Professor Humanitarian Aid and Reconstruction
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Thea Hilhorst is a rural development sociologist focusing on emergencies and emergency-related interventions in the developing world. Research interests include the realities of conflict and disasters and the policies and practices of actors and agencies involved in relief and rehabilitation interventions.
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Click here for the complete list of publications until 2010.
Selected publications
International (refereed) journals
| 2010 |
Humanitarian space as arena: a perspective on the everyday politics of aid. With B.J. Jansen. Development and Change, 41(6) 1117-1139
Reconstruction from below: a new magic bullet or shooting from the hip? With I.K. Christoplos, G. van der Haar. Third World Quaterly, 31(7), 1107-1124 |
| 2009 |
The politics of risk in the Philippines: comparing state and NGO perceptions of disaster management. With G. Bankoff. Disasters 33(4), 686-704 |
| 2006 |
Guest Editor with Madeleen Helmer of Special Issue on Climate Change and Natural Disasters. Disasters: 30:1
“Everyday Practices of Humanitarian Aid: Tsunami Response in Sri Lanka”. with U. Fernando In: Development in Practice, Vol.16, No3&4 (292-302). |
| 2005 |
Dead letter or living document? Ten years Code of Conduct for Disaster Relief. Disasters: 29(4): 351-369
with M. van Leeuwen Grounding Local Peace Organizations. A case study of southern Sudan. Journal of Modern Africa Studies 43(4): 537-563 |
| 2003 |
Responding to Disasters: Diversity of Bureaucrats, Technocrats and Local People. In: International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol. 21, no. 3, 37-55 |
| 2002 |
Being Good at Doing Good? Quality and Accountability of Humanitarian NGOs. Disasters, Vol. 26, no. 3, 193-213
with N. Schmiemann. Humanitarian Principles and Organisational Culture: the Case of Médecins-sans-Frontières, Holland, Development in Practice, Vol. 12, Numbers 3&4, 490-501 |
| 2001 |
Village Experts and Development Discourse: 'Progress' in a Philippine Igorot village. Human Organization, Vol. 60, no. 4, 401-414 |
| 2000 |
with M. van Leeuwen. Emergency and Development: the Case of Imidugudu, Villagisation in Rwanda, Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 13, no. 3, 264-280 |
| 1997 |
Issues and Dilemmas in Building Development Efforts on Local Organizations, Community Development Journal, 32 (1): 17-29 |
| 1996 |
Appraisal of Risk Perception in Occupational Health and Safety Research in Developing Countries, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health (2): 319-326 |
Books
| 2005 |
with B. Jansen. You never walk alone: participation, partnership and coordination in humanitarian aid. PSO: The Hague |
| 2004 |
with G. Bankoff, G. Frerks. Mapping Vulnerability: Disaster, Development and People. London: Earthscan |
| 2003 |
The Real World of NGOs: Discourse, Diversity and Development. London: Zedbooks
Philippine edition (in English): Ateneo de Manila University Press |
| 1998 |
Records and Reputations. Everyday Politics of a Philippine Development NGO. PhD thesis, Wageningen University |
Contributions to books
| 2007 |
The Art of NGO-ing. Everyday practices as key to understanding development NGOs. (forthcoming) |
| 2005 |
with M. van Leeuwen. “From Global Peacebuilding to Local Conflict” in: T. Davids and F. van Driel (eds) Local Gender Globalized: Changing Perspectives and Practices. Aldershot: Ashgate |
| 2004 |
Complexity and Diversity: Unlocking Domains of Disaster Response. In: G. Bankoff, G. Frerks, D. Hilhorst (eds) Mapping Vulnerability: Disaster, Development and People, London: Earthscan, 52-67
with G. Bankoff. "Mapping Vulnerability'. In: G. Bankoff, G. Frerks and D. Hilhorst (eds). Mapping Vulnerability: Disaster, Development and People, London: Earthscan, 1-10
with M. van Leeuwen. Rethinking the Relation Between Relief and Development: Villagisation in Rwanda. In: Ph. Essed, G. Frerks, and J. Schrijvers (eds.) Refugees and the Transformation of Societies, Oxford: Berghahn Publishers, 179-189 |
| 2001 |
Negotiating the Meaning of Organization: The Importance of Social Network Analysis. In: J. Andersson and M. Breusers (eds), Kinship Structures and Enterprising Actors: Anthropological Essays on Development, Liber Amicorum J.H.B. den Ouden, Wageningen University Press, 281-299 |
| 1997 |
Discourse Formation in Social Movements. Issues of Collective Action. In: H. de Haan and N. Long (eds.) Images and Realities of Rural Life. Assen, the Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 121-153 |
| 1995 |
Diversity: Dilemma or Asset? The Case of Agrarian Women in the Netherlands. In: I. Maso, P. Atkinson, S. Delamont, J. Verhoeven (eds.) Openness in Research. The Tension Between Self and Other. Assen, the Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 147-160 |
Other
| 2007 |
Inaugural lecture: Saving lives or saving societies. Realities of relief and reconstruction. Wageningen University. |
| 2004 |
with N. Douma. Beyond Conflict: Peacebuilding Practices of Cordaid. The Hague, Cordaid, 69 pages |
| 2003 |
with M. J. Vervest and C. van Waegeningh. From Survivor to Citizen. Evaluation of 11 Years Dutch Consortium in North Iraq. The Hague, Cordaid |
| 2002 |
with J. Warner and P. Waalewijn. Public Participation in Disaster-Prone Watersheds. Time for Multi-Stakeholder Platforms? Wageningen, Disaster Site no. 6 |
| 2001 |
Proposal and Recommendations for the Gender Component of the DRP. Mission report for the government of Eritrea/World Bank/UNDP/Dutch MFA |
| 2000 |
with H. Belloni, N. Douma, J. Holla and G. Kuiper. Journalistig. Verslaggeving in |
| 1999 |
with G. Frerks and A. Moreyra. Natural Disasters: A Framework for Analysis and Action. Report for MSF-Holland. Wageningen: Disaster Studies |
Research
Vidi research: Aid under Fire. People, principles and practices of humanitarian aid in Angola. 2006 - 2010
PhD research:
The effects of aid for local rural institutions in Huíla province, Angola.2006 - 2010
Consequences of aid for peoples livelihoods in war-torn Angola. 2006 - 2010
Practices and meaning of community-based risk reduction approaches, and their potential and limitations in areas affected by both natural disaster and conflict. 2006 - 2010
Adapting to climate-related natural hazards in building rural livelihoods in Mutarara District, Mozambique. 2006 - 2009
Creating space in a 'naked city': violence and identity in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. 2004 - 2008
Partners in peace; discourses and practices of civil society Interventions for conflict resolution and peace-building in southern Sudan. 2004 - 2007
Flood politics. The contested security of river regulation schemes. 2006 - 2008