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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …