25 July 2024 Decolonising resilience: the urgent need to think beyond ‘inclusion’ Local communities and Indigenous peoples must be seen as agents, rather than as passive subjects of Eurocentric resilience policies.
02 November 2023 Transferring responsibility: the role of developmental ‘buzzwords’ in the international refugee regime How three buzzwords are shifting responsibility for refugees’ wellbeing away from the international system to displaced people and host communities themselves – with harmful consequences for both.
25 July 2023 Climate resilient development needs effective co-operation The concept of 'resilience' features widely in development scholarship and in policy responses to climate crisis, but do we know what we mean by it?
09 December 2022 Adaptation strategies vs adaptive capacity – the difference is crucial to effective climate resilience policies The most effective way to foster resilience in the face of climate challenges is by supporting people’s capacity to adapt – rather than pushing specific adaptation strategies which dictate how people respond.
