Humanitarian Action and Sovereignty in Conflict-Affected Countries

A Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (Grant No. 101206070)

About the Project
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Understanding State Responses to International Humanitarian Action

Host-state responses to international humanitarian assistance in civil wars are diverse, adaptive, and strategically constructed.

HUMANITY investigates how states in conflict-affected countries engage with international humanitarian actors, uncovering the underlying rationales that shape their response.

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Countries affected by the conflicts analyzed within the scope of the project.

Explore interactive patterns in state response across 19 conflict-affected countries spanning Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Latin America.

Explore patterns in state response
Interactive Globe · 19 Countries
Research

What the Project Does

Maps how host states respond to international humanitarian assistance across 19 conflict-affected countries.

Develops an original dataset:

  • Sovereign Rupture Index measuring the fragmentation of political authority
  • Coercive Governance in humanitarian action

Identifies the key conditions that shape host states' engagement with international humanitarian actors

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The Team

The Fellowship

Led by Ümit Seven, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester, under the supervision of Miriam Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies.

Together, they explore how sovereignty and humanitarianism intersect in times of conflict.

Meet the Team
Outputs

Outputs & Engagement

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Humanity and Sovereignty

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles, policy brief, and open datasets

Conference

Convening researchers and humanitarian practitioners

Updates

Regular updates via this website and project channels

Funding

EU Funding Acknowledgement

Funded by the European Union

HUMANITY is funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (Grant Agreement No. 101206070). For more information, visit the EU CORDIS project page.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA).