People

The HRG brings together scholars who conduct theoretically ambitious and empirically grounded research on the nature of humanitarianism and crisis at a time of profound global uncertainty.

Professor Stuart Gordon

Professor in Managing Humanitarianism | Programme Director, IDHE

Department of International Development

Professor David Keen

Professor of Conflict Studies

Department of International Development

Professor Shirin Madon

Professor of Digital Technologies and Socioeconomic Development

Department of International Development

• Digital technology
• Health systems
• India
• Public administration
• Humanitarian aid

Professor Tiziana Leone

Director of the Middle East Centre | Professor in Health and International Development

Department of International Development, LSE Middle East Centre

• Sexual and reproductive health
• Ageing
• War and conflict
• Demography

Dr Duncan Green

Professor in Practice and Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB

Department of International Development

• International development
• Activism
• Foreign aid

Dr Stephanie Levy

Professor in Practice

Department of International Development

• Social protection
• Local economic development
• Rural development
• Agriculture

Dr Myfanwy James

Assistant Professor in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

Department of International Development

• Humanitarianism
• War and conflict
• Inequality

Dr Jennifer Melvin

Guest Teacher

Department of International Development

• Human rights
• Refugees
• International development
• Humanitarianism
• Commonwealth
• Rwanda

Tom Kirk

Research Fellow

Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, Department of International Development

• Activism
• Humanitarianism
• Public authority

Laura-Alina Fabich

PhD Student

Gijs van Selm

PhD Student

Department of International Development

Salma Ibrahim

PhD Candidate

Department of International Development

Felix Willuwiet