Blogs and op-eds in English 

List of blogs and op-eds in English

DateTitle & LinkMedium
6 February 2025Let UNRWA get back to workISS Blog
13 June 2024How (not) to enhance meaningful dialogue about academic relations with Israeli universitiesISS Blog
8 March 2022Humanitarian implications of sanctions to end the war in Ukraine with Rodrigo MenaEUR.nl
7 March 2022Sanctions against RussiaISS Blog
2 March 2022How about other refugees?Volkskrant
27 February 2022Rethinking Transactional Sex in Humanitarian Settings: Reflections for the way forward with Clea Kahn, Michelle Alm Engvall, Shirin Heidari, Megan Denise Smith ISS Blog
 2 December 2021Keeping Africans out: Injustice following wilful neglect and the politicization of Covid-19 measures with Rodrigo MenaISS Blog
10 June 2021How Europe’s (anti-)migration policies are fuelling a humanitarian crisis with Susanne JasparsISS Blog
4 May 2021More ticking of boxes won’t make aid more accountabletThe New Humanitarian
13 February 2020Positioning Academia – Let’s talk about it: embedding research communication in transformative researchISS Blog
19 November 2020The asylum procedure as a hope-generating machine ISS Blog
18 September 2020Moria’s male refugees need help just as much as anyone elseISS Blog
18 August 2020Fighting racism and decolonizing humanitarian studies: toward mindful scholarship PRIO Blogs
20 May 2020Remote research in times of COVID-19: considerations, techniques, and risks – with Rodrigo MenaISS Blog
12 November 2019Counter-terrorism laws are undermining humanitarian relief, and are set to get worse today – with Isabelle DesportesOXFAM blogs
29 July 2019Food security, agricultural policies and economic growth through the eyes of Niek KoningISS Blog
24 May 2019What has happened with the academic commitments at the WHS? – with Leonard van Duijn ALNAP blogs
26 April 2019Venezuelan refugees on Curaçao have entered the Kingdom of the Netherlands! – with Peter Heintze and Dennis DijkzeulISS Blog
4 February 2019The effect of Bolsonaro’s rhetoric on Brazil’s indigenous peoplesISS Blog
3 December 2018The battle for Zwarte Piet: Everyday racism in the NetherlandsISS Blog
17 October 2018Is Flying the new Smoking? If so, should aid workers stop flying?Is Flying the new Smoking? If so, should aid workers stop flying?Oxfam Novib Blogs
25 August 2018(Re-)Shaping Boundaries in Crisis and Crisis Response: introducing the 2018 International Humanitarian Studies Association ConferenceISS Blog
7 March 2018Challenging humanitarianism beyond gender as women and women as victims with Dorothea Hilhorst, Holly Porter and Rachel GordonISS Blog
22 February 2018Aid agencies can’t police themselves. It’s time for a changeThe New Humanitarian
5 January 2018How to make sure that research has a durable impact? Examples from DRC by Dorothea Hilhorst and Adriaan FerfISS Blog
30 November 2018How can Universities get more activists to take-up their research?Oxfam Novib Blogs
2 May 2017A double message about safety and security for field research: “Protection is crucial” and “Don’t overdo it”PRIO Blogs
27 October 2017Emergency sexwork: should NGOs recognize transactional sex as livelihood strategy?ISS Blog
1 November 2017Conflicts and disasters: an integrated debate for peacebuilding and development. Rodrigo Mena, Dorothea Hilhorst, Samantha MelisInternational Peace Research Association Newsletter
20 May 2016 ALNAP blogs
2 April 2015 ALNAP blogs
4 June 2011Aid workersThe Broker
2 June 2011A meeting place at lastThe Broker
6 May 2010Weather insurance – subsidizing large famers?The Broker
16 April 2010Stranded in Addis AbebaThe Broker
24 April 2010Africa DayThe Broker
13 November 2009Sierra Leone’s Refugee All StarsThe Broker
11 December 2009Hillary Clinton and Amartya Sen on food security
The Broker
9 December 2009The secret of social change after disaster
The Broker
22 November 2009Silence around the food summit
The Broker
7 November 2009Corruption in Afghanistan, or the hypocrisy of international politicsThe Broker
10 October 2009A visit to Hebron – seen it with my own eyesThe Broker
6 September 2009Safety net programming in Ethiopia. Disillusion in the making?The Broker
28 July 2009Cracks in the bastion of the Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe Broker
24 June 2009Trust, lost and foundThe Broker
21 June 2009Civic driven change in fragile statesThe Broker
18 June 2009Disaster IT once more: the Weather Information for All InitiativeThe Broker
17 June 2009Grassroots IT solutions to disastersThe Broker
16 June 2009World Disaster Report 2009: A huge death tollThe Broker
4 June 2009What’s a donor? The Humanitarian Response IndexThe Broker
20 May 2009Development risks: Education in RwandaThe Broker
14 May 2009Good dogs don’t bark at nightThe Broker
7 May 2009Welcome to my blogThe Broker