Ashley Jackson

Research Fellow, Humanitarian Policy Group

a.jackson@odi.org.uk

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Ashley Jackson recently joined the Humanitarian Policy Group as a Research Fellow. She has substantial emergency and humanitarian program and policy experience, including work in natural disaster, conflict and post-conflict situations. Prior to joining ODI, she spent several years in Afghanistan working in the Department of Political Affairs in the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) and as Head of Policy for Oxfam. She has also worked with the Red Cross on disaster relief and recovery operations in Southeast Asia and the United Nations Development Programme on gender issues in New York. She holds an MSc in Gender and Development from the London School of Economics.

Her current research with HPG focuses on humanitarian principles and negotiations with armed non-state actors. In addition, she serves as an advisor to the UK Parliament International Development Committee on Afghanistan and contributes to the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium's work on Afghanistan.

Outputs

Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions - 2013

Event - Course - 16 - 23 July 2013

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer an ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.

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

Publication - Briefing papers - 14 May 2013

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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What have we learned about stabilization in Afghanistan? Not much.

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 14 May 2013

As of this year, Afghanistan has experienced ten years of stabilization intervention, but what is there to show for it? Marked by massive expenditure with little to no accountability, and often marred by waste, stabilization in Afghanistan started out with arguably honorable aims. However, as troops prepare to leave in 2014, what legacy will be left behind?

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Sanctuary in the city? Urban displacement and vulnerability in Peshawar, Pakistan

Publication - Research reports and studies - 13 May 2013

Irina Mosel and Ashley Jackson

What are the challenges facing displaced populations in the context of rapid urbanisation? Based on more than 250 interviews with residents, IDPs, and Afghan refugees, as well as those tasked with assisting them, this paper seeks to examine urban displacement and vulnerability in Peshawar, Pakistan, one of the largest recipient cities for refugees and IDPs in South Asia.

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

Publication - Research reports and studies - 21 April 2013

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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