Data and Displacement: Assessing the Practical and Ethical Implications of Targeting Humanitarian Protection
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Politics and International Studies
Abstract
Data-driven practices of targeted humanitarian protection are in urgent need of assessment, since these raise a range of practical and ethical questions that directly impact at-risk populations. While the targeting of protection needs through the production of data is common practice, the proliferation of large-scale quantitative, biometric and visual data within the humanitarian field is unprecedented. Established in 2014, there are presently 10,055 datasets for 253 locations from 1219 sources on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX). This project produces a timely and robust analysis of data-driven protection targeting, focusing on two contexts that are characterised by conflict and high numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs): northern Nigeria and South Sudan. It does so by assessing the implications of the production and use of large-scale data in targeting humanitarian protection, particularly on those most directly affected by such developments: IDPs themselves.
The increasing production and use of large-scale data is not unique to the field of humanitarianism. However, the stakes are particularly high when it comes to data-driven practices of targeting protection for those most at risk. Humanitarian interventions are designed to protect the most vulnerable groups, hence any misuse or miscalculation in the use of data can have a drastic effect on at-risk populations. Careful assessment of the practical and ethical implications of data-driven targeting of protection is thus foundational. It is often assumed that humanitarians can be trusted more than commercial organisations or governments in collating and using large-scale data, due to their mandate of 'do no harm'. Yet it is vital to examine the potential risks, exclusions and biases or vulnerabilities implicit in the production and use of such data. While data can enable quicker, efficient and improved evidence-based responses, critical questions surrounding processes of data collection and what counts as evidence, the ethics of data collection and its use, and the accountability and protection of the data produced in contexts of vulnerability are increasingly necessary.
Our research addresses these questions based on the research team's combined interdisciplinary academic and operational expertise. The project brings together academic researchers from the UK and Nigeria with practitioners from the International Organisation for Migration - the United Nations Migration Agency, which is responsible for the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). DTM is the system deployed to track and monitor displacement and population mobility, and forms one of the largest data collectors on IDPs globally. Our project examines the work of DTM in the context of wider datasets used for the targeting of humanitarian protection in northern Nigeria and South Sudan. It focuses on practical and ethical challenges that arise in the collection and use of such data, and undertakes in-depth research with local stakeholders and internally displaced communities. The project asks: How effective is the data-based targeting of humanitarian protection in practice? Who benefits from such practices - and who is excluded? And how can the data-driven targeting be developed to reduce the chances of vulnerable groups falling through the cracks of humanitarian protection?
The project contributes: an interdisciplinary perspective on the practical and ethical implications of data-driven humanitarian targeting in sub-Saharan Africa; an operationally-driven analysis of the efficacy of data-driven humanitarian protection in contexts of conflict and displacement; a qualitative assessment of the impacts of the production and use of large-scale data for at-risk populations; and methodological insights regarding the utility of mixed methods approaches for the analysis of large-scale data.
The increasing production and use of large-scale data is not unique to the field of humanitarianism. However, the stakes are particularly high when it comes to data-driven practices of targeting protection for those most at risk. Humanitarian interventions are designed to protect the most vulnerable groups, hence any misuse or miscalculation in the use of data can have a drastic effect on at-risk populations. Careful assessment of the practical and ethical implications of data-driven targeting of protection is thus foundational. It is often assumed that humanitarians can be trusted more than commercial organisations or governments in collating and using large-scale data, due to their mandate of 'do no harm'. Yet it is vital to examine the potential risks, exclusions and biases or vulnerabilities implicit in the production and use of such data. While data can enable quicker, efficient and improved evidence-based responses, critical questions surrounding processes of data collection and what counts as evidence, the ethics of data collection and its use, and the accountability and protection of the data produced in contexts of vulnerability are increasingly necessary.
Our research addresses these questions based on the research team's combined interdisciplinary academic and operational expertise. The project brings together academic researchers from the UK and Nigeria with practitioners from the International Organisation for Migration - the United Nations Migration Agency, which is responsible for the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). DTM is the system deployed to track and monitor displacement and population mobility, and forms one of the largest data collectors on IDPs globally. Our project examines the work of DTM in the context of wider datasets used for the targeting of humanitarian protection in northern Nigeria and South Sudan. It focuses on practical and ethical challenges that arise in the collection and use of such data, and undertakes in-depth research with local stakeholders and internally displaced communities. The project asks: How effective is the data-based targeting of humanitarian protection in practice? Who benefits from such practices - and who is excluded? And how can the data-driven targeting be developed to reduce the chances of vulnerable groups falling through the cracks of humanitarian protection?
The project contributes: an interdisciplinary perspective on the practical and ethical implications of data-driven humanitarian targeting in sub-Saharan Africa; an operationally-driven analysis of the efficacy of data-driven humanitarian protection in contexts of conflict and displacement; a qualitative assessment of the impacts of the production and use of large-scale data for at-risk populations; and methodological insights regarding the utility of mixed methods approaches for the analysis of large-scale data.
Planned Impact
Beneficiaries of this research with which the research team already have contact include:
- POLICY MAKERS AND DONOR COMMUNITIES: ALNAP, DFID, ECHO, ODI, Start Network, USAID,
- INTERNATIONAL, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND GOVERMENTAL AGENCIES: African Union, FAO, IOM, OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of IDPs, WFP
- NGOs/CIVIL SOCIETY: ACTED, British Red Cross, Community Empowerment for Progress, Confident Children Out of Conflict, Danish Refugee Council, ECS- Episcopal church of South Sudan, Girl Power Initiatives, Human Development Initiatives, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Impact Initiatives, Intercom Africa, IRC, 510 Netherlands Red Cross Data Initiative, Plan International, MapAction, Mercycorps, Missing Maps, MSF/Doctors without Borders, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Salvation Army, Save the Children, SEYP, UMCOR - United Methodist church,
- RESEARCHERS AND INFORMATION NETWORKS: Data Science and Ethics Group (DSEG), Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, International Association for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM), Joint Inter-sectoral Analysis Group, UN Global Information Management Working Group, Warwick Humanitarian Data Research Collective
The multi-dimensional nature of this project ensures that it will benefit a wide range of non-academic users. International donor communities will acquire improved understanding of the importance of ethically sound data-driven humanitarian aid, while policy-makers will have access to higher quality data in the development of evidence-based welfare and related policies. Research briefs and reports will be circulated to policy-making communities, along with additional publications targeted to maximise participation in project workshops. International, intergovernmental, and governmental agencies will also benefit from the research by gaining a deeper understanding of best practices in the field of data-driven humanitarian targeting. Although the project is a collaborative one involving IOM, additional representatives from this user community will also be consulted throughout the project, and will receive publications and invitations to project events. NGOs will have access to an operationally-driven and academically-sound evidence source, which will advance understanding of the practical and ethical implications of data-driven humanitarianism. Civil society groups will also benefit from having opportunities to share views, challenge skewed views or misinformation, and highlight practical and ethical concerns related to the data-driven targeting of humanitarian protection for at-risk populations. The project will maximise the impact of the research on this group through workshop participation, consultation processes, as well as publications and wider dissemination mechanisms. Researchers and information networks will also benefit from the contributions of the project to methodological and epistemic debates about the production and use of large-scale data in conflict settings. The outputs of this project will be widely circulated through email lists and social media, as well as through project events. University of Warwick Press Office will organise press releases, and the qualitative interviews will be accessible as a dataset via the UK Data Service.
Involving beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries throughout all stages of the research process is integral to the impact of this project, which will:
- Invite diverse beneficiaries to review the research (research design, data collection, review, and analysis)
- Consult a diverse international Advisory Board (research design, data collection, analysis, review, and dissemination)
- Ensure timely publication of initial findings via briefs and an openly accessible report, with accessible feedback mechanisms via workshops and social media (review and dissemination)
The research team will mobilise its extensive networks to maximise impact throughout the project lifetime.
- POLICY MAKERS AND DONOR COMMUNITIES: ALNAP, DFID, ECHO, ODI, Start Network, USAID,
- INTERNATIONAL, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND GOVERMENTAL AGENCIES: African Union, FAO, IOM, OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UN Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights of IDPs, WFP
- NGOs/CIVIL SOCIETY: ACTED, British Red Cross, Community Empowerment for Progress, Confident Children Out of Conflict, Danish Refugee Council, ECS- Episcopal church of South Sudan, Girl Power Initiatives, Human Development Initiatives, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Impact Initiatives, Intercom Africa, IRC, 510 Netherlands Red Cross Data Initiative, Plan International, MapAction, Mercycorps, Missing Maps, MSF/Doctors without Borders, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, Salvation Army, Save the Children, SEYP, UMCOR - United Methodist church,
- RESEARCHERS AND INFORMATION NETWORKS: Data Science and Ethics Group (DSEG), Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, International Association for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM), Joint Inter-sectoral Analysis Group, UN Global Information Management Working Group, Warwick Humanitarian Data Research Collective
The multi-dimensional nature of this project ensures that it will benefit a wide range of non-academic users. International donor communities will acquire improved understanding of the importance of ethically sound data-driven humanitarian aid, while policy-makers will have access to higher quality data in the development of evidence-based welfare and related policies. Research briefs and reports will be circulated to policy-making communities, along with additional publications targeted to maximise participation in project workshops. International, intergovernmental, and governmental agencies will also benefit from the research by gaining a deeper understanding of best practices in the field of data-driven humanitarian targeting. Although the project is a collaborative one involving IOM, additional representatives from this user community will also be consulted throughout the project, and will receive publications and invitations to project events. NGOs will have access to an operationally-driven and academically-sound evidence source, which will advance understanding of the practical and ethical implications of data-driven humanitarianism. Civil society groups will also benefit from having opportunities to share views, challenge skewed views or misinformation, and highlight practical and ethical concerns related to the data-driven targeting of humanitarian protection for at-risk populations. The project will maximise the impact of the research on this group through workshop participation, consultation processes, as well as publications and wider dissemination mechanisms. Researchers and information networks will also benefit from the contributions of the project to methodological and epistemic debates about the production and use of large-scale data in conflict settings. The outputs of this project will be widely circulated through email lists and social media, as well as through project events. University of Warwick Press Office will organise press releases, and the qualitative interviews will be accessible as a dataset via the UK Data Service.
Involving beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries throughout all stages of the research process is integral to the impact of this project, which will:
- Invite diverse beneficiaries to review the research (research design, data collection, review, and analysis)
- Consult a diverse international Advisory Board (research design, data collection, analysis, review, and dissemination)
- Ensure timely publication of initial findings via briefs and an openly accessible report, with accessible feedback mechanisms via workshops and social media (review and dissemination)
The research team will mobilise its extensive networks to maximise impact throughout the project lifetime.
Publications
Abimbola, O.
(2021)
Data and Displacement: Collaborative Research at a Time of Uncertainty
Akanle O.
