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

Humanitarian Space: concepts, definitions and uses

Event - Round-table - 20 October 2010

This meeting explored the various meanings and uses of humanitarian space and initiated a dialogue on how best to understand and apply the term and discuss the implications these have for understanding wider trends and challenges and developing appropriate responses.

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Achieving policy coherence in challenging environments: risk management and aid culture in Sudan and Afghanistan

Projects - October 2010 to April 2013

This project seeks to delineate the extent to which risk management and enhanced threat awareness among UN agencies and international NGOs challenge their ability to achieve ambitious and transformational policy goals in conflict-affected fragile states.

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Disasters theme issue: States of fragility: stabilisation and its implications for humanitarian action

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 30 September 2010

Disasters vol. 34, supplement s3

Guest edited by Sarah Collinson, Samir Elhawary and Robert Muggah

This special issue explores the increased interest and engagement by donor and national governments in ‘stabilising’ contexts affected by armed conflict and complex emergencies, and considers its implications for international humanitarian action.

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