Movements, transnational welfare, and alt-humanitarianism
Concluded project in the Movements, Policy and the Politics of Inequality theme within the Politics of Inequality research network
This research examines the responses of civil society organisations to contemporary migration in Greece. The objective is to analyse the ways in which civil society actions, from the formal (e.g., NGOs) to the informal (solidarity initiatives), have shaped the understandings, politics, and practices of transnational solidarity. The research contributes to policy debates around civil society action and migration, humanitarianism, solidarity, and the emergence of alternative practices of wellbeing and care.
- Dr Armine Ishkanian, Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme and Associate Professor in Social Policy
- Dr Isabel Shutes, Associate Professor in Social Policy, LSE
- Christina Psarra, Researcher and General Director of Médecins sans Frontières (MSF Greece)
Ishkanian, Armine and Shutes, Isabel (2021) Who needs the experts? The politics and practices of alternative humanitarianism in Greece and its relationship to NGOs.Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
Keshk, M., Harrison, R., Kizito, W. Psarra, C. , Owiti, P., Timire, C., Camacho, M., De Maio, G., Safwat, H. Matboly, A., and R. Van den Bergh (2021) Offering care for victims of torture among a migrant population in a transit country: a descriptive study in a dedicated clinic from January 2017 to June 2019, International Health, Volume 13, Issue 2, March, Pages 89–97
Psarra, Christina. (2017) The Deadly ‘Humanitarian Ping-Pong’ of Refugee Rescue at Sea, The New Humanitarian
Shutes, Isabel and Ishkanian, Armine (2021) Transnational welfare within and beyond the nation-state: civil society responses to the migration crisis in Greece. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies