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.

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States of fragility: stabilisation and its implications for humanitarian action

Publication - Discussion papers - 27 May 2010

HPG Working Papers

Sarah Collinson, Samir Elhawary and Robert Muggah

This HPG Working Paper considers the implications of ‘stabilisation’ for international humanitarian action. It argues that, while humanitarian actors have been most preoccupied with the growing engagement of the military in the humanitarian sphere, it is trends in international political engagement in these contexts that represent the more fundamental challenge.

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Accepting responsibility? The role of the state in disasters five years on from the tsunami

Event - Public event - 15 December 2009 17:30 - 19:00 (GMT+00)

In October ODI released a new report examining the role of the state in humanitarian action, Paul Harvey presented the ODI report at this event.

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Fragile states: an effective approach to stabilisation

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 27 September 2009

The past two decades has seen ambitious international efforts to ‘fix’ fragile states around the world, with a growing international focus on the internal affairs of such states and the well-being of their citizens. But there are on-going debates about the precise relationship between achieving security and ensuring long-term development, and around the role of external actors in stabilising fragile states and supporting wider ‘war to peace’ transitions.

UN peacekeeping – and the UN’s broader engagement in many crises – has expanded over the past decade, and has shift

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Principles in practice

Event - Workshop - 2 - 3 July 2009

Workshop exploring the principles of international engagement in practice in crisis and conflict settings.

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Good Humanitarian Donorship Principles in Practice

Publication - Research reports and studies - 1 January 2009

HPG Commissioned Reports

Sarah Collinson, Margie Buchanan-Smith and Samir Elhawary

This study explores how Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) and its implementation by donors is affecting humanitarian responses to the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and communities affected by displacement.

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