More than Laboratories - Four Decisive Challenges Confronting Humanitarian Innovation

Author(s)
Finnigan, G. & Farkas, O.
Publication language
English
Pages
10pp
Date published
13 Feb 2020
Publisher
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs (Manchester University Press)
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, humanitarian action, Innovation, Research, policy and analysis
Organisations
IKEA Foundation, World Vision International
Link
https://www.manchesteropenhive.com/view/journals/jha/1/3/article-p4.xml

A research article that moves the innovation debate forward by outlining the challenges involved in conceiving of innovation in a holistic sense and beyond technical fixes or laboratories. Among other things, the paper pays particular attention to the dynamics of climate change and rapid urbanisation in its call for the humanitarian sector to address four critical challenges in order to be able to provide meaningful assistance to communities in crisis in the future.

Authors: 
Finnigan, G. & Farkas, O.