“It took a long time for humanitarian action to evolve from an act of activism to a subject of research. Dr Valérie Gorin, our Head of Training at the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, expertly traces this evolution, while reminding us that “humanitarian studies” are still far from complete.
In a subtle way, the author illustrates the role that a review like Humanitarian Alternatives can play in building a bridge between actor and reflection”.
Read this article “Humanitarian studies: a field in the making” written by Valérie in the issue ” What role for humanitarian actors?” of the magazine. The article is also available in French.
Humanitarian Alternatives/ Alternatives Humanitaires is a bilingual (French/English) review devoted to humanitarian action.