Area of Study: Governance of disaster response, in particular the role played by local actors
Supervisor: Dorothea Hilhorst
Key Publications:

• I. Desportes (2020). Repression without Resistance Disaster Responses in Authoritarian Low-intensity Conflict Settings. PhD Thesis. Erasmus University Rotterdam
• D. Hilhorst, R. Van Voorst, R.A. Mena, I. Desportes & S. Melis (2019). Disaster Response and Humanitarian Aid in Different Conflict Scenarios. : United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
• I. Desportes (2015). Partners for Resilience in Ethiopia, Country Case for the Qualitative Process and Impact Study. : University of Groningen

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