Civilian-Military Interaction in Conflicts

Project Title: Civilian-Military Interaction in Conflicts: Best Practices and Perceptions

Funding Agency: U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

Project Duration: August 2019-August 2021

Role: Consultant (Philippines)

This research effort which is led by the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown University in collaboration with the U.S. Naval War College, is fully funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Through research conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Philippines, and Jordan, this study aims to significantly expand and deepen the understanding of civilian-military coordination across different types of humanitarian crises and aid in the development of updated evidence-based guidance for humanitarian and military actors working in close proximity in a diverse range of contexts worldwide. The study will also aim to further develop new tools for evaluating community perceptions of military humanitarian assistance, which in turn would allow for practitioners, academics, and policy makers to effectively assess community perceptions of civilian and military humanitarian assistance in a variety of locations globally. Read more

The Technical Report for this project is out now! Read here

Watch the presentation of the preliminary results (starts at 6:44) of the project below. Check the program of activities for other interesting presentations here.

The final results of the study was presented at 2022 Research Symposium on Civilian-Military Humanitarian Coordination. Presentation starts at 11:06.

Read our newly-released article from this project here. https://jhumanitarianaction.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s41018-023-00134-5.pdf

Our paper on community members’ narratives on armed actor interventions during humanitarian and public health crises is out now. This paper features community experiences from the Philippines, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jordan, and Syria.

You can read the paper here https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13031-024-00593-6.pdf