Listening to a 6-minute-long piece on German public radio Deutschlandfunk Kultur reminded me how truly global humanitarian responses have become. Journalist Vivien Leue visited the Ahrtal region that…
Hi all, Just when I thought ‘well, looks like one of those normal weeks featuring saving philanthropy, Australia being a dick, digital #globaldev being complicated & more staggering…
Hi all, We welcomed almost 170 students to our ComDev courses this week, so the link review is a tad bit shorter than usual at the end of…
Hi all, We made it through another week & a great photo essay on outdoor women in Canada & a speculative humanitarian fiction story could help to take…
Hi all, It feels like a lifetime since I posted my last weekly update with all the terrible news that is coming in from Afghanistan, Haiti & so…
Hi all, The Swedish summer break is coming to its end & we will be preparing for the new semester on Monday; I thought I would kick off…
Hi all, Welcome to the last weekly review before my annual summer break! I don’t need to tell anybody what a long and tiring first half of the…
Hi all, 22 of our ComDev students presented great theses last week, the semester is slowly winding down & your favorite weekly #globaldev review is back with news,…
Hi all, Our teaching term is slowly coming to an end and I feel a little bit like this melon vendor in Afghanistan surrounded by student essays &…
Imagine if I told you a story about a high school drop-out without any formal credentials who moved into a career with more humanitarian front line work and…
Hi all, From the UK, Germany & Sweden we are venturing further afield to the DRC, Myanmar/India, Brunei Durassalam & even Australia! We are also continuing debates on…
Hi all, I think this week’s highlight is the ‘new reports’ section with so many great new readings to discover!There’re also links to old men, Sean Penn &…
Hi all, When I was compiling this week’s post I deleted/excluded more articles than I usually do; a long read on the terrible impact of Assad’s air force…
Hi all, From Argentina to Zimbabwe & from Bangladesh to the Philippines this week’s review also covers stories from India, Myanmar, Germany, UK and the US. Stay safe…
Hi all, This week contains a few deja vu moments about aid cuts (UK), conflict & the periphery (Sudan), revolutions & digital tools (Myanmar), child sponsorship (has impact,…
Hi all, It feels good to be back after a short break (actually, I managed to write two new posts since my last review); the decolonized, diversified &…
A few reflections on curating humanitarian content & the limits of virtual knowledge repositoriesMy colleagues of the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) encouraged me to share a…
It all started with a Tweet… German public broadcaster from Bavaria aired a comedian who impersonated an African dictator (including blackface/white gloves) to “satirically” address recent cases of…
Hi all, For many of us these will be a few quieter Easter holiday days. Before I’m logging off & take a proper break (so no newsletter next…
Hi all, I wish I had more energy & the right mindset to celebrate my 400th #globaldev link review properly, but for the time being I am just…
Hi all, Another week, another great range of news, essay, podcasts, open access books & more!This week applications for autumn courses in Sweden opened so do share the…
Hi all, I don’t really have much to say today-so I let these great #globaldev readings speak for themselves 🙂 Enjoy!My quotes of the weekWe found that warmth…
The other day a young, bright contact in my network announced that they had accepted a PhD position on a full scholarship at a great development studies institution…
Hi all, I will keep it short this week: It’s Friday & I survived another week reasonably well ;)! As we are about to celebrate Women’s Day on…