The Normalisation and Weaponisation of Starlink in Sudan (Photo Series)
This photo series by Tamer Abd Elkreem and Susanne Jaspars illustrates how Starlink private internet provision has been normalised and weaponised during the war.
Food poverty & digital power: The social realities of digitalising food assistance in England
This working paper presents findings for the second, in-depth phase of the research in England. It focuses on the experience of marginalised populations as well as how digital food assistance practices interact with political and economic processes.
Fragmented Welfare test
This photo series by Yasmin Houamed explores the everyday practices and improvised adaptations that arise as welfare and social support systems move increasingly online. In England, access to state welfare services - including [...]
Fragmented Welfare: Human Interventions in Digitalised Food Assistance in England (Photo Series)
This photo series explores the everyday practices and improvised adaptations that arise as welfare and social support systems move increasingly online.
Tamer and Susanne present Sudan research at CEDEJ-Khartoum
On 19 November 2026, Tamer and Susanne presented preliminary findings of the second phase of Sudan research at CEDEJ Khartoum in Cairo.
The Politics of Food and Digital Technologies in Changing Global and Local Crises
Together with the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA), the team has edited a blog series on ‘The politics of food and technology’ based on their IHSA conference panel.
Team goes to IHSA conference in Istanbul
The team organised a panel on ‘The politics of food and technology in changing global and local crises’ at the conference of the International Humanitarian Studies Association in Istanbul (15-17 October).
Presentation at IDS conference on Social and Humanitarian Assistance in Crisis
Tamer and Susanne presented a paper at the IDS conference (from 15-17 September 2025) on ‘The Politics of Digitalising Food Assistance in Sudan’s Crisis, and its Effect on the Food Security of Marginalised Populations’.
Team analysis workshop in Cairo from 2-7 July 2025
The international team met in Cairo (with Indian colleagues joining online) to discuss the preliminary analysis of our three country cases, start a comparative analysis, and plan our publications and dissemination strategy.
Digital Colonialism: How Tech Giants Control Food Aid
This article argues that the digitalisation of food assistance mimics aspects of colonialism, especially in terms of the asymmetries involved in the extraction of data (as a valuable resource) from vulnerable populations and the dominating role of US-based multinationals.