Faculty Leads: P. Gregg Greenough, MD, MPH, MS, and Erica Nelson, MD, PhM, MAS
Status: Active Program
Research Theme: Technology and Innovation
Description
The Signal Program worked to advance the safe, ethical, and effective use of information technologies by communities of practice during humanitarian and human rights emergencies between 2010 and 2020. The team articulated methodologies and trainings for a rising generation of humanitarians, deepened the shared understanding of technology-enabled atrocity warning and response through remote sensing technologies, and authored critical theories that helped shape humanitarian ethics and responsibility in the sector. The reports and publications produced by the Signal Program are hosted on this website. The Signal Code and ongoing efforts to delve into ethics and humanitarian data are hosted at signalcode.org. We hope these ethical foundations continue to evolve through collaborative community engagement. For the time to come, the Humanitarian Geoanalytics Research and Education Program will continue to build upon Signal’s work to further the professionalization of the sector through education and development of methodological advancements.
Community of Practice
Join the novel Atrocity Prevention Lab community of practice (CoP) on LinkedIn! This CoP brings together early warning practitioners, researchers, technologists, academics, and all other interested parties to convene around the use of spatial methods for conflict and mass atrocities prediction and prevention.
We aim to:
- Foster connections and partnerships
- Share experiences and lessons learned
- Strengthen capcity
- Advocate for spatial methods to support conflict and atrocity prevention
Join the community here.
Atrocity Prevention Lab
Launched in 2023, the Atrocity Prevention Lab works to strengthen innovation, collaboration, and impact of atrocity and conflict prevention work through the integration of spatial methods and technologies. This website catalogs the team’s work to date, amplifies the work of conflict and atrocity prevention organizations, and hosts resources intended to support practitioners, researchers, technologists, policy-makers, and any interested individuals who’d like to learn how spatial methods can be used for conflict and atrocity prevention early warning/early action systems.
Visit the website: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/atrocity-prevention-lab/
