War and humanitarianism

Débarquement de réfugiés érythréens à Vibo Valentia en Italie Sara Creta Video

Occupational hazards

07/26/2016 Michaël Neuman Fabrice Weissman

In recent years, fear-mongering reports based on hard data have been describing a world of ever-increasing danger for aid workers. The book "Saving lives and staying alive" explores this observation and compares it with MSF's experience of working in particularly dangerous regions.

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A young girl walks in the streets of Bama Benoit Finck Analysis

War and humanitarian aid

07/25/2016 Rony Brauman

Rony Brauman focuses on the humanitarian environment and practices in war, in order to try to understand and analyze its political and ethical stakes. Starting with the creation of the Red Cross at the end of the XIXth century, he then focused on the contemporary postcolonial period, switching between various scales and reporting on contradictory points of view and issues.

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young men during a medical visit Siegfried Modola Articles and blog

ATHA Podcast: Michaël Neuman about "Saving Lives and Staying Alive"

05/12/2016 Michaël Neuman

In "Saving Lives and Staying Alive: Humanitarian Security in the Age of Risk Management" Michaël Neuman and his colleague Fabrice Weissman analyze some of the drivers of professionalization in the context of humanitarian security and its subsequent impact on humanitarian practices through a collection of MSF case studies.

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Queue pour la vaccination au camp de réfugiés Yida Karin Ekholm Opinion

The numbness of numbers

05/11/2016 Michaël Neuman Fabrice Weissman

We welcome Abby Stoddard, Katherine Haver and Adele Harmer's response to our critical article on the production and the use of security data in the humanitarian sector and to our book in general. In a field that has been very much lacking debate, if not controversies, we're extremely glad to see a various range of readers engaging in the discussion. 

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