Sökning: "humanitarian innovation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 uppsatser innehållade orden humanitarian innovation.

  1. 1. Possible nutritional output of rapid-deployable CEA greenhouses for emergency scenarios

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Författare :Tor Blomqvist; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Space technology; Humanitarian; hydroponics; Controlled Environmental Agriculture; nutritional yield; nutritional indicator; aeroponics; nutrient film technique; space food; BLSS;

    Sammanfattning : Space research is a catalyst for innovation and has for decades provided many tools for the improvement of life on earth. The development of space food and the demand of new methods for on-site food production for long-term space missions may, in fact, help solve the issues regarding food insecurity on earth. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Managing Uncertainty: Results Based Frameworks During The Covid-19 Pandemic

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Emma Berglund; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Results Based Frameworks; Covid-19; Development Cooperation; Civil Society Organizations; Sweden; RBM; RBF; CSO; Sida; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This qualitative case study aims to explore how the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the capacity and operation of Swedish development organizations within the civil society and to what extent current results-based frameworks (RBF’s) and systems have been suitable to adhere to these changes and challenges. Eight semi-structured interviews with CSO representatives have ben conducted during early spring, 2021. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Exploring Localized Humanitarian Innovation: A combined scoping study and case study of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Författare :Jessica Eliasson; Maria Gustafsson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Humanitarian Innovation; Localization; Localized Humanitarian Innovation; The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.; Technology and Engineering; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Within recent years, the concept of Humanitarian Innovation (HI) has emerged and received growing attention within the humanitarian system as a critical means of adapting to growing complexities, uncertainties and resource scarcity. While perceived as a means of stimulating broader system changes and increasing effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance, current efforts of HI have met criticism for being too top-down driven, Northern biased and detached from local actors priorities and needs. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Between control and care : UNHCR and the use of biometrics

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Marie Smit; [2020]
    Nyckelord :biometrics; refugee management; cash transfer programmes; humanitarian innovation; accountability; experimentation; public-private partnerships; UNHCR;

    Sammanfattning : In recent years, humanitarian organisations increasingly embraced biometric technologies to respond to refugee crises. Therefore, this thesis studied the features and effects of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) biometric cash transfer programme in Jordan. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Humanitarian Aid and Exploring Efficiency of Service Delivery in the Age of Communication and Technology: Jordan as a case study

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Författare :Ali AlAbabneh; [2018]
    Nyckelord :ICT; biometric; digital humanitarianism; Syrian refugees;

    Sammanfattning : Information and communication technologies (ICT) are becoming a growing form of designing and implementing humanitarian response in emergency and post conflict areas. This research explores the role ICTs play in the new era of emerging humanitarian spaces, focusing on two main UN agencies, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF), that cover a wide range of services in Jordan. LÄS MER