The Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC), based at the International Institute of Social Studies, is excited to announce that Tammam Aloudat, CEO of The New Humanitarian, will give the keynote at this year’s conference on ‘Humanitarian Studies: Adapting and reworking in new times and contexts’ on Friday 12 September 2025.
Dr Aloudat, a Syrian-Swiss physician with over two decades of experience at the forefront of international humanitarian organisations, is a leading advocate for decolonising global health and advancing humanitarianism.
He started his humanitarian career as a volunteer for the Syrian Red Crescent, and then with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Iraq after the invasion in 2003.
Over the last 20 years, he has worked in emergencies ranging from conflicts and forced displacement to disasters and disease outbreaks – from Darfur to the Indian Ocean tsunami to the Haiti earthquake. His most recent role was as President of MSF Netherlands and as a member of MSF's International Board.
He currently leads the independent, non-profit newsroom - The New Humanitarian - as CEO.
Conference panel discussion
Dr Aloudat will also join the closing conference panel moderated by Corinne Lamain, the coordinator of KUNO: Platform for Humanitarian Knowledge Exchange in the Netherlands.
Other panel speakers include:
- Joram Tarusarira, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society, University of Groningen
- Reintje van Haeringen, CEO of CARE Netherlands
- Polly Pallister-Wilkins, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Register to attend the conference
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