Outputs (23)

Inclusion and exclusion in humanitarian action: findings from a three-year study (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Lough, O., Barbelet, V., & Njeri, S. Inclusion and exclusion in humanitarian action: findings from a three-year study. London

In recent years, the humanitarian sector has started paying more attention to those it leaves behind, such as people with disabilities, older people and speakers of minority languages. Since their needs are so often sidelined amid efforts to serve as... Read More about Inclusion and exclusion in humanitarian action: findings from a three-year study.

Women leading local humanitarian response during the Covid-19 pandemic (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Njeri, S., & Daigle, M. Women leading local humanitarian response during the Covid-19 pandemic. London

This study explores the hypothesis that not only are women’s rights organisations (WROs) working in crisis settings already active in providing humanitarian assistance, but also continued failure to support them in this capacity risks further margina... Read More about Women leading local humanitarian response during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Out with War and in with Nature: Supporting climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods through mine clearance in Afghanistan (2022)
Book Chapter
Ayub, A., Cottrell, L., Njeri, S., & Whitbread-Abrutat, P. Out with War and in with Nature: Supporting climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods through mine clearance in Afghanistan. In O. Brown, & G. Nicolucci-Altman (Eds.), Future of Environmental Peacebuilding: Nurturing an Ecosystem for Peace. A White Paper and Compendium (120-122). Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, PeaceNexus Foundation, Environmental Peacebuilding Association, Environmental Law Institute, and International Union for Conservation of Nature

Examining mine action's 'peaceability' potential through everyday narratives and practices in Somaliland (2022)
Journal Article
Njeri, S. (2022). Examining mine action's 'peaceability' potential through everyday narratives and practices in Somaliland. Journal of the British Academy, 10(s1), 109-133. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/010s1.109

The way in which societies conceptualise peace, and therefore peacebuilding, is dependent on various factors, including the society itself, its history, cultural and social foundations, the legacies of violence and peacebuilding initiatives. Drawing... Read More about Examining mine action's 'peaceability' potential through everyday narratives and practices in Somaliland.

Landmine Clearance and Peacebuilding: Evidence from Somaliland (2021)
Journal Article
Ikpe, E., & Njeri, S. (2021). Landmine Clearance and Peacebuilding: Evidence from Somaliland. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 17(1), 91-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/15423166211068324

The mine action sector has struggled to demonstrate the socioeconomic benefits of mine clearance. Previous academic studies have made important contributions but have been limited in offering in-depth discussions of causal pathways. This paper seeks... Read More about Landmine Clearance and Peacebuilding: