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.
Research team present at the DSA 2024 Conference
Check out our panel on ‘governance, politics and food security’ at the upcoming DSA conference.
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
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