(external) researcher International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Academic staff unit
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- desportes@iss.nl
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Isabelle Desportes holds a PhD (2020) from the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her dissertation focused on the governance of disaster response and humanitarian action in authoritarian conflict-affected settings.
She has an interdisciplinary background in Geography (B.Sc., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) and International Development Studies (M.Sc., Universiteit van Amsterdam - cum laude).
Active in the fields of disaster risk reduction, community resilience and climate change mitigation and adaptation, Isabelle Desportes has previously carried out (applied) research missions in South East Europe, South Africa and Ethiopia for UNDP, the City of Cape Town, the African Centre for Cities, the University of Groningen and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. She has moreover worked on climate change for the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent in Geneva, and for French civil society organizations in Strasbourg.
- I. Desportes & D.J.M. Hilhorst (2020). Disaster Governance in Conflict-Affected Authoritarian Contexts: The Cases of Ethiopia, Myanmar, and Zimbabwe. Politics and Governance, 8 (4), 343-354. doi: 10.17645/pag.v8i4.3127
- I. Desportes (2019). Getting relief to marginalised minorities: the response to cyclone Komen in 2015 in Myanmar. Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 4 (7). doi: 10.1186/s41018-019-0053-z
- D. Hilhorst, I. Desportes & C. De Milliano (2019). Humanitarian governance and resilience building: Ethiopia in comparative perspective. Disasters, 43, S109-S131. doi: 10.1111/disa.12332 [go to publisher's site]
- I. Desportes, D.J.M. Hilhorst & H. Mandefro (2019). The humanitarian theatre: Drought response during Ethiopia's low-intensity conflict of 2016. Journal of Modern African Studies, 57 (1), 31-59. doi: 10.1017/S0022278X18000654
- E.H.C. Kuipers, I. Desportes & M.A. Hordijk (2019). Of locals and insiders – a ‘localized’ humanitarian response to the 2017 Mocoa mudslide in Colombia? Disaster Prevention and Management, 29 (3), 352-364. doi: 10.1108/DPM-12-2018-0384 [go to publisher's site]
- I. Desportes & D.R. Colenbrander (2016). Navigating interests, navigating knowledge: towards an inclusive set-back delineation along Cape Town’s coastline. Habitat International, 54 (2), 124-135. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.12.016
- I. Desportes, J. Waddel & M.A. Hordijk (2015). Improving flood risk governance through multi-stakeholder collaboration: a case study of Sweet Home informal settlement, Cape Town. South African Geographical Journal. doi: 10.1080/03736245.2015.1052842
- D.J.M. Hilhorst, R.A. Mena Fluhmann, R.S. van Voorst, I. Desportes & S. Melis (2019). Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Response in Different Conflict Scenarios. In Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) 2019. Geneva: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
- D.J.M. Hilhorst, M.J. Vervest, I. Desportes, S. Melis, R.A. Mena Fluhmann & R. Van Voorst (2020). Strengthening community resilience in conflict: learnings from the Partners for Resilience programme. (Preprints, ISS Working Papers - General Series, no 666). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- I. Desportes (2020). Politics of disaster response in authoritarian low-intensity conflict settings. (Extern rapport, Research brief). The Hague: International Insitute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- D.J.M. Hilhorst, I. Desportes, S. Melis, R.A. Mena Fluhmann & R.S. van Voorst (2020). When Disaster Meets Conflict: A scenario-based approach to the politics of disaster governance in conflict settings. : VICI-ISS
- I. Desportes (2019). Ethiopia: Responding to the 2016 drought amid political protest and a state of emergency. (Extern rapport). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam [go to publisher's site]
- I. Desportes (2019). Myanmar: The controversial issue of minorities in responding to cyclone Komen in 2015. (Extern rapport). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam [go to publisher's site]
- I. Desportes (2015). Partners for Resilience in Ethiopia, Country Case for the Qualitative Process and Impact Study. : University of Groningen
- D. Hilhorst, R. Van Voorst, R.A. Mena, I. Desportes & S. Melis (2019). Disaster Response and Humanitarian Aid in Different Conflict Scenarios. : United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- I. Desportes (2020). Disaster response: why democracy matters. (blog). EADI blog: Debating Development Research. (available: 14 Jul 2020).
- I. Desportes (2020). Another top priority in times of crisis: keep democratic life up and running. (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice. (available: 26 Mar 2020).
- D.J.M. Hilhorst & I. Desportes (2019). Counter-terrorism laws are undermining humanitarian relief, and are set to get worse today. (blog). Oxfam Blogs. (available: 12 Nov 2019).
- R.S. van Voorst & I. Desportes (2018). (How) should scholars say what humanitarians can't? (blog). blISS - The ISS Blog on Global Development and Social Justice.
- D.J.M. Hilhorst & I. Desportes (2019, november 12). De anti-terrorismewet heeft een lelijk neveneffect. Trouw [go to publisher's site]
- I. Desportes (2020, november 5). Repression Without Resistance: Disaster Responses in Authoritarian Low-Intensity Conflict Settings. EUR (153 pag.) (The Hague) Prom./coprom.: prof.dr.ir. D.J.M. Hilhorst & R. Van Voorst.
(external) researcher
- University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- School
- International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
- Department
- Academic staff unit
- Country
- The Netherlands
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
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- Academic reviewer
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- no
Journal of Disaster Risk Studies: Jàmbá
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- Academic reviewer
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- no
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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- Academic reviewer
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- no
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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- Academic reviewer
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- no
Journal of International Humanitarian Action
- Role
- Academic reviewer
- Obtained Wage
- no
Journal of International Humanitarian Action
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- Academic reviewer
- Obtained Wage
- no
Development and Change
- Role
- Academic reviewer
- Obtained Wage
- no
South African Geographical Journal
- Role
- Academic reviewer
- Obtained Wage
- no
