Read for Action: The Humanitarian Book Club is a social media initiative co-created by the Humanitarian Collaborative and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs that joins you to a global community reading powerful novels about those affected by climate, conflict & humanitarian crises.

Althea Pickering (Col '17, Batten '18) found her purpose and passion while at the Batten School. Pickering is currently a logistics officer for the United Nations World Food Programme.

Join us on Thursday, November 3rd from 6:30-7:30 pm over Zoom to hear from alumni at our Humanitarian Aid & International Development Career Panel.

Listen now to Beyond Aid, a new podcast hosted by UVA Professor Kirsten Gelsdorf and Jacob Kurtzer from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Subscribe on Apple, Spotify, TuneIn, and Google.

On a recent podcast episode of UVA Speaks, Kirsten Gelsdorf, professor of practice of public policy at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, talks about humanitarian crises today and shares that 1 in 29 people in the world needs assistance.

The UVA Humanitarian Collaborative and Global Policy Center have been closely following the humanitarian crisis that is arising as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. The Center's professors and key partners have issued statements and been interviewed at length about the growing crisis.

In an op-ed for The New Humanitarian, Professor Lucy Bassett and co-author Mari Ullmann outline how the war in Ukraine has affected women and children. Millions of Ukrainian refugee women now find themselves as single heads of households.

This year, the HC launched a new Global Fellows Program in collaboration with the UN. Two Fellows have contributed to meaningful research on humanitarian policy.