Organization: International Humanitarian Studies Association
Registration deadline: 04 Mar 2016
Starting date: 05 Mar 2016
Ending date: 08 Mar 2016
Changing Crises and the Quest for Adequate Solutions
Since the turn of the century, we have not had as many large and concurring crises as today. While some historical conflict areas are slowly emerging from crises, Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Central African Republic, Nigeria, South Sudan, the Ukraine and other incumbent crises continue to spur human suffering, displace millions of people, destroy infrastructure and livelihoods, impair local institutions and create increasingly wicked political problems.
As the number and diversity of crises is increasing, local actors, governments, and humanitarian organizations are struggling to understand what is going on and respond to them. At the same time, many other actors, varying from Private Military Security Companies and private foundations to religious groups have entered the fray. The fourth World Conference of Humanitarian Studies aims to deepen our understanding of how and why crises are changing, which actors play a role in them, how this changes the interplay between humanitarian action and other actors and systems, and how this affects the prospects of prevention, preparedness, response and development.
Important dates:
Call for Panels opens: 31 March 2015
Call for Panels closes: 1 October 2015
Final Panel acceptance date: 15 October 2015
Call for Papers opens: 2 October 2015
Call for Papers closes: 25 December 2015
Final Paper acceptance date: 1 January 2016
How to register:
Visit the website: www.humanitarianstudiesconference.org
Registration
Click here, to register for WCHS. After registration you can login with your newly created account and submit your panel.
The Call for Papers will open after all panels are submitted. Paper submission will be open on 2 October 2015. More information on Call for Panels.
Costs and payment
Early bird (before 1 February 2016):
€ 275 for members
€ 300 for non-members (including the membership fee for 2015-2017 of €25).
After 1 February 2016
€ 300 for members
€ 325 for non-members (including the membership fee for 2015-2017 of €25).
Sponsorship
At the moment there is no sponsorship funding available. We are hoping to provide some sponsorship opportunities in the upcoming months but they are yet to be confirmed and will be announced on the conference website.
If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring WCHS or one of our future conferences, please contact us for more details.