Sarah Collinson

Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group

Sarah Collinson is a Research Associate of HPG. Her recent work has focused on the nature of the humanitarian system and the challenges of humanitarian action in difficult political and security environments, including the implications of stabilisation and risk management agendas, 'humanitarian space', and the political economy of livelihoods and displacement in crisis contexts. She has previously held senior research and policy positions at Chatham House and ActionAid.

Outputs

Counter terrorism and humanitarian action

Event - Round-table - 21 February 2011

This meeting explored the extent to which the ‘criminalisation of aid’ following 9/11 has affected humanitarian space in various settings, and discuss appropriate and possible responses.

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Politicisation and securitisation of Aid: challenges to humanitarian space in Somalia

Event - Round-table - 14 February 2011

This meeting discussed key challenges affecting humanitarian space in Somalia. It has a particular focus on how humanitarian and political interventions have interacted over time and the impact this relationship is having on the acceptance of humanitarian action and the security of aid workers.

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The Humanitarian System: how does it affect humanitarian space?

Event - Round-table - 14 January 2011

This meeting assessed the nature and composition of the humanitarian system and the impacts these have on humanitarian space. It also questioned if, how and why the objectives, activities and coverage of key aid agencies (NGOs, UN and Red Cross/Red Crescent) have changed or expanded over time.

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Humanitarian Space in Sri Lanka: what lessons can be learned?

Event - Round-table - 18 November 2010

This meeting assessed the challenges humanitarian agencies have faced in Sri Lanka over the last two decades so as to inform current and future responses.

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States of fragility: Stabilisation and its implications for humanitarian action

Event - Public event - 22 October 2010 12:00 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

This event launched ‘States of Fragility’, a supplementary Theme Issue of the journal Disasters, which considers the implications of stabilisation for international humanitarian action.

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