Beyond Integration: Revisiting the triple HDP nexus in practice

In recent years, the Nexus has become a central framework for rethinking aid coordination and coherence in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. 

While efforts have been made to understand its conceptual underpinnings and operational challenges, the lived realities of implementing nexus approaches remain highly context-dependent and often politically and institutionally complex. Although important lessons have been learned, many dimensions of the Nexus still require further exploration, critical reflection, and adaptation. 

As calls for integrating the Nexus grow louder, it is crucial to reflect on what is driving integration, where, why and how it is happening, for whom, and with what consequences.

The webinar will include an introduction and moderation by Rodrigo Mena (HSC-ISS) and Naghmeh Sobhani (Peacebuilding & Collaborative Diplomacy Consultancy), followed by four presentations with plenty of time for a Q&A afterwards.

Presentations

• Massimo Alone (University of Sussex) - 'HDP Nexus and its Relevance to Education Policy in Conflict and Displacement'
• Christina Plesner Volkdal (Copenhagen Business School) - 'Reframing the Triple Nexus as Adaptive Institutional Practice: Insights from a multi-level organizational analysis'
• Scott Drimie (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Global Support Unit (IPC GSU)) - 'From Crisis to Transformation: How the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) protracted crisis protocols operationalize Humanitarian-Development-Peace integration'
• Summer Brown (HSC-ISS) - 'Operationalising the HDP Nexus: Myths, assumptions and realities'