Mobilising Social Science for Humanitarian Action – Insights and Lessons
13:00 to 14:30 UTC, Thursday 7 November 2024
Register for the webinar: https://tinyurl.com/4nh9u3v7
(In English with French translation available)
It’s only two days to go until our webinar exploring insights and lessons for how to meaningful mobilise social science perspectives and evidence to improve preparedness and response to outbreaks, emergencies, and humanitarian crises.
The webinar will feature learning from members of the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) on how to promote and support emergency preparedness and response that is contextually informed, sensitive to vulnerabilities and power relations, planned in consultation with affected communities and local institutions, and based on social and interdisciplinary science and evidence.
A stakeholder panel will discuss themes such as the localisation of leadership and knowledge; strengthening the national and network capacity; and responding to knowledge needs and gaps.
Contributors
* Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
* Rachel James, Interagency RCCE Coordinator for East and Southern Africa, Collective Service
* Hanna Woldemeskel, Social and Behaviour Change Manager, UNICEF Zambia
* Jennifer Palmer, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
* Hayley MacGregor, Professor of Medical Anthropology and Global Health, Institute of Development Studies, UK
* Juliet Bedford, Founder and Director, Anthrologica, UK
Panel Chair
* Melissa Parker, Professor of Medical Anthropology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Register for the webinar: https://tinyurl.com/4nh9u3v7
About SSHAP
The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) is a programme of work focusing on the social dimensions of emergency responses. Our vision is to encourage emergency responses which are effective, adaptive, contextually informed, sensitive to vulnerabilities and power relations, planned in consultation with affected communities and local institutions, and based on social and interdisciplinary science and evidence.
We provide evidence on demand, capacity-building, and networking spaces on emergencies that relate to health, conflict, or the environment. We focus our efforts on exploring the political economy, community engagement and cultural logics, social difference, and vulnerabilities of those emergencies.
SSHAP is a partnership between the Institute of Development Studies<https://www.ids.ac.uk/>, Anthrologica <https://www.anthrologica.com/> , Gulu University<https://gu.ac.ug/>, Le Groupe d’Etudes sur les Conflits et la Sécurité Humaine (GEC-SH)<https://gecshceruki.org/>, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine<https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/>, University of Juba<https://uoj.edu.ss/>, CRCF Senegal<https://crcf.sn/>, University of Ibadan <https://www.ui.edu.ng/> and the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre<https://www.slurc.org/>. SSHAP is supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office<https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-develop... and the Wellcome Trust<https://wellcome.ac.uk/>, with previous funding from UNICEF.<https://www.unicef.org.uk/>
[The Institute of Development Studies is ranked number 1 for Development Studies, QS World Rankings 2024]
