The Politics of Food and Digital Technologies in Changing Global and Local Crises
In this introductory blog, Yasmin Houamed argues that digitalisation is not a neutral innovation but a political process, fraught with risks and vulnerabilities.
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).
El Fasher is Sudan’s Gaza as a Place of Mass Starvation
After several weeks of mass starvation in Gaza dominating global television coverage, news reports of similar conditions in Sudan’s El Fasher, once Darfur’s capital, are finally emerging. Both regions remain under siege, with starvation deployed as a weapon for the purpose of emptying and occupying them.
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.
Research team present at the DSA 2025 Conference
Sathya, Tamer and Susanne participated online in the DSA conference of 2025 on the 26th of June.
Susanne Jaspars speaks at the Conflict, War and Peace Conference in Utrecht
Susanne was invited to speak at a conference at Utrecht University (13-14 February 2025) on 'Conflict, War and Peace', as part of a panel on rethinking structural violence.
Digital food assistance in Sudan: Life-saver, risk, political tool in situations of war
This working paper reports on the exploratory phase of ESRC-funded research into the effects of digitalising food assistance in Sudan. The main question addressed is: to what extent have food assistance and social welfare practices been digitalised, and why?
Starvation crimes, network shutdowns, and obstacles to humanitarian action in Gaza and Sudan
In this blog, IHSA Vice-President and Senior Research Fellow at the Food Studies Centre at SOAS (University of London) Susanne Jaspars summarises and expands upon a contribution to the roundtable that followed the inaugural IHSA Annual Lecture on “War and Humanity” held in Bergen in May 2024.
Sudan’s catastrophe: the role of changing dynamics of food and power in the Gezira agricultural scheme
This article, originally published on 30 October 2024 by Disasters, explores the role of historical, political, and economic processes in understanding war and famine in Sudan after 2023.
Project featured on Amnesty International Students Rotterdam podcast on Sudan
In this podcast, Dr Susanne Jaspars and Dr Tamer Abd Elkreem speak with Amnesty International Students Rotterdam about the ongoing crisis in Sudan.