(2023)
Data Gathering and Utilization: Humanitarian Targeting and Ethical Issues in Northeastern Nigeria
in Journal of International Humanitarian Action
Fayehun O
(2023)
Data gathering and utilization: humanitarian targeting and ethical issues in northeastern Nigeria
in Journal of International Humanitarian Action
Fayehun, F
(2022)
Data-based humanitarianism in Nigeria and South Sudan
Kuyang Harriet Logo
(2022)
EVIDENCE ON THE ETHICS AND EFFICACY OF DATADRIVEN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: THE CASE OF SOUTH SUDAN
Olufunke Fayehun
(2022)
Research Brief- Data Displacement and Humanitarian Protection in Nigeria
Olufunke Fayehun
(2022)
Improving welfare of Northeast IDPs with ethical data
Squire V
(2023)
Coloniality and frictions: Data-driven humanitarianism in North-Eastern Nigeria and South Sudan
in Big Data & Society
Title | Complex data journey |
Description | Visualisation of the complex data journey |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Use by practitioners and IDPs in camps in Nigeria and South Sudan; use for co-production activities in Nigeria |
URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/projects/internationalrelationssecurity/dataanddisplacem... |
Title | Digital rights clips |
Description | Information clip on data rights - in 5 languages |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Impact | Used in camps across Nigeria and South Sudan as well as by practitioners more widely |
Title | Humanitarian data timeline |
Description | Visualisation of the evolution of the humanitarian data ecosystem |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Practitioner use in humanitarian sector |
URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/projects/internationalrelationssecurity/dataanddisplacem... |
Title | Simple data journey |
Description | Visualisation of the simplified data journey |
Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | Use by IDPs and practitioners within camps in Nigeria and South Sudan |
URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/projects/internationalrelationssecurity/dataanddisplacem... |
Description | Findings from the Data and Displacement project indicate that a range of operational and ethical challenges have been generated by the introduction of new data forms and modalities to the humanitarian sector over recent years. While our analysis demonstrates that the international humanitarian community is critically attuned to many of these challenges, it also documents the frustrations of IDPs and regional organisations who are burdened by the demands of the so-called "data revolution". Based on our in-depth analysis of data-driven humanitarianism in IDP camp-like settings across north-eastern Nigeria and South Sudan, our research shows: • International humanitarian standards, principles, and guidance have been developed since the "data revolution" in relation to operational issues, such as the coordination of data, and in relation to ethical issues, such as informed consent and data responsibility. However, these do not always translate effectively into humanitarian operations and data practices on the ground. Processes of data collection and management are often fragmented and incoherent, while differing perceptions regarding the meaning of humanitarian data and the scope of humanitarian protection and assistance work against ethical practices of data collection and use. Which actors are collecting data and how, if at all, these are linked up to wider datasets and systems of coordination is not always clear. • These limitations relate in part to issues of capacity and resourcing. International organisations are often better funded and can have more established training programmes than regional or national organisations. That said, there are also considerable difficulties in collecting data in situations of conflict and displacement, which national or regional organisations are sometimes better placed to navigate. For example, we found examples of more ethically attuned data collection practices in smaller and more specialised national or regional agencies, even where these are under-resourced. That said, we also found practices of data storage and handling to be more haphazard in agencies without adequate funding. Infrastructural and technological resources are often insufficient in the context of new forms and modes of humanitarian data. • The logics and the ethics of humanitarianism can also work against ethical practices. Given the orientation of the sector toward crisis situations and conditions of sudden and extreme need, data collection tends to be focused on new arrivals and specific crises or concerns. Periodic needs assessments are carried out regardless of whether assistance has been provided, with the failure to consistently follow-up on findings tending to hinder the effective targeting of protection and services. In situations of conflict and displacement where deprivation levels are high, 'quick and dirty' forms of data collection and humanitarian intervention often predominate. • Low levels of data literacy in both IDP and localised stakeholder communities is a significant concern, with our research finding evidence of systematic under-investment in the training, education, and meaningful engagement of affected communities. For stakeholder communities, this can result in a lack of knowledge or understanding of different forms of humanitarian data and of how these can inform humanitarian decision-making. For IDP communities, this can lead to misunderstandings about why data is collected and how it is used, while also mitigating against an understanding of data rights. It can also perpetuate complex relationships of authority, fear, and need between IDPs and stakeholders involved in processes of humanitarian data collection. • Repeated practices of data collection are problematic, particularly in contexts characterised by a generalised lack of resources and assistance capacities and where levels of basic need are high. Cluster and agency-based data collection processes, propelled by competition and the need to report to donors, generates assessment fatigue for IDPs who repeatedly share their data without seeing any tangible results in so doing. Donor demands in this sense risk generating additional burdens for IDP communities as well as for data collectors on the ground, which are not matched by additional benefits for affected communities. |
Exploitation Route | The findings of this research are of particular importance to governmental and non-governmental agencies in the humanitarian sector, as well as for beneficiary communities themselves. Our team has generated a series of digital outputs for use by practitioners and beneficiaries, as well as a series of proposed actions by which to improve the generation and use of humanitarian data. In addition, we have generated a series of outputs for use by academic communities, including podcasts, blogs, journal articles, NVivo training and a lecture series that are openly accessible to scholars across the world. We have provided important insights into data-driven humanitarian assistance for IDPs in South Sudan and Nigeria. Specifically, we have: 1. Provided an assessment of the humanitarian data ecosystem and undertaken a detailed qualitative analysis of the operational and ethical challenges that arise in the role data plays in the provision of humanitarian assistance in north-eastern Nigeria and South Sudan. 2. Increased knowledge about how individuals and groups can be marginalised and excluded through processes of data-based humanitarian assistance, in support of the humanitarian principle of 'do no harm'. 3. Generated a series of policy briefs and a project report that provides proposals about how data collection and use in the humanitarian field can be more inclusive and effective. 4. Created a series of data journey visualisations and a video tool to educate IDPs and local stakeholders about how data can improve the outcomes of data-driven humanitarianism for at-risk populations. 5. Provided best practice guidance to national and regional state agencies about the generation and use of databases on IDPs. 6. Deepened collaborations between the Global North and South partners, as well as between Global South partners and between academic and non-academic partners. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Education Government Democracy and Justice |
URL | http://www.warwick.ac.uk/datadisplacement |
Description | Data and Displacement is based on a unique collaboration of multidisciplinary scholars from Nigeria, South Sudan, and the UK, who collectively work across the academic disciplines of Data Science, Geography, International Relations, Law, Politics, Peace Studies, and Sociology. The team integrates this academic expertise with the operational expertise of humanitarian practitioners from the UN migration expert, the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Our project benefits from 'insider' knowledge relevant to the regions in focus, while some members of the research team also experienced internal displacement and hence have first-hand experience of humanitarian data practices as IDPs. It also benefits from being embedded in policy and practitioner communities based on our work with IOM. We have worked closely through our advisory groups with agencies such as United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the African Commission on Human Rights and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) from the start of the project, feeding into live discussions at all phases. We have conducted a range of engagement and dissemination activities with policy and practitioner communities. This includes two events in Geneva, one at Palais des Nations, one event in Abuja, Nigeria, and one in Lagos, Nigeria, and an event each in Juba and Bentiu, South Sudan. The research team has disseminated three policy briefs and a project report with recommendations for policy makers and practitioners directly, which have been positively received and have led to various follow-up activities. This includes direct consultations with Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and with the National Social Safety-Net Coordinating Office and World Bank in Nigeria. Our project outputs have been used by practitioners from ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) and IRC (International Rescue Committee) and cited in publications such as the K4D, Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development, Issue 3, September 2022 on "Monitoring Inclusion in Crises" and The Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary No. 31 report. Our digital outputs have complemented the written publications and have been widely recognised within the sector. We created a visualisation of the evolution of the humanitarian data ecosystem as well as of the journey of IDP production and use. The latter have been used in workshops in Nigeria and South Sudan, to generate co-produced digital clips regarding data rights. IDPs often are not informed and do not understand new processes of data collection and use. Our project has contributed to capacity building in this area, engaging with state and national agencies and significantly contributing to the welfare and rights of IDPs. We have secured follow-up funding application to extend the reach of these outputs further and develop a training package for practitioners. |
First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
Sector | Education,Government, Democracy and Justice |
Impact Types | Policy & public services |
Description | DSEG |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Reference to findings in training provision |
Description | Digital Health and Rights: Reflections for Action |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | New Humanitarian policy agenda item - 2023 'under the radar' problem of consent |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
URL | https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2023/01/04/aid-policy-trends-to-watch-in-2023 |
Description | Data and Displacement: Assessing the Practical and Ethical Implications of Targeting Humanitarian Protection |
Amount | £475,524 (GBP) |
Funding ID | AH/T007516/1 |
Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 06/2023 |
Description | Empowering Data Literacies in Displacement |
Amount | £24,732 (GBP) |
Organisation | ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Cambridge |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2024 |
End | 03/2025 |
Description | ODA Grant from the University of Warwick |
Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2023 |
End | 06/2023 |
Title | Data and Displacement |
Description | Interviews with IDPs and stakeholders in Nigeria and South Sudan |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2023 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Unknown |
URL | https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/855997/ |
Description | Empowering data literacies in displacement |
Organisation | International Organization for Migration |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Impact funding to pursue further partnerships in collaboration with IOM |
Collaborator Contribution | Research funding and leadership |
Impact | Under development |
Start Year | 2024 |
Description | Abuja Dissemination Event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | About 65 guests including policy makers, IDPs, and researchers from Warwick University, the University of Glasgow and Univeristy of Ibadan attended our dissemination event in Abuja on the 19th of July. In addition to launching our policy brief, we invited Internally Displaced Persons & stakeholders working in the Humaanitarian sector to get thier feedback on our visualisation and data journey documents. In the feedback forms, IDPs commented that the conference helped them to better understand how their data is used. We also learned that IDPs understanding of thier data use varied across individuals. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.insideoyo.com/build-data-infrastructure-for-idps-ui-warwick-researchers-tell-fg/ |
Description | Balsillie School |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | - Squire, V. (2023) Guest speaker, "Coloniality and Frictions: Data-Driven Humanitarianism in North-eastern Nigeria and South Sudan", Balsillie School speaker series, University of Waterloo, Canada, 13 March 2023. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Bentiu Dissemination event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | At this event, we launched the Policy brief produced by our Juba partners and disseminated our research findings to Internally displaced people living in IDP camps in Juba as well as other stakeholders such as humanitarian practitioners and practitioners working in the field of data management |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Coproduction workshop with IDPs in Lagos, January 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Coproduction workshop to prepare digital output |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Event at the Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies (by Tregonning G, Trigwell R, Hirani P, Jones B and Popoola O.) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participants from the project: Grant Tregonning, Robert Trigwell, Prithvi Hirani, Briony Jones, Omolara Popoola. On the 24th of November, 2021, the Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies hosted our Data and Displacement project. During the event, our team members presented our research to get feedback on how to further develop our project. Participants from various organisations and academic institutions, including IOM, IFRC, and the Universities of Warwick, Juba and Ibadan attended this event, and there were Lots of interesting discussions on Humanitarian ethics, Humanitarian data, and the need to involve local actors in humanitarian research and decision making. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/projects/internationalrelationssecurity/dataanddisplacem... |
Description | Humanitarian Displacement Workshop PRIO |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 6 January workshop on displacement data with academics and practitioners |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Information sharing excercise by Funke, Yinka, Vicki and Nathaniel |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Funke, Yinka, Vicki and Nathaniel from PAG met with 6 people from the National Social Safety-Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO) and one from the world bank on the 9th of August, for an information-sharing exercise. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Internal Displacement Working Group - Squire |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation of research findings and methodology to academics and researchers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | JLI MEAL Hub |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Research presentation for Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities MEAL Hub |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://jliflc.com/event/november-2-meal-hub-session/ |
