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In response to the rapidly shifting humanitarian landscape—marked by declining donor contributions, disrupted U.S. foreign assistance, and widespread job losses across the sector—the Humanitarian Collaborative launched a …
Highlight: International Congress on the Healing Role of Play
Humanitarian Collaborative’s Co-Director and Professor of Practice Lucy Bassett presented at a conference in Istanbul, Turkey, “The Developmental and Healing Role of Play,” hosted by Uskudar University. Her talk, …
Highlight: Featuring HC Operations Intern Sanny Yang (MPP ‘25)
Sanny Yang served as the Operations Intern at the Humanitarian Collaborative during the 2024-2025 academic year while pursuing her Masters of Public Policy at the UVA Frank Batten School of …
Highlight: The Unseen Battleground: A Life’s Work on Violence Against Women in Global Humanitarian Crises
Jeanne Ward, Practitioner Fellow at the Humanitarian Collaborative, reflected on her 25-year career addressing violence against women (VAW) as part of the monthly “Batesvillians – in their own words” series. Drawing …
Highlight: Batten students collaborate with alumnus at World Bank on Poverty & Equity Briefs
Two Batten MPP students, Mikayla Havison and Alvin Tran Nguyen, partnered with Batten alum Cameron Haddad (MPP ’19) to edit the World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Brief series. These country-level …
Highlight: Trust in Institutions Affects Vaccination Campaign Outcomes
The Humanitarian Collaborative contributed to a newly published article in Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. To explore whether trust in institutions affects vaccination campaign outcomes, …
Highlight: A Deportation Boomerang? Evidence from U.S. Removals to Latin America and the Caribbean
The Humanitarian Collaborative contributed to a newly published article in Demography. Politicians argue that an increased risk of deportation will deter subsequent irregular migration. The authors explore this argument for …
Highlight: HC and Brookings Institution blog on children’s participation
Lucy Bassett of the Humanitarian Collaborative co-authored a blog with the Brookings Institution called “Young children’s participation: Ways to engage and what’s needed to do it well.” There …
Highlight: Welcoming Our New Research Assistants
Emilia Garcia and Gabriella Bartlett joined the Humanitarian Collaborative in Spring 2025 as Research Assistants. They have been developing a curriculum guide for educators in both the United States and Latin …