Chris Earney

@ChrisEarney

I work for / & think we can do better for our world. Our team tries to work out how.

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unhcr.org/innovation
Joined April 2011
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  1. Jun 20

    Boom. Yes.

    An alternative approach to innovation—one that relies less on data & more on experimentation and communication.
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    Jun 20

    [New post on measuring impact] How to design innovation metrics for sustainable human development; for incremental and transformative innovation? Thanks for hosting this post!

    "From day one, we realized that there is no universal set of metrics that is applicable to measure the impact of innovation investments across UNDP’s thematic areas." A must read from & on measuring innovation.
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    Jun 20

    Come work with us on our Connectivity for Refugees project! Looking for candidates who put values and people first - it's not just about technology!

    We're hiring an Associate Connectivity Officer based out of Nairobi. Think you would be a good fit? Apply by 27 June and learn more about the role here:
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  4. Jun 20

    Each of us has the ability to change and counter reckless anti-refugee narratives. This take a moment to reflect on the power you have to influence for the good of in stories you tell. For the good of our world. :

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    Jun 19

    “Solidarity exists and has to be listened to.”

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    Every two seconds a person is displaced by war, violence or persecution and says we're now at a record high of more than 68.5 million people forcibly displaced worldwide.
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    Jun 18

    “We are moving backward to an era when racists and xenophobes deliberately inflamed hatred and discrimination among the public, while carefully cloaking themselves in the guise of democracy and the rule of law.”

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    Jun 19

    “It’s time to do things differently.” message from UN Filippo Grandi.

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    Jun 19

    The title says it all. You either get this, or you’re pushing tech and getting your bosses to be excited about products with little success in sustainability, and missing opportunities to innovate processes and approaches.

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    Jun 18

    Do innovation & urban inequality go hand in hand? Research findings point to correlation between the number of patents a US city produces & economic segregation within its limits

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    Jun 18

    "The faces of humanitarian innovation i.e. the number ones and number twos in the media - are usually white men. This is the current master narrative and we want to help change it."

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    Jun 18

    No, this is not a token ‘give-a-camera-to-a-refugee-project’. Technical capacity and technical innovation continue to suffer a blind-spot of not being co-created with youth. Learn more from :

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    Jun 16

    The started in France in 2016 with UNHCR, to help change perceptions of refugees and gather people with different backgrounds around a dinner table. It's growing! This year we're in the United States:🗽and 🌉.

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    Jun 14

    "No matter how well intentioned a technological intervention is, it will often fall apart if the displaced community relies completely on outside people to make it work."

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    Jun 12

    Delighted to contribute to the discourse on and kicked off by in this interview with

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    Jun 12

    argues, “it’s not about tech or new ideas. We need to ask core questions about ethics and rights. For example, no minimum standards on “demographically identifiable data” - which is a risk to vulnerable populations that face targeting.”

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    Jun 11

    I wish you’d called us first. This isn’t what the disaster relief field needs right now. In fact, sector needs investments in how to use tech we’ve got/use tech less. Most pressing challenges are all about political will, protection, human rights, not more code

    We're calling on the tech industry to join us in applying , , and to address the world's most pressing disaster relief challenges. Together, let's unite in the .
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    Jun 11

    [Outstanding] How to design iterative, behaviorally-informed health interventions? Kudos to & for producing a great resource Check out the Process Map

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  18. Jun 9

    One day this will simply be the norm. In the meantime, good work team 👊

    Good signs of the times: Your (fab) team pre-empts your no policy by doing it themselves. No-one from will accept an invitation to an all-male panel. But we'd love to help connect you to amazing women around the globe & on our team.
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    Jun 8

    Cultivating innovation: is convening our monthly internal calls on innovation, discussing doing development differently with intrapreneurs. Our teams express gratitude to for support for in the Pacific & Costa Rica.

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    Jun 7

    "What I have learned is that innovation is not a one-day activity. It requires patience while being persistent in the desire to find a solution to whatever problem one is trying to solve."

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