Crisis, disaster & humanitarian politics

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1 | Running crisis politics and decision-making simulations and playbooks as part of university and practitioner courses taught since 2016.

2 | The abundance of universal basic income and other progressive policy measures passed during COVID that could have become permanent, but ended up being temporary.

3 | Some of the biggest differences between South-South and North-South post-conflict aid practices of participatory planning, accountability, decision-making, and oversight among people affected by conflict.

4 | How oral history-based action research research helped us design and disseminate responsive ballot and voting information among groups historically targeted by voter suppression efforts in four U.S. cities. during the 2020 election—and its paired crisis conditions of COVID-19 and often threatening political climate.

5 | How the City of Jakarta’s Emergency Management Office integrated real-time data–provided through a combination of mapping, social media, city, and urban sensor hydrology sources–in mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in urban flooding, particularly as floods affect vulnerable populations | Jakarta, Indonesia

6 | How food and agriculture monopolies capitalize on crisis by entering new markets through humanitarian aid and expanding industry presence where local economies are impacted by closures.

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