Short Course Description
Course description and objectives:
Humanitarian crises occur around the world as a result of natural disasters, wars, or infectious diseases. Recent decades have been marked by an international commitment to provide humanitarian assistance to disaster-stricken places. The challenges that exist in this context are complex, both in terms of aid providers and recipients and in terms of the ethical dilemmas that arise. The course will provide students with tools for analyzing different types of humanitarian aid, the dilemmas that arise following humanitarian aid, and the positive and negative consequences of providing aid to the state and society in disaster-stricken areas.
Course objectives:
Provide knowledge and insights concerning principles and dilemmas of providing humanitarian aid, the actors involved, and the social and political dynamics that affect aid. Students will be exposed to the links between aid and crisis; will analyse concepts of neutrality, correlations between disaster management and humanitarian aid, and the responsibility of stakeholders to communities affected by disasters and crises; will examine the implications of humanitarian aid; and, will acquire tools for analyzing the pros and cons of providing assistance.
Minor internal adjustments to the syllabus and class schedule may be required. Any such changes will be communicated to students in advance.
Full syllabus is to be published
