Yves Daccord, former CEO of the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins us at the Oxford Martin School. The history of humanitarianism is one of vulnerabilities, power, mobilisation and adaptation.
This has been true since humanitarian aid became an industry in its own right and continues to be so today.
The reaffirmed sovereignty of states, th ... Show More
May 2024
The UK’s development strategy and the new economic and geopolitical challenges
The Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell MP, will join us to discuss how to address these challenges as well as seize new opportunities. The UK launched an international development White Paper in November 2023, setting out seven areas for action across a broad ra ... Show More
1h 20m
May 2024
Book talk: 'Not the end of the world: how we can be the first generation to build a sustainable planet'
Hannah Ritchie discusses her new book 'Not the end of the world' with Prof Charles Godfray. We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that we should reconsider having children. But in this talk, ... Show More
1 h
Nov 2023
Human security versus national security: have we lost our capacity for collective action?
Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, explores the implications of growing paralysis, polarisation and uncertainty for a world in a race against time to achieve systemic and transformational change. Conflicts, climate change, rising inequalities…. the list of crises is long and grow ... Show More
1h 14m
Dec 2013
Humanitarian situation and funding challenges in selected countries
Mr Krähenbühl, ICRC Director of Operations, discusses needs in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq and South Sudan, the ICRC's response and the challenges involved in obtaining funding for humanitarian activities in those countries. (20.09.2013)
57m 16s
Feb 2024
Charting the course: Navigating 2024's humanitarian landscape | Event
<p>Crises are mounting, and their impacts are overlapping and rippling across the globe. Emergency response has grown more complicated, and more costly. What's the way forward?</p> <p>Each year, The New Humanitarian publishes our list of trends <a href= "https://www.thenewhumanit ... Show More
1h 31m
Jun 2022
5 ethical principles for digitizing humanitarian aid | Aarathi Krishnan
Over the last decade, humanitarian organizations have digitized many of their systems, from registering refugees with biometric IDs to transporting cargo via drones. This has helped deliver aid around the world, but it's also brought new risks to the people it's meant to protect. ... Show More
12m 34s
Mar 2011
Aiding the Peace in Southern Sudan: A Multi-donor Evaluation of Support to Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities in Southern Sudan 2005-2010
Jon Bennet, Director of Oxford Development Consultants, gives a talk for the Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict Seminar series on 7th March 2011. An Oxford Humanitarian Group Event. Introduced by Urvashi Aneja.
45m 40s