Biography
I am an expert in development in areas affected by disaster, conflict or fragility, with a special focus on aid-society relations: the impact of humanitarian aid on society and the ways in which people and institutions shape the organisation of aid relations.
I have supervised 30 PhD candidates, and 21 of these have been completed. In my current position, I am directing a research programme around situations where conflicts meet disaster.
My research programmes have taken place in settings affected by disaster, conflict and fragility, including Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Sri Lanka.
Currently, my main research programme concerns where “Conflict meets disaster’, that studies disaster governance in high-conflict, low-conflict and post-conflict societies.
In addition to my academic research, I maintain a portfolio for applied assignments and advisory work, which has enhanced an intimate knowledge base of international organisational processes and local dynamics of aid-state-society interaction. I am president of the International Humanitarian Studies Association and a board member of the Core Humanitarian Standard Alliance
I have published 6 books, 46 journal articles, 34 book chapters and 44 professional publications, and I am a regular blogger.
Keywords: Humanitarian Aid, Disaster Governance, Gender, Development, Refugee Studies
International Institute of Social Studies
- hilhorst@iss.nl
- Room
- I3-21
- Location
- Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage
Work
- Dorothea Hilhorst & Margit van Wessel (2022) - From humanitarian diplomacy to advocacy: a research agenda - [link]
- Thea Hilhorst, Sylvia Bergh & Susana Chang Espino (2022) - Closing the Accountability Gap:: Community Perspectives and Experiences with Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH) in Occupied Palestinian Territories (oPt), Bangladesh, and Ethiopia
- Thea Hilhorst, Maria Hagan & Olivia Quinn (2022) - Hulpverlening en belangenbehartiging in Europese migratiehotspots - [link]
- Rodrigo Mena & Dorothea Hilhorst (2022) - The transition from development and disaster risk reduction to humanitarian relief: the case of Yemen during high-intensity conflict - Disasters, 46 (4), 1049-1074 - doi: 10.1111/disa.12521 - [link]
- Simona Vezzoli, Dorothea Hilhorst, Lhamo Meyer & Jorrit Rijpma (2022) - Refugee protection in the region: A survey and evaluation of current trends - International Migration - doi: 10.1111/imig.13031 - [link]
- Dorothea Hilhorst, Samantha Melis, Rodrigo Mena & Roanne Van Voorst (2022) - Erratum: Accountability in Humanitarian Action (Refugee Survey Quarterly (2021) 40:4 (363-389) DOI: 10.1093/rsq/hdab015) - Refugee Survey Quarterly, 41 (2), 342-346 - doi: 10.1093/rsq/hdac001 - [link]
- Dorothea Hilhorst & Greg Bankoff (2022) - Why Vulnerability Still Matters: The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation - [link]
- Luna K.C. & Dorothea Hilhorst (2022) - Gendered experience of disaster: Women's account of evacuation, relief and recovery in Nepal - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 72 - doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102840 - [link]
- Thea Hilhorst & Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann (2022) - What we don’t talk about when we talk about using sanctions to end the war in Ukraine - [link]
- Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann & Thea Hilhorst (2022) - Path dependency when prioritising disaster and humanitarian response under high levels of conflict: a qualitative case study in South Sudan - Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7 (5), 1 - doi: 10.1186/s41018-021-00111-w
- Dorothea Hilhorst, Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann, Samantha Melis & Roanne van Voorst (2021) - Accountability in Humanitarian Action
- Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann, Dorothea Hilhorst & Marta Welander (2021) - Round table: Safety and Security for University Staff, Students and Research Participants
- Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann & Dorothea Hilhorst (2021) - Ethical considerations of disaster research in conflict-affected areas
- Gabriela Villacis Izquierdo, Delu Lusambya Mwenebyake, Tewodros Bayu, Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann & Thea Hilhorst (2021) - Round Table: Towards equitable research collaborations
- Thea Hilhorst (2019) - Third World Thematics: a TWQ journal (Journal)
- Thea Hilhorst (2018) - Politics and Governance (Journal)
- Thea Hilhorst (2011) - Disaster Prevention and Management (Journal)
Tussenvoorziening
- Start date approval
- December 2022
- End date approval
- December 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
- Description
- Raad van toezicht
Institut Sperieur de Developpement Rural
- Start date approval
- December 2022
- End date approval
- December 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
Routledge
- Start date approval
- December 2022
- End date approval
- December 2025
- Place
- ROTTERDAM
Major GDP
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-GDP-22-23
4227 Humanitarian Action
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-4227-22-23
Board of Examiners
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-BOE-22-23
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-22-23
General Information
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-22-23
4152 Development Policies and Practice
- Year
- 2022
- Course Code
- ISS-4152-22-23