UVA Humanitarian Collaborative
About the UVA Humanitarian Collaborative
In 2022, an estimated 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance. It is estimated that one in four children around the world lives in a conflict or disaster zone. With crises from war to COVID to climate ongoing, there is a need to improve emergency prevention, response, and mitigation.
The UVA Humanitarian Collaborative brings together scholars, practitioners, university students, and community partners to address the world’s pressing humanitarian and development challenges. We conduct applied interdisciplinary research, engage in real-time analysis and assessment, and provide strategic recommendations. The Humanitarian Collaborative is funded through the Office of the Provost’s Strategic Investment Fund, the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation’s Ruth Young Endowment/Indar-Riyukhe Fund, and the UVA Batten Global Policy Center.
If you are interested in working with us, please fill out this interest form.
A student takes in the “Where the Children Sleep” exhibit by acclaimed photographer Magnus Wennman.
During a flood assessment mission in Jonglei along the Nile, Batten alumna Althea Pickering found the only way to move in many flooded locations was using SHERPs (amphibious vehicles that can travel through mud, swamp and water).
The Read for Action Humanitarian Book Club launched on November 7, 2022 in partnership with UNOCHA.
Thematic Areas
The Humanitarian Collaborative's applied, interdisciplinary work is organized around thematic areas, which are designed to understand, explore, and develop solutions to pressing challenges.
Early Childhood Development in Crisis
Humanitarian Collaborative faculty are partnering with global leaders in the humanitarian and development fields, including UNICEF, the International Rescue Committee, Sesame Workshop and the Moving Minds Alliance, to help take a lead in developing strategies, standards, and new policies to revise the way major humanitarian actors address early childhood development. Read more…
Migration and Displacement
Humanitarian Collaborative faculty are working with Project Adelante and local community partners on the ground to provide support and contribute to solutions to the U.S./Mexico border crisis, especially approaches that support parents and families with children. Read more…
Humanitarian Advocacy and operational effectiveness
‘Advocacy’ and ‘communication’ campaigns using visual media have become one of the core functions of global humanitarian response organizations, yet a multitude of unanswered questions on how to most effectively and ethically accomplish this goal remain. We have built a team of faculty, students, practitioners, and community members to engage in advocacy events and research projects to help us find new answers to these long-standing challenges. Read more…
Highlights
