In June 2012 inter-communal violence broke out in Rakhine state, Western Myanmar between the Buddhist Rakhine community and the Muslim Rohingya [...]

Download the Green Issue of Innovation Quarterly to read about how UNHCR is innovating around the themes of energy and [...]

In 2002, Ray Wilkinson wrote that it was a critical time for the environment.  Looking 10 years into the past, he [...]

Cities are our future We live in an increasingly urban world which is shaping our environments and our future. Currently, [...]

Big data refers to the astonishing amount of information that is created as a by-product of the growing digitization of [...]

Boda Boda Talk Talk: an idea that worked A few years ago a friend working with Internews slapped a ‘Boda [...]

This is an excerpt from UNHCR’s recently released report: Beyond Technology | Innovation at UNHCR 2015. This report highlights and showcases [...]

In late 2015, UNHCR – in collaboration with local partner AMIDEAST – established Tawasul, a humanitarian call centre in Yemen. Tawasul, meaning dialogue [...]

This is an excerpt from UNHCR’s recently released report: Beyond Technology | Innovation at UNHCR 2015. This report highlights and showcases [...]

This is an excerpt from UNHCR’s recently released report: Beyond Technology | Innovation at UNHCR 2015. This report highlights and showcases [...]