Research and Development

August 28, 2019 Once a Humanitarian Worker, Now a PhD Student: Reflections from Post-ISIS Iraq Kathleen Rutledge conducted field research on the role of faith in coping and recovery amongst women survivors of the ISIS conflict in Iraq earlier this year. Her research is part of a one-year HAD/Islamic Relief-led research project on faith, gender and trauma response in Tunisia, Turkey, Iraq and Syria. In this blog post, Kathleen, who used to work with a humanitarian organisation in Iraq during the ISIS reign in 2015-17, reflects on what it is like to be back in Iraq as a researcher.   ‘It [...]

May 28, 2019 5 reasons why we need research in the humanitarian sector There is an increasing awareness of the importance of research in the humanitarian sector. Many organisations in the sector either have a research department or at least a team (member) who is in charge of research. Many of the big organisations in the sector regularly conduct, commission and publish research that is relevant to the work of practitioners. Research takes time and money, but the investment is worth it – for five main reasons. HAD research workshop at the University of Birmingham As part of its engagement with [...]