Description | Juba Dissemination event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | At this event, we launched the Policy brief produced by our Juba partners and disseminated our research findings to Internally displaced people living in IDP camps in Juba as well as other stakeholders such as humanitarian practitioners and practitioners working in the field of data management |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Launch of Final Project Report, Geneva |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | On 12th September 2022, the Data and Displacement Project launched its Final Project Report at Palais de Nations, Geneva. The report presents findings from our two years collaborative, interdisciplinary project. Specifically, the report examines the ethical and operational challenges emerging from data-driven humanitarianism focusing on IDPs in camp-like settings in Nigeria and SouthSudan. About 60 people attended this event and discussed the ethical and operational challenges of digital humanitarianism which sparked questions about whether big data and technology are a benefit or a burden for humanitarians. The event also sparked interest in future engagements. For example, following this event, we have been invited by the Brocher Foundation to join The Digital Health and Rights Workshop scheduled on 18-19 January 2023. Some members of our team will attend this event and they will join other panellists to discuss the right to health, decoloniality, intersectionality, and how we can create new knowledge, new mobilization and forms of solidarity in the digital age. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://bit.ly/3dcPTHN |
Description | Methods training - University of Ibadan January 2023 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | 50+ PhD students at University of Ibadan received training in methods |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Online NVivo Training Workshop for University of Ibadan (By Fayehun F, Àkànle O, Williams F, Alozie, M.T) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Participants from the project team : Vicki Squire, Briony Jones, Prithvi Hirani, Grant Tregonning The project team organised a 3-day Online NVivo Training Workshop jointly with the University of Ibadan. -Workshop held from 28 -30 Sept/2021 -826 registrations. -Participants were mostly postgraduate students at masters and PhD levels. -Participants were mostly students from the University of Ibadan and other Nigerian universities, but overall attendance was diverse and includes students from regional universities such as the University of Ghana, Kenyatta University, but also other global universities such as Texilia American University, City University of Hong Kong, and Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. -There were also participants from development and humanitarian organisations including; Plan International, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and National Institute of social and economic research - The workshop discussed the practical steps for coding qualitative data (Day 1-2) - Also discussed the rationale for coding, coding pitfalls, as well as useful steps for addressing these pitfalls (Day 3) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Panel at the International Humanitarian Studies Association Conference (By Squire V, Fayehun H, Jones B, Porto de Albuquerque B, Trigwell R, Àkànle O, Alozie M.T, Hirani P, Tregonning G) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participants from the project: Vicki Squire, Olufunke Fayehun, Briony Jones, João Porto de Albuquerque, Rob Trigwell, ?láyínká Àkànle, Modesta Alozie, Prithvi Hirani, Grant Tregonning On Nov 03, 2021, the International Humanitarian Studies Association hosted our Panel entitled 'Data & Displacement: Data Justice in Humanitarian Targeting' where our team members presented 5 papers based on the preliminary analysis of our Phase 1 interviews. Papers titles are: a) "They do ask, but it is not the way you ask": Data Gathering as Communication and Gaps in Humanitarian Aid for IDPs in South Sudan. b) Data Gathering and Utilization: Humanitarian Targeting and Ethical Issues in Northeastern Nigeria c) The Humanitarian Data Ecosystem: Utility, Efficacy and Ethics d) Mapping the Humanitarian Data Ecosystem e) Data injustice and humanitarian targeting in North-eastern Nigeria and South Sudan |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://conference.ihsa.info/proposed-panels/view/2122/ |
Description | Panelist at 'Warwick's Partnerships in Africa' Panel, Warwick Africa Hub Launch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Our Co-I Briony Jones was a panellist at the 'Warwwick's Partnerships in Africa' Panel. This panel was one of the Panels at the Warwick Africa Hub Launch. She discussed what approach the project has taken to ensure equitable partnership, especially with the collaborators from the Global South The most significant outcome has been a new collaboration with the ARUA discussing a funding proposal that I have submitted on partnerships and which may be of interest to them |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Panelists, Global North-South Partnership, PAIS Annual Research Conference, University of Warwick |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | This panellist discussed challenges and lessons learned from Global North-South academic collaborations and how this might be addressed. