Humanitarian Policy Group - Our work
The Humanitarian Policy Group is dedicated to improving humanitarian policy and practice through a combination of high-quality analysis, dialogue and debate.
HPG's research focuses on five core research themes:
- Livelihoods and food security in crises
- Principles, politics and the humanitarian system
- Displacement, migration and urbanisation
- Programming in transitional contexts
- Civilian security and protection
HPG also runs a course in parternship with academic institutions - the Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions. For more information, please view the course page.
Livelihoods and food security in crises
Livelihoods in conflict, food security and protracted crisis, including cash transfer programming.
Principles, politics and the humanitarian system
The evolving institutions and principles of humanitarian action and politics.
Displacement, migration and urbanisation
The changing dynamics of displacement with a particular focus on urbanisation, exploring the factors that affect forced migration, such as climate change.
Programming in transitional contexts
The challenges for policy-making, strategy and operations in crises: the context in which the substantial majority of humanitarian expenditure currently occurs.
Civilian security and protection
The roles of military, political, human rights and humanitarian actors in civilian protection and the extent to which these are complementary.