Thea Hilhorst @hilhorst_thea Twitter profile

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

20 days

Holocaust expert Amos Goldberg van Hebrew Universiteit: Ja, wat Israël in Gaza doet is genocide.

Prof. Amos Goldberg: “Yes, it is genocide”

Amos Goldberg, professor of Holocaust History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, wrote the following article about the situation in Gaza for an Israeli online magazine.

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Bijna aan de beurt. Twee spinozawinnaars klaar om te speechen.

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1 year

What a major event. Thanks ⁦ @NLRebellion ⁩

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@hilhorst_thea

3 years

I am looking for 5 PhD candidates for my new programme on humanitarian governance.

International Humanitarian Studies Association

@IHSA_studies

3 years

Five PhD positions available for ERC project from @hilhorst_thea on Humanitarian Governance in Colombia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), climate related displacement, and humanitarian ethics @issnl

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Yeah, our book has come out! A sequel to the 2004 volume of ‘Mapping Vulnerability’. About vulnerability in the era of resilience and the politics of Disaster Risk Creation (DRC). Including some of the original authors like @wisnerben and Terry Cannon and exciting ‘new’ people.

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@hilhorst_thea

9 months

‘Demonstreer in vol academisch ornaat tegen fossiele subsidies’ - Vox magazine - fantastische bijdrage van Klaas Landsman over de profs in toga die zaterdag op de A12 stonden. We waren met wel 40 hoogleraren, volgende keer nog meer.

‘Demonstreer in vol academisch ornaat tegen fossiele subsidies’ - Vox magazine

OPINIE –Het college van bestuur en decanen van de Radboud Universiteit weigerde om wetenschappers van de Radboud Universiteit op te roepen om in toga of labjas deel te nemen aan de klimaatdemonstra...

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Thea Hilhorst

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3 years

Met verbazing naar het journaal gekeken. In de meest chaotische rampen en conflicten keren #RodeKruis en zo alle dubbeltjes om en bewaren alle bonnetjes, en dan vraagt onze regering ‘begrip’ dat er een paar miljard (!) kwijt is geraakt tijdens de eerste lockdown, in NL!

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@hilhorst_thea

2 months

Je vergist je Ad, ik ben niet pro-Palestijns, ik ben pro-internationaal humanitair recht.

Ad de Boer

@ad_de_boer

2 months

Pro Palestijnse activiste @hilhorst_thea wordt in @EenVandaag weer opgevoerd als onafhankelijke Gazadeskundige en mag zonder enig weerwerk leeglopen over het gemene Israël dat vrijwel alle voedseltrucks bij de grens zou tegenhouden. Terwijl er overvloedige aanwijzingen zijn ...

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8 months

Bijval voor Extinction Rebellion van de Secretaris Generaal van de Verenigde Naties…

António Guterres

@antonioguterres

8 months

To all those working for, marching for & championing real #ClimateAction : I want you to know that you are on the right side of history. I am with you. I won’t give up this fight of our lives. #ActNow

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4 years

I am so pleased to share the news that I am one of this year's awardees of the ERC advanced grant. It enables five years of research to advance voices of crisis-affected populations in humanitarian governance. Thank you @ERC_research #ERCAdG

€450 million for Europe’s long-term frontier research

185 scientists win European Research Council’s Advanced Grants

erc.europa.eu

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@hilhorst_thea

3 years

I am very honoured to be appointed - for life - to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Thank you so much, and thanks to @erasmusuni for endorsing me for the position.

ISS, The Hague

@issnl

3 years

Congratulations to Thea Hilhorst on her appointment to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences for her work on humanitarian crises in conflict and disaster situations. @hilhorst_thea @_knaw #conflict #disaster

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1 year

Ik voel mij juist vereerd… zie ik jullie allemaal zaterdag bij de superdemo?

Extinction Rebellion Nederland

@NLRebellion

1 year

Zaterdag aanstaande spreken de twee Spinoza winnaars van 2022 op de Supportdemo A12! Wij zijn vereerd en blij dat Thea Hilhorst en Klaas Landsman 27 mei hun steun uitspreken aan de XR A12 blokkade. [1/4] #A12 #StopFossieleSubsidies #Klimaatrechtvaardigheid

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Dank @TheRightsForum voor deze steunbetuiging. Tot vrijdag 12 uur zit ik bij de ingang van de Tweede Kamer op het prinses Irenepad. Een wake voor alle slachtoffers van het conflict en vasten uit compassie met de hongersnood in Gaza.