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Paper Presentation by Modesta Alozie |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Paper Presentation at the Annual Research Conference Held by the Department of Politics and Internation Studies, University of Warwick, Paper entitled: entitled 'Coloniality and Frictions in Data-driven Humanitarianism: Epistemic Injustices and the Provision of Assistance to IDPs in North-eastern Nigeria and South Sudan' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Paper Presentation by Modesta and Vicki |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Presented a paper to the Global South Study Group at PAIS department, Warwick Univeristy to get feedback on how to improve the paper and to disseminate some early research findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Participatory Ethos Podcast (By Squire V , Jones B, Tregonning G, Hirani P) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Participants from the project include: Vicki Squire , Briony Jones, Grant Tregonning, Prithvi Hirani This Podcast provides an overview of the participatory ethos underpinning the project and it sets out strategies to integrate this throughout the research process. The strategies include; -How to adopt a rights-based approach when conducting qualitative interviews with IDPs, -The importance of a rights-based approach to data collection when working with vulnerable groups -How to ensure that research is conducted in an ethically and not extractive manner |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sy06OJ2Bus&t=6s |
Description | Phase 1 Fielwork Training Workshop (Online) (By Squire V, Jones B , Stevens D, Hirani P, Tregonning, G) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Participants from the project team: Vicki Squire, Briony Jones, Dallal Stephens, Prithvi Hirani, Grant Tregonning This online session discussed the training materials prepared by team members for the project's Phase 1 fieldwork. Seven (7) Core Team members & four (4) RAs participated in this workshop and the following activities occurred during the event; -Presentation of fieldwork materials by team members -Certificate of completion awarded to four (4) RAs |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Practitioner Advisory Group Meeting (by Squire V, Stevens D, Fayehun F, Jones B, Moro L, Logo K, Porto de Albuquerque J, Trigwell R, Àkànle O, Alozie M.T, Hirani P, Tregonning G) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participants from the project team : Vicki Squire, Dalla Stevens, Olufunke Fayehun, Briony Jones, Leben Moro, Kuyang Logo, João Porto de Albuquerque, Rob Trigwell, ?láyínká Àkànle, Modesta Alozie, Prithvi Hirani, Grant Tregonning. - This event was held online on (8/10/20) and it was practitioner-focused. - 7 Practitioner Advisory Group members & 12 team members attended. -Discussed project's overarching goals, operational dimensions of the project, fieldwork issues, collaboration & thematics of the project -Meeting summary document as output, circulated to the team and practitioner advisory group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Practitioner Advisory Group Meetings (Mid-term) (By Squire V, Stevens D, Fayehun F, Jones B, Moro L, Logo K, Porto de Albuquerque J, Trigwell R, Àkànle O, Alozie M.T, Hirani P, Tregonning G) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participants from the project team: Vicki Squire, Dalla Stevens, Olufunke Fayehun, Briony Jones, Leben Moro, Kuyang Logo, João Porto de Albuquerque, Rob Trigwell, ?láyínká Àkànle, Modesta Alozie, Prithvi Hirani, Grant Tregonning) -Online session (22/09/21) -Practitioner Advisory Group members (7) & team members (12) attended -Primary Audience: Practitioners -Other Audience: Academic -Practitioner-focused -Discussed initial findings from Phase 1 fieldwork -Meeting summary document as output |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Practitioners Presentation ( by Squire, V.) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participant from the project team: Squire, V. 17 February Audience: 26, practitioners This was a presentation HPG-ODI research workshop Title: "Tackling operational challenges in large scale crisis response for more inclusive, effective and impartial humanitarian action" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation of initial WP4 results as part of the research seminar series at the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies (by Jones B) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participants from the project team: Briony Jones In this event, the WP4 arm of the project presented the initial results as part of the research seminar series of the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies. It was an online event via zoom. All attendees were staff, associates, and students of the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies 10 people attended It was a mix of students on executive education (so humanitarian practitioners taking time out to study), academics from the University of Geneva, researchers from NGOs, and independent humanitarian consultants Main and secondary audience were GCHS students, staff and associates. It was not recorded for wider use |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Swansea MPR/Geography |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Guest speaker, "Coloniality, Frictions and Epistemic Injustice: Data-Driven Humanitarianism in North-eastern Nigeria and South Sudan", Centre for Migration Policy Research and Geography Department joint seminar, University of Swansea, UK, 29 November 2023. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | University of Glasgow |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | - Squire, V. (2023) Keynote speaker, "Coloniality, Frictions and Epistemic Injustice: Data-Driven Humanitarianism in North-eastern Nigeria and South Sudan", STAGES MSc Security and IR Conference, University of Glasgow, UK, 8 June 2023. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | University of London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | - Squire, V. (2023) Working Group Plenary Speaker, "Data and Displacement", Internal Displacement Working Group Meeting, University of London, 21 January 2023 [online]. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |