(Isabelle) I Desportes
- Location
- Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage
- Room
- I4-04
- Telephone
- 0704260460
- desportes@iss.nl
Profile
Isabelle Desportes is a PhD candidate working on the governance of disaster response.
She has an interdisciplinary background in Geography (B.Sc., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) and International Development Studies (M.Sc., Universiteit van Amsterdam). Active in the fields of disaster risk reduction, climate change mitigation and adaptation and community resilience, 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…
Isabelle Desportes is a PhD candidate working on the governance of disaster response.
She has an interdisciplinary background in Geography (B.Sc., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) and International Development Studies (M.Sc., Universiteit van Amsterdam). Active in the fields of disaster risk reduction, climate change mitigation and adaptation and community resilience, 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 grassroots organizations in Strasbourg.
- 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]
- 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.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
- 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
- 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
- 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]
PhD Candidate
- University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- School
- International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
- Department
- ISS PhD
- Country
- The Netherlands
- Telephone
- 0704260460
Address
Visiting address
Kortenaerkade 12 2518 AX 's - GravenhagePostal address
Postbus 29776 2502 LT 's-GravenhageNews regarding (Isabelle) I Desportes
Another top priority in times of crisis: keep democratic life up and running
New blog post on BlISS
Events regarding (Isabelle) I Desportes
PhD defence by Isabelle Desportes
Repression without resistance: Disaster responses in authoritarian low-intensity conflict settings