The Good Humanitarian

The Good Humanitarian

By The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre | ISSSociety & Culture
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The Good Humanitarian episodes

  • Humanitarians are always good, right?

    In this second episode of 'The Good Humanitarian', we are joined by Dr Kaira Zoe Cañete, senior researcher at The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre with a focus on disaster recovery, humanitarian ethics and feminist alternatives in humanitarian action. Together with the co-hosts, Kaira unpacks the principles that underpin humanitarian work, allowing us to go deeper into understanding how sometimes humanitarians can cause more harm than good.


    In the podcast we also question: What makes a "good" humanitarian? We would like to hear from you. Leave a comment here or via social media.

    The Good Humanitarian is a podcast by The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC), based at the International Institute of Social Studies, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Stay up to date by following the HSC on LinkedIn, Bluesky and check out our website:
    www.humanitarianstudiescentre.nl⁠

    51 min
  • Thousands of crises, thousands of responses

    In this opening episode of 'The Good Humanitarian', presenters Sarah Njoroge and Tom Ansell are joined by Professor Dorothea Hilhorst, Director of The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre. They'll discuss why each crisis should have its own bespoke response (and why it often doesn't), the problems of reducing humanitarian work to just "donor and recipients", when a humanitarian response ends and what the term 'localisation' actually means.


    In the podcast we also question: What makes a "good" humanitarian? We would like to hear from you. Leave a comment here or via social media. Stay up to date by following the HSC on LinkedIn.

    The Good Humanitarian is a podcast by The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC), based at the International Institute of Social Studies, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Interested in the HSC? Check out our website

    47 min

About The Good Humanitarian

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Have you ever wondered what it really costs to do good in a world where crises are cascading and growing faster than the resources to respond to them? Humanitarian work is often seen as selfless and…