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Strategies in Policy Analysis and Negotiation (SPAN)

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Founded: 2005 Faculty Lead: Michael VanRooyen, MD, MPH Status: Completed Program Regions of Focus: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Mali and the Sahel region, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria Crisis, Ukraine Research Theme: Humanitarian...

Foundational Frameworks in Humanitarian Negotiation Workshop Series

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Workshop Description The Foundational Frameworks in Humanitarian Negotiation Workshop Series examines the complexities of humanitarian engagement and explores major challenges and dilemmas frontline practitioners face across operational contexts. The...

Mastering Complex and High-Stakes Negotiations: Practical Tools with Harvard’s New Executive Course on Frontline Negotiation

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Join us for an exclusive one-hour webinar introducing the new live online and immersive course, Mastering Complex and High-Stakes Negotiations, designed to equip professionals with the tools and strategies needed to navigate the most challenging...

Mastering Complex and High-Stakes Negotiations: A Senior Executive Program on Complex Negotiation

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Overview Leaders and managers face increasingly complex, high-stakes negotiations across humanitarian action, public policy, and global governance. Success depends not on tactics alone, but on the ability to lead and govern negotiation, setting clear...

Understanding Humanitarian Negotiation: Five Analytical Approaches

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This briefing note aims to support the humanitarian sector’s efforts to apply a deeper level of analytical and strategic thinking to humanitarian negotiation. Toward this end, it provides an overview of how the rich body of literature focused on...

Humanitarian Strategies

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HHI's research on Humanitarian Strategies investigates how to advance the humanitarian field, focusing on the critical areas of negotiation, leadership, education, and evaluation. Explore the individual programs below to learn more about this work. Back...

The Humanitarian as Negotiator: Developing Capacity Across the Sector

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This paper examines the dynamics at play in ongoing efforts to cultivate negotiation capacity among professionals working in the humanitarian sector. Based on extensive interviews conducted with humanitarian practitioners, this paper addresses three...

Humanitarian Negotiation: Key Challenges and Lessons Learned in an Emerging Field

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Negotiations are crucial for the overall success of humanitarian operations, yet these endeavors are inherently challenging. Given both the importance of humanitarian negotiations and the gravity of the difficulties faced, what is the capacity of the...

Preliminary Report on the Role of Laws and Norms in Humanitarian Negotiations

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This report focuses on the role that laws and norms play in humanitarian negotiations. The report is based on an initial set of 35 interviews that conducted by the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA) with humanitarian professionals...

Humanitarian Research at Harvard

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Since 2005, HHI has served as the humanitarian research hub at Harvard University bringing together world-renowned faculty, scholars, and experts from all Harvard Schools and Teaching Hospitals. Our research strategy aims to address the core drivers of...

Gender Diversity Dynamics in Humanitarian Negotiations: The International Committee of the Red Cross as a Case Study on the Frontlines of Armed Conflicts

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Negotiations for access are crucial for the success of humanitarian operations. They also occur in contexts of armed conflict and violence that typically entrench gender identities. Building on the vast research showing that gender affects the conduct and...

The Need for Humanitarian Research: Addressing Emerging Challenges in a Complex World

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The landscape of humanitarian assistance is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by a complex interplay of evolving crises, diverse actors, and emerging global threats. Traditional approaches to humanitarian aid are proving inadequate in the face of...