irrevocably shaped how aid agencies regard and relate to military forces during conflict. Through an examination of stabilisation interventions in Afghanistan, this Working Paper seeks to better understand the challenges of civil–military dialogue in the context of combined international and national military forces pursuing the lofty goal of stabilisation.

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Mauritanian herder seeks pasture during 2012 Sahel food security crisis

HPG Integrated Programme 2013-15

Projects - March 2013 to March 2015

This is the eleventh Integrated Programme (IP) of work proposed for funding by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG). The projects constitute the core of HPG’s research work in 2013–15, combining policy-relevant research and engagement, humanitarian practice, academic engagement and a vigorous and extensive public affairs programme of events, conferences and media work.

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