Team participates in World Conference on Humanitarian Studies
From 5-7 November, the ‘digitalising food assistance’ team participated in the World Conference on Humanitarian Studies.
Sudan conference at the University of Bergen
Susanne and Tamer participated in a conference (from 18-20 October 2023) at the University of Bergen, marking the 60 year anniversary of academic collaboration between Bergen and Sudan, in particular the University of Khartoum
The evolution of digital risk in food assistance
The past two decades have seen an acceleration in the digitalisation of food assistance and social welfare.
Sudan’s Crisis: Can Cash Transfers Prevent Starvation and State Collapse?
Sudan has experienced a catastrophic increase in violence since 15 April, particularly in Darfur and in the capital Khartoum.
الأزمة السودانية: هل تسهم التحويلات المالية في منع المجاعة وانهيار الدولة
يشهد السودان تصاعداً مهولاً في العنف الدائر بالبلاد، منذ ١٥ أبريل الماضي، تحديداً في دارفور وفي العاصمة الخرطوم. ترك الصراع العنيف بين قوات الدعم السريع شبه العسكرية، والقوات المسلحة السودانية للسيطرة على البلاد ومواردها، أثراً بالغاً على حيوات معظم سكان السودان. وعلى الرغم من أن هذه المعركة تبدو للوهلة الأولى وكأنها حدثاً طارئاً ، إلا أن الواقع الحالي يقتضي النظر إليها كتكثيف لنشاط الاقتصاد السياسي السوداني الاستخراجي (الريعي)، بجانب استخدام المليشيا في خوض الحروب الداخلية السودانية
Sudan’s catastrophe: A long history of failed responses to structural and direct violence
The current crisis in Sudan has deep roots. Seemingly erupting suddenly, it has in fact been a long time coming. Sudan is a highly unequal country – socially, politically, and economically, along geographical, ethnic and class axes.
Digital Famine: Discussing Risks and Prevention
The 2008 financial crisis and the Covid pandemic have dramatically accelerated the use of digital technologies to respond to food insecurity and humanitarian crises.
Digital feast and famine: Digital technologies and humanitarian law in food security, starvation and famine risk
This working paper presents the findings of a brief exploratory study into the role of digital technologies in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and its implications for starvation and famine risk.
Digital bodies and digitalised welfare: North-South linkages in the politics of food assistance and social welfare
This paper examines North–South linkages in the politics of contemporary food assistance and social welfare, and in particular the normalisation of poverty and humanitarian crisis caused by increased digitalisation, privatisation and individualisation of aid or welfare.
Caught in transition: food aid in Sudan’s changing political economy
Food aid has long been a part of Sudan’s political economy; whether as a form of government budget support, a way of maintaining or attracting political allies, to feed soldiers or deny food to enemies.