A new policy brief on the Efficacy and Ethics of the Datafication of the Humanitarian Sector based on the findings of the Data and Displacement project was published on November 9th, 2022. It comments on the transitions in the role of data and analysis within humanitarian operations in the past 20 years, with rapid datafication or ‘digital humanitarianism’ since 2010. While this has diversified and improved analysis and decision-making, it has also led to ethical issues and new operational risks around data management. Consequently, the ethical issues and risks of operational data management and the potential harm caused to affected populations has also changed at a similar pace, albeit with less outward attention in comparison to the push for “data enhanced decision-making”.

Click here to download the full Policy Brief (PDF) and know more about the recommendations of the research team.

The Final project report of the Data and Displacement project will be launched on the 12th of September, 2022 in Geneva. The final report is now avaliable.

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On the 19th of July 2022, we held a dissemination event in Abuja, Nigeria. The event was led by our University of Ibadan partners and we launched our policy brief entitled Data, Displacement and Humanitarian Protection in North Eastern Nigeria. The policy brief highlights how ethical and operational challenges such as personnel and infrastructural gaps undermine ethical and effective data-driven humanitarian protection in North-East Nigeria. The policy brief is available here in both English and Hausa Languages