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Innovation metrics for human development – what have we learned
Inspired by the recent frank reflection by UNCHR’s amazing Innovation Team on designing metrics for humanitarian innovation, we would like...
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A future-looking approach to energy and environment in Angola
Julie Gassien bats at an incessant onslaught of gnats attacking the moisture in her eyes. All around her is the green fernery of the...
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Celine Schmitt, UNHCR’s Senior Public Information Officer and Spokesperson in Paris, visited UNHCR Innovation Service to discuss the successes and challenges of launching the Refugee Food Festival.
Sandra, UNHCR’s Regional Instant Network Schools Officer, discusses the opportunities for personalized online learning for refugees and bridging the digital divide.
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The Measurement Problem
The need for building better data and monitoring mechanisms in humanitarian action. A challenge that education staff have always grappled...
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Shame! You went to another humanitarian conference.
For a long time, it seemed that the bandwagon of people who wanted to work on interesting social issues relating to technology, digital...
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How connecting neuroscience, storytelling, and psychology can create measurable impact for refugee youth
Today, science shows us how stress and trauma impact our physical bodies and even genetics. But there is a layer that science still needs...
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How we can better support innovation in emergencies
Looking back: how did we do in Uganda? At the beginning of this year, we wanted to take a critical look at our engagement with the Uganda...
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Can we look into the future? Using demographic models to project displaced populations.
UNHCR provides crucial support to forcibly displaced populations around the world, including access to shelter and basic services....
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We need to fix the gender imbalance in our stories on innovation
Here’s how we’re going to do it. Have you ever felt like a hypocrite? Or worse: an imposter? Both emotions have the effect of surprising...
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Developing humanitarian innovation impact metrics: where do we start?
In mid-2016, we set out to create a funding mechanism in UNHCR that would encourage innovation across our 130 operations worldwide. With...
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Innovation is about diversity and inclusion. Stop with the gimmicks, catch up.
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...
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Can social science accelerate innovation on behalf of the world’s displaced people?
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Innovation Service has launched a yearlong partnership with the newly established...
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Jetson: insights into building a predictive analytics platform for displacement
Project Jetson is a platform aimed to provide UNHCR operations predictions about population movement (arrivals/departures) for specific...
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Overcoming hate: an activist’s journey from Syria to San Francisco
Maybe Subhi Nahas was always meant to wind up in San Francisco. What better city for a young, gay activist with a penchant for new...
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How to control the ‘CTRL+P’ urge: Embracing Audio
In a recent blog, I commented about the reliance on text-based communication in humanitarian settings. Leaflets, banners, notice-boards...
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