Warwick Conference on Humanitarianism

Abstract

This article reports on the Warwick Conference on Humanitarianism, where practitioners and academics shared their experiences of the problems and limitations of humanitarianism, and how they dealt with them.

Conférence de Warwick sur l'humanitarisme

Cet article présente un compte rendu de la Conférence de Warwick sur l'humanitarisme, lors de laquelle des praticiens et des universitaires ont partagé leurs expériences des problèmes et limites de l'humanitarisme, et les manières dont ils s'y sont confrontés.

Conferência de Warwick sobre Humanitarismo

Este artigo faz um relato sobre a Conferência de Warwick sobre Humanitarismo, onde profissionais da área prática e acadêmicos compartilharam suas experiências quanto aos problemas e limitações do humanitarismo e como eles lidam com isto.

Conferencia sobre Humanitarianismo de Warwick

Este ensayo informa de la Conferencia sobre Humanitarianismo de Warwick donde profesionales y académicos compartieron experiencias en torno a los problemas y las limitaciones del humanitarianismo y cómo éstos se han abordado.

Keywords:

• Aid
• Conflict and reconstruction

Notes

The main conference organisers were Shahnaz Akhter, Taryn Campbell, Mingwen Cheng, Christian Glaus, Deepali Gupta, Saki Ito, Michael Jarosch, Serena Pozza, Shveta Sarin, Lothar Semper, and Tom Van den Steen, kindly supported by the Department of Politics and International Studies of the University of Warwick. Podcasts and other information can be found on the conference website <www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/ss/humanitarianism>

Johan Galtung: On Violence, War, and their Impact. Visible and Invisible Effects of Violence (http://them.polylog.org/5/fgj-en.htm#s1).

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Tom Van den Steen

Tom Van den Steen is a graduate of the University of Warwick (MA Humanitarianism and Security).