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Humanitarian Collaborative summer research student Cosette Cordova and Practitioner Fellow Kate Katch recently published a piece with the United Nations Centre for Humanitarian Data. Their article, “How HDX and Sauti …
Highlight: New Course: Leadership and Policy Challenges in Global Disaster and Conflict
This spring, UVA students have the opportunity to enroll in Leadership and Policy Challenges in Global Disaster and Conflict (LPPP 5559), a practical, experience-based course designed to prepare future policymakers for …
Highlight: UN Humanitarian Fund Internships Now Open
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is recruiting five interns to join the team managing the UN’s global humanitarian fund, the Central Emergency Response …
Highlight: HC Joins UNGA Event on Early Years Policy Solutions
The Humanitarian Collaborative attended the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. To inform a new project on key elements and pathways to effectively scale …
Highlight: HC Co-Sponsoring Film Screening for Welcoming Greater Charlottesville Welcoming Week 2025
As part of Welcoming Greater Charlottesville’s Welcoming Week 2025, the Humanitarian Collaborative is co-sponsoring a screening of the short film Running to Stand Still. The documentary addresses the humanitarian crisis …
Highlight: Humanitas Application Cycle Open
Humanitas, UVA’s undergraduate journal of human rights, is now accepting applications for writers and editors for the Fall 2025 semester. The journal provides students with a collaborative scholarly space to …
Highlight: Storytelling and Data for Humanitarian Impact
Under the guidance of Humanitarian Collaborative Co-Director Kirsten Gelsdorf and Practitioner Fellows Kate Katch and Jule Voss, students Cosette Cordova (BA), Lara Howell (BA), and Sanjana Jaiswal (BA) have been …
Highlight: Centering Participation and Marginalized Voices in Humanitarian Research
Led by Co-Director of the Humanitarian Collaborative Lucy Bassett and Practitioner Fellow Charles Bradley, students Gabi Bartlett (MPP) and Grace Shawah (MPP) have spent the summer advancing participatory research that …
Highlight: Scaling Impact Through Strategic Consulting
Humanitarian Collaborative Alumni Practitioner Fellow Melissa (Missy) Boucher, along with students Elisabeth Doty (MPP), Kate Hatley (BA), and Grace Theriot (BA), have teamed up through Boucher Impact Co., Missy’s …