The Rights Forum

@TheRightsForum

2 months

Met een vastenwake voor Gaza maant hoogleraar Thea Hilhorst de regering tot effectieve actie om Israël te dwingen tot een staakt-het-vuren en vrije toegang van hulpgoederen. The Rights Forum steunt dit initiatief en roept burgers en organisaties op zich erbij aan te sluiten.

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18 days

Wat je ook vindt van het verbreken van universitaire banden, na dit artikel kun je niet meer aanvoeren dat er geen relatie is tussen universiteiten en de oorlog.

Trouw

@trouw

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De Joods-Israëlische antropoloog Maya Wind onderzocht in haar nieuwe boek de verwevenheid van Israëlische universiteiten met de staat en het leger, en pleit voor een academische boycot.

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1 year

Op weg naar Den Haag in een overvolle trein. Allemaal op weg naar de demo. Doe mee! De support demo is voor iedereen!!!

Extinction Rebellion Nederland

@NLRebellion

1 year

Op zaterdag 27 mei om 12:00 uur demonstreren wij op en naast de #A12 . #StopFossieleSubsidies ! Meedoen? Dat kan! Telegram: Actietrainingen: Support-demo: Meer info:

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2 years

Ik ben ongelooflijk vereerd, overdonderd, dankbaar en blij met de #Spinozapremie . Een geweldige erkenning van ons werk en het belang van #HumanitaireStudies . Dank, dank, dank.

Robbert Dijkgraaf

@RHDijkgraaf

2 years

Mijn felicitaties aan @hilhorst_thea @Corne_Pieterse @IgnasSnellen en Klaas Landman met de toekenning van de Spinozapremie en Tanja van der Lippe en @basbloem met de Stevinpremie. Een welverdiende waardering voor het belangrijke wetenschappelijke werk van deze onderzoekers!

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2 years

⁦Ongelooflijk vereerd met #Spinozapremie . Enorme erkenning van 25 jaar #humanitairestudies . Eerst @WUR met Georg Frerks, Gemma van der Haar, Bram Jansen. Nu @issnl met Rod Mena en andere collega’s. Dank, dank, dank ⁦ @erasmusuni ⁩ @NWONieuws ⁩ |

Zes onderzoekers beloond met hoogste onderscheidingen in de Nederlandse wetenschap | NWO

Zes wetenschappers ontvangen dit jaar de hoogste onderscheidingen in de Nederlandse wetenschap, de NWO Spinoza- en Stevinpremies. Thea Hilhorst, Klaas Landsman, Corné Pieterse en Ignas Snellen...

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8 months

Ik heb verteld bij Argos hoe mijn ervaringen met pesten op het werk me hebben geïnspireerd om een boek over het onderwerp te gaan schrijven.

NPO Radio 1

@NPORadio1

8 months

In @argosonderzoekt vertelt hoogleraar Thea Hilhorst over de impact die pestgedrag op de universiteit had op haar. ‘Ik had niveaus van adrenaline in mijn bloed wat we ook kennen van soldaten die net terug zijn uit Afghanistan.’

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2 months

De vierde dag Vastenwake. Waken voor alle slachtoffers van het conflict. Vasten uit compassie met de hongersnood in Gaza. En ik rouw om de teloorgang van de internationale rechtsorde. Nederland was voorloper Hoe vinden we ooit onze geloofwaardigheid terug? #VastenwakevoorGaza

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2 months

Serieus, Jan, is dat je argument? Ik ben transparant over mijn RVT-schap van Pax. Voel me al decennia lang verbonden met de vredesbeweging. Vandaar. Wil je echt dat NOS mijn hele cv voorleest voor ze me een vraag stellen?

Jan Franke

@Franke_schrijft

2 months

@NOS Het is bovendien niet echt correct om hoogleraar @hilhorst_thea op te voeren zonder te melden dat zij in de adviesraad van @PAXvoorvrede zetelt, een organisatie met een uitgesproken politiek profiel inzake Israel en Palestina. Zie ook haar opinie hier:

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2 months

Na precies 100 uur vasten is de Vastenwake voor Gaza geëindigd met drie minuten stilte voor alle slachtoffers van de oorlog. De wake gaf uitdrukking aan een gevoel van machteloosheid. En er is de hoop dat alle kleine akties samen verschil gaan maken. Vredig Pasen!

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@hilhorst_thea

4 years

My five year research programme on #WhenDisasterMeetsConflict is coming an end (😥). We will present and discuss our findings in 3 workshops and a webinar 13-14 Oct. Join if you can!

ISS, The Hague

@issnl

4 years

📢Register now for our 13-14 Oct event on #WhenDisasterMeetsConflict : 3⃣ workshops + 1⃣ webinar on #disastergovernance , #conflict and #localization . Register here➡️ #DRRday #ItsAllAboutGovernance #PreventionSavesLives #nonaturaldisasters @KUNO_platform

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3 years

It was a great experience to be at #IHSAconference . Wonderful inception for my new team on #humanitariangovernance @ERC_Research - thanks so much to the participants, volunteers, @IHSA_studies colleagues and @sciencespo

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2 months

De derde dag vastenwake is begonnen. We zijn steeds met een klein groepje. Ik interview iedereen (zie FB en insta). Het voelt goed om mijn leven stil te zetten voor deze vastenwake - niet weg te kijken uit onmacht. #vastenwakevoorGaza

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

6 years

My paper comparing Resilience humanitarianism and Classical Dunantist Humanitarianism came out. And guess what: FREE ACCESS

Journal of Int'l Humanitarian Action

@JournalofIHA

6 years

In our latest publication @hilhorst_thea makes sense of two brands of #HumanitarianAction : classical humanitarianism and resilience humanitarianism. Have a read here: #OpenAccess

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2 years

I was getting ready to commit to a panel for #ISA2023 . However, I note that online presentations are not allowed! Has @isanet not read the #IPCC reports? Not learnt from positive online experiences during #Lockdowns ? @flyingless Please, change this policy!!!

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Message of the #IHSAconference participants to #COP26 : This climate crisis is already a humanitarian crisis! COP26: turn the tide! @IHSA_studies picture: @gabriel_hardy Please RT

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

9 months

See my blog where I define and position humanitarian studies at the occasion of the launch of the Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC): “Humanitarian Studies is about dignity and it is about humanity” via @ISS_Blog @IHSA_studies @issnl @KUNO_platform

Launch of the Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC): “Humanitarian Studies is about dignity and it is...

Humanitarian Studies has been defined by Professor Thea Hilhorst as the study of societies and vulnerable communities experiencing humanitarian crisis originating from disaster, conflict, refugee...

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

A special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science has just been published on "Five Years of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction". @IlanKelman All articles are free to download from

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science | Volume 11, issue 2

Volume 11, issue 2 articles listing for International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

link.springer.com

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 years

France now moved from targeted sanctions to aim destroying the entire Russian economy. May I remind that International Humanitarian Law ( #IHL ) aims to avoid civilian casualties. Let’s not consider starvation as a weapon of war!

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4 years

In de terugblikken op het decennium die ik heb gezien, o.a. @volkskrant , spelen vluchtelingen geen rol. Worden 19.864 mensen die sinds 2014 zijn verdronken in de Middellandse zee (IOM) ook nog uit de geschiedenis geschreven!

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2 years

Why Vulnerability Still Matters: The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation. Some discount on the Routledge website.

Why Vulnerability Still Matters: The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation

We think vulnerability still matters when considering how people are put at risk from hazards and this book shows why in a series of thematic chapters and case studies written by eminent disaster...

www.routledge.com

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Postdoc to work on alternative ethics and humanitarian advocacy. Who will join our humanitarian governance research team? Please RT

ISS, The Hague

@issnl

3 years

📣 #VacancyAlert ! A full-time postdoc position is open for the @ERC_Research -funded project, Humanitarian Governance (HUM-GOV) at ISS. 👉 Vacancy info: 👉 HUM-GOV info: ⏰ Deadline: 20 August #AcademicTwitter #Postdoc #PostdocJobs

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3 years

Mijn vader is vandaag 50 jaar geleden overleden. Een halve eeuw. We hebben maar twee keer met elkaar kunnen kamperen - hier in 1970 in Spanje. Onvergeten herinneringen aan een vader die alles voor ons deed en bij wie ik me intens veilig en beschermd voelde.

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8 years

#WorldRefugeeDay Remember the 10.000s of nameless people searching for safety who drowned in the Mediterranean. RIP

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@hilhorst_thea

6 years

Netherlands resolves to close detention centres for migrants in Libya!!! Let other Europeans follow. Thank you @SigridKaag Dutch MoFA for drawing the line for humanity. @JFCrisp @LSE_ID @issnl @KUNO_platform @AzG_nl

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

7 months

I am deeply saddened by the demise of @SaleemulHuq - a true leader and promoter of #DRR . I was going to meet him next week at the @IHSA_studies conference and will dearly miss him.

ICCCAD

@ICCCAD

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It is with heavy hearts that we inform you about the passing away of our director, Prof. Saleemul Huq, on 29 October, 2023. His unmatched legacy will remain as a shining example for years and generations to come.

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Hier mijn opinie: wees zuinig op de internationale rechtsorde. Tijd voor NL om de steun aan VN-hulporganisatie UNRWA te hervatten | Gedeeld artikel van de Volkskrant

Tijd voor Nederland om de steun aan VN-hulporganisatie UNRWA te hervatten

Nu de Israëlische verdachtmakingen aan het adres van de hulporganisatie voor Palestijnen zijn onderuitgehaald, blijkt hoe kwalijk het is dat Nederland is meegegaan in het Israëlisch vijanddenken ten...

digitalekrant.volkskrant.nl

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 years

Yeah, ik heb me aangemeld bij het campagneteam voor de lokale verkiezingen @GroenLinks030 . Ik heb nog nooit gehuis-aanhuisd, gebakfietst, gefolderd en wat er nog meer bij komt. Zin in.

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4 years

Asielrecht moet leidend zijn: getraumatiseerde mannen in Moria verdienen onze steun ook. Zie mijn verhaal op Joop . @dirkjankoch . @LDEGMD . @Pieterhilhorst . @Tinekeceelen . @Tineke_Strik . @Leolucassen . @HenkvanHoutum . @issnl . @suying_lai . @KUNO_platform

Mannen in Moria verdienen onze steun net zo goed - Joop - BNNVARA

Alle steun en solidariteit reserveren voor alleenstaande kinderen is misleidend. Het lijkt bedoeld om de miljoenen Europeanen te sussen die wel degelijk solidair willen zijn met vluchtelingen.

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@hilhorst_thea

2 years

Join the book launch 22 June of

ISS, The Hague

@issnl

2 years

Join us on 22 June for the 📙 launch of 'Why Vulnerability Still Matters: The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation'. This online event is part of the #HumGov webinar series. Please register here➡ @ERC_Research   @IlanKelman @hilhorst_thea @Routledgebooks

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5 years

One in four migrants crossing the Mediterranean die. Most of them unknown, without leaving a name and a picture. RIP beautiful and talented man.

Saad Mohseni

@saadmohseni

5 years

Very saddened to hear that our former colleague, Shafiq Shirzad, lost his life attempting to get to Europe. Like so many others he was hoping for a better life in France where his mother resides. May his soul Rest In Peace and our condolences to his family and loved ones

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2 years

Thank you wonderful Twitter community for the many congratulations and retweets to welcome our book on vulnerability and the politics of disaster risk creation. Heart-warming.

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@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Lovely panel on the ‘debris’ book - challenging us to revisit dilemmas and reconsider relation between academics and the humanitarian field. I am going to buy (and read!) the book. #IHSAconference

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3 years

11 students ⁦ @issnl ⁩ studied the politics of COVID-19 in their home countries. Here, open access, the results. When Covid‐19 meets conflict: politics of the pandemic response in fragile and conflict‐affected states -Disasters - Wiley Online Library

When Covid‐19 meets conflict: politics of the pandemic response in fragile and conflict‐affected...

The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified existing crises and vulnerabilities, but much remains unknown about how it has affected fragile and conflict-affected settings. This paper builds on the theory...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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@hilhorst_thea

5 years

Gloria Nguya brilliantly defended her thesis on ‘Livelihood strategies of Internally Displaced Persons’ in DRC @issnl Congratulations Dr Nguya! @SLRCtweet Very proud and impressed, great collaboration with @dirkjankoch @Radboud_Uni and #ISDR_Bukavu @RadleyBen

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3 years

Superb talk on decolonizing humanitarian action by Tammam Aloudat: decolonizing primarily about rethinking the position of aid in relation to wider systems of neo-liberalism and empire. @kizamag @issnl @Tammamo Check for report at @KUNO_platform

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3 years

Exciting! The #IHSAconference has started in Paris at @SciencesPo - my first live / hybrid conference since two years. Interesting panel on research ethics. We’re talking about how ethics reviews can take into account outsourcing of risks to local researchers.

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Join the 3-rd dialogue on decolonizing aid: a humanitarian aid perspective (23 June). Speakers: @Nanet_Antequisa (dir. Ecoweb, Philippines-based NGO) & @tammamo (dir. Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute). Hosts: @hilhorst_thea & @kizamag . Register at

The decolonisation of aid #3: a conversation from a humanitarian perspective - Kuno - Platform for...

This third dialogue focusses on the perspective from humanitarian aid with Nanette Antequisa (director ECOWEB and active member of A4EP) and Tammam Aloudat (Director Global Health Centre).

www.kuno-platform.nl

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Haha, I am an accountability veteran!

The New Humanitarian

@newhumanitarian

3 years

Accountability veteran @hilhorst_thea reviews a surprise proposal by @UNReliefChief , calling it “a cadre of humanitarian headmasters”

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8 years

Not a mosque but a yoga workshop with my favourite . @yogawithadriene who was visiting Amsterdam. "Compassion is the highest form of love".

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7 years

My blog on transactional sex in humanitarian emergencies. @SLRCtweet @irinnews @issnl via @wordpressdotcom

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2 years

Looking back on 2021 with gratitude, as we finalized the 'When Disaster meets Conflict research programme. Thanks to @NWO_SSH Vici grant of 1,5mio Euro. Major findings and impact exceed the space of a tweet, so here some bare numbers of what we managed to do in 4 years. @issnl

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4 years

A major issue in #localisation of #humanitarianism is that the local gets equated with nat’l authorities or affected communities. But there are many dimensions and layers to ‘local’ and lots of power relations between them. #WhenDisasterMeetsConflict @issnl @UNDRR @PreventionWeb

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3 years

Thrilled and grateful that @NWO_SSH granted four years of research on transactional sex in conflict-affected areas. Focus on DRC, Colombia and Pakistan. Amazing opportunity to shed light on under-researched taboo-ish issue. @issnl @cleakahn @mfolartesierra

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2 years

Tammam Aloudat: we define people by a transient need in calling them ‘beneficiary’, but we don’t call people watching Netflix ‘the entertained’ or people going to a restaurant ‘the hungry’. #humanitariangovernance

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3 years

Welcoming paper proposals for IHSA conference 3-5 November, Paris/ hybrid. Join our panel on changing practices of #humanitarianadvocacy beyond #humanitariandiplomacy - focusing on advocacy by affected communities themselves. @MGJvanWessel @issnl

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Thea Hilhorst

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6 years

Journalisten laten Baudet met zijn kolder wegkomen via @trouw

Journalisten laten Baudet met zijn kolder wegkomen

Het was een weekend van partijcongressen. Doorgaans zijn dat gelegenheden waarbij de zelffelicitaties niet van de lucht zijn. Dan moet je niet kijken op een overdrijvinkje hier of daar. Het Forum...

www.trouw.nl

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Thea Hilhorst

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2 years

Very happy that @erasmusuni (finally) adopted travel policy. Flying was good for around 70% of university's CO2 emissions! From 1 January, all business trips under 700 kilometres by train @flyingless

From 1 January 2022, all business trips under 700 kilometres by train - Erasmus Magazine

From 1 January, employees may no longer book flights for business trips under 700 kilometres, equivalent to eight hours by train.

www.erasmusmagazine.nl

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2 years

Exciting to have been at the launch of the first #humanitarianobservatory in Bukavu, DRC. Lots of appetite for this platform of national actors observing and improving humanitarian governance in their context. #humgov @issnl

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3 years

Homeless, stateless and rightless Rohingya asked Jasmin Burnley in her research: “why don’t agencies coordinate better”? Jasmine: “Early listening and openly discussing norms and ideas would be key”. Webinar of #humanitariangovernance @ERC_Research @issnl

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Thea Hilhorst

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4 years

Sorry folks, this escaped our attention and has now been changed!

#NoNaturalDisasters

@NoNatDisasters

4 years

Hi @issnl . The interview with @hilhorst_thea on #ClimateCrisis & #disasters is 👍. A small point... even though Prof. Hilhorst talks about why #DisastersAreNotNatural , you still included 'natural' in the headline. Is there any way you could change it? #NoNaturalDisasters

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In this post I elaborate how Israel’s blocking of humanitarian assistance breaches international humanitarian law - as party in the conflict, as occupaying force and as neighbour to Gaza. via @ISS_Blog

Israel’s blocking of humanitarian assistance breaches international humanitarian law - Bliss

Gaza is under constant blockade and subject to multiple airstrikes every day — with little regard for avoiding civilian harm. This is a breach of international humanitarian law, which places specific...

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Hear, hear... Festive to see issue come out!! Great collaboration with @EmmanuelRaju7 @Kees_boersma 21 articles pointing to different dimensions of governance (introducing a new theoretical model!), politics of technology/ data, and accountability. All #openaccess @issnl

Politics and Governance

@CogitatioPaG

3 years

Take a look at this new issue about the effects of disaster governance. Edited by Dorothea Hilhorst (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Kees Boersma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), and Emmanuel Raju (University of Copenhagen). #politics #disaster #governance

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 years

Congrats #Disasters editors. Fantastic to see the whole issue together. With contribution of @rodmenaf and myself on the politics when COVID meets conflict. And a paper on necro-politics in #Brasil by @issnl colleagues. #Whendisastermeetsconflict

Sara Pantuliano

@SaraPantuliano

2 years

Just out! The latest special issue of #Disasters explores the wide-ranging impacts of the #Covid19 pandemic on economies and societies across the planet, and the #local responses to it. A fantastic collection of manuscripts with free access.

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

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Hier mijn bijdrage: De chaos bij voedseldistributies zegt niets over het karakter van Gazanen. U en ik zouden hetzelfde doen | Gedeeld artikel van de Volkskrant

De chaos bij voedseldistributies zegt niets over het karakter van Gazanen. U en ik zouden hetzelfde...

Iedereen kan zich een voorstelling maken van wat een hongersnood betekent voor mensen die wegteren. Maar een hongersnood is een veelkoppig monster en heeft ook sociale en maatschappelijke kenmerken....

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 years

Thanks, and everyone welcome indeed. This is the book we launch:

RADIX: Radical Interpretations of Disasters

@DisastersRadix

2 years

An intermezzo from our #DisastersECRSpecialIssue : I want to share the link for the book launch of "Why vulnerability matters", edited by Greg Bankoff and @hilhorst_thea , as part of @issnl Humanitarian Governance webinar series ( @rodmenaf ). See you there!

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

Another great selection of blog posts.

International Humanitarian Studies Association

@IHSA_studies

4 years

Our weekly selection is out: "The risk of focusing all humanitarian attention on Covid-19" with posts by @neilghosh4 @JigyasuRohit and others from @devpolicy @africaarguments @devex @PreventionWeb @RLI_News @fp2p and @HCRInstitute Don´t miss it!-

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

5 years

#GloriaWekker in speech @issnl roept politiek en speciaal @MinPres Mark Rutte op om racisme en geweld tegen anti-zwarte Piet demonstranten zonder voorbehoud te veroordelen! En gelijk heeft ze! #zwartepiet #zwartepietendiscussie #racisme

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

How to reach equitable research relations (without reinforcing existing power relations)? Regional webinars showed huge inequalities in agenda setting, reducing national roles to data collection and thus missing the transformational energies in context! #IHSAconference @issnl

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@hilhorst_thea

6 years

With 19% women professors, Netherlands ranks amongst the lowest countries worldwide. Read the j’accuse of Willem Schinkel about the deeper problem of a pale - white male - university.

Bliss

@ISS_Blog

6 years

In this riveting and reflexive personal essay Professor Schinkel of . @erasmusuni (EUR) sharply criticises the EUR's recent decision not to appoint women as professors despite adequate funds. The university may be long dead, he…

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

Missed the weminar last week on #WhenDisasterMeetsConflict ? Where we presented our research findings followed by panel with @SaskiaCarusi from @UNDRR_Americas , Mihir Bhatt from @AIDMI_ORG and Flora Bawi Nei Mawi? Here is the (70 minutes) recording...

Webinar When Disaster Meets Conflict: Lessons on Disaster Governance...

This is the recording of the concluding webinar of the Online Conference: 'When Disaster Meets Conflict: Lessons on Disaster Governance and Humanitarian Acti...

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

22 days

Hier mijn interview bij DiiD over de studentenprotesten waarin ik me afzet tegen eenzijdige beeldvorming:

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

Humanitarian studies must face racism and step up efforts for equal collaborations and ethical participatory research. See my blog and join the webinar Thursday 20 August 10-11CET Power structures, Localisation and Humanitarian studies

The Corona Crisis as a Humanitarian Problem – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Power Structures, Localisation and the Study of Humanitarian Action

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Bliss

@ISS_Blog

4 years

Addressing #racism and decolonizing #humanitarianstudies is urgent, and as scholars we need to step up our efforts. @hilhorst_thea introduces the importance of localization that will be discussed in an upcoming workshop on 20 August:

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

5 years

#ECAS2019 great roundtable on decolonizing the academy and make research work for the people it is about. With Simukai Chigudu; Dudu Ndlovu; Simeon Koroma; Shari Daya; Njoki Wamai; Elieth Eyebiyi; Marie Deridder; @njokiwamai @issnl

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Congrats @ODI @60 and thank you for incorporating my article on #accountability and #standards in the canon of humanitarian studies!

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

Isabelle Desportes reporting how humanitarians tactically de-politicise their action, but can also slip into routine ignorance of politics they could influence! Call for more strategic approach to #HumanitarianAdvocacy . #WhenDisasterMeetsConflict

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

Many of us @issnl have signed this Manifest of 170 scientist to urge using the Corona crisis for a greener future - manifest is in Dutch via @trouw

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

Participants to #localization in #humanitarianism workshop of #WhenConflictMeetsDisaster vote inflexibility of donors as main impediment. Come on, donors, is it so difficult? I suspect risk-aversion to be a main factor. @a4ep @DeganAli @CHS_Alliance @AIDMI_ORG @UNDRR @IASCCH

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 months

@ad_de_boer @EenVandaag Je hebt het mis. Ik ben niet tegen Israël, ik ben tegen hongersnood.

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 years

Ongelooflijk vereerd met de #Spinozapremie . Erkenning van 25 jaar humanitaire studies, eerst @WUR met Georg Frerks, Gemma van der Haar en Bram Jansen. Nu @issnl met ⁦ @rodmenaf ⁩ en zoveel andere collega’s. Dank, dank, dank. wetenschap

Zes onderzoekers beloond met hoogste onderscheidingen in de Nederlandse wetenschap | NWO

Zes wetenschappers ontvangen dit jaar de hoogste onderscheidingen in de Nederlandse wetenschap, de NWO Spinoza- en Stevinpremies. Thea Hilhorst, Klaas Landsman, Corné Pieterse en Ignas Snellen...

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

5 years

Visit our new website with many research briefs on disaster governance, response and DRR in cases where disaster coincides with conflict. #GP2019Geneva #TheResilienceDividend #SendaiFramework @issnl @erasmusuni

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

@arbiebaguios - star pupil from my days at @LSE - argues to step up localisation. Points at crucial importance of Core Humanitarian Standard. For #Localisation to result in better services for affected people, it needs to be married to #accountability . #HAR2020 @CHS_Alliance

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

Academics are part of the flying elite and we should aim to @flyingless This year’s steep and positive developments with online defences and conferences must continue beyond COVID-19 @issnl

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

4 years

"Frequent-flying “‘super emitters” who represent just 1% of the world’s population caused half of aviation’s carbon emissions in 2018." 11% of the world's population flew in 2018. Everyone is not equally responsible for causing the climate crisis...

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

6 years

There are many reasons to localize aid, but it is absolutely no guarantee against sexual abuse. Abuse is happening in all cultures and all sectors where power plays a role. My research among DRC sexworkers showed DRC NGO workers as second cliënt group!

Sudhanshu S Singh

@sssingh21

6 years

@BenParker140 @KevinAtSave @UNOCHA @CommonsIDC Why not go for simple solution? Reduce deployment of expatriates unless absolutely necessary. Enter into partnership and let local NGOs lead the response.

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 years

How absolutely wonderful to see my book reviewed in the article on anthropology and NGOs by David Lewis and Mark Schuller in Current Anthropology (2017)!

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@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Great panel on safety and security of research. Urgent issue and deeply related to power - as pointed out by Henning Member - and ethics. Whose safety? @EADI #solidarity2021 @issnl

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Here is my talk for the University of the Netherlands on 'why we need to fix the humanitarian system'. Free to use in education. The ad is in Dutch, but the film is in English.

Why do we need to fix the humanitarian aid system?

Wereldwijd zijn 135 miljoen mensen afhankelijk van ontwikkelingshulp om te overleven in gebieden met oorlogen, rampen en armoede. Maar het huidige systeem ka...

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

7 months

Here our statement on the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, IHL, the need for all to respect humanity and protect freedom of expression. It emanated from a Roundtable at the ⁦ @IHSA_studies ⁩ and @NorthSouthU conference in Dhaka.

International Humanitarian Studies Association conference roundtable and North South University...

This blog is part of a series about the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In this piece, Dorothea Hilhorst (Professor of Humanitarian Studies at...

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

For today’s #WorldHumanitarianDay , we praise #RealLifeHeroes working on #disasterriskreduction in #conflict settings. They are on the frontline in creating #safer and more #resilient communities. More info on #whendisastermeetsconflict :

When disaster meets conflict

When Disaster Meets Conflict studies humanitarian aid and disaster governance; analyzing how state, non-state and humanitarian actors respond to disasters

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

My first podcast...

ISS, The Hague

@issnl

4 years

A new Studio @erasmusuni podcast: today #ISS professor @hilhorst_thea talks about the consequences of the coronavirus for vulnerable countries with often insufficient healthcare. You can listen to it on Spotify. Check it out! #developmentstudies #EUR

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

1 year

Very powerful speech of #AmaliTower of climate-refugees - about the many desolate forgotten places that become uninhabitable, populations we never heard of - innocent to climate change - on drift with no place to go. @_NCHS_ @cmi_no

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Great and nuanced panel on transactional sex in humanitarian crisis situations. Recurring vocabulary: agency, stigma, patriarchal structures. Glad we’re finally breaking the humanitarian silence on prevalence of TS in their areas of work. #IHSAconference

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Our report has come out on how conflict affects programmes aiming to strengthen resilience, and vice versa. @PfRglobal @issnl @rodmenaf @Sam_Melis @mkvaalst Analysis of programmes implemented in 7 countries by Partners for Resilience.

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

4 years

We did an animation for my project #WhenDisasterMeetsConflict at a glance... If you have 90”, welcome to take a look!

ISS, The Hague

@issnl

4 years

After 5 years, the research project #WhenDisasterMeetsConflict led by @Hilhorst_Thea is nearing completion. Check out the #animation on disaster response in 9 countries affected by #conflict ➡️ . #preventionsaveslives #DRR

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 years

Hear hear... A plea for all governments to include refugees in the delegations that talk about the refugee compact and other relevant policy events. End the tokenism. Give refugees a voice on our own futures: ( @newhumanitarian )

End the tokenism. Give refugees a voice on our own futures

Including the views of refugees in efforts to reform the global refugee system is not yet the norm. It desperately needs to be.

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

3 years

Folks, here a blog I wrote with colleagues on how we can make research communication part of our methodologies, rather than an add-on activity.

Bliss

@ISS_Blog

3 years

The transformative potential of research also relies on the way in which this knowledge is communicated. Today in #PositioningAcademia , @hilhorst_thea , Lize Swartz and Adinda Ceelen propose integrating research uptake into the research process itself. 👇

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

6 years

Great panel on locally-led response, surfacing important insights. Also unleashing anger on the invisibilizing of the local preceding the attention to localisation, and how localisation continues from the gaze of international humanitarians. #IHSA2018 #IHSAconference @nas_isms

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

5 years

Finally out! Our report on the possibilities and limitations of DRR in protracted conflict - Afghanistan. Wonderful research work of @rodmenaf Chapeau, Rod! @issnl Part of our programme When Disaster meets conflict, see

ISS, The Hague

@issnl

5 years

Disaster risk reduction in #Afghanistan - new publication by @rodmenaf , @hilhorst_thea and @katiepetersodi #conflict #riskmanagement

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Thea Hilhorst

@hilhorst_thea

2 months

Roep om recht voor Gaza in de week voor Pasen — In de Stille Week wordt een ingetogen protest zichtbaar

Roep om recht voor Gaza in de week voor Pasen - Nieuw Wij

In de Stille Week wordt een ingetogen protest zichtbaar In de periode van verstilling en inkeer die traditioneel hoort bij de periode voor Pasen, vragen diverse mensen aandacht voor de humanitaire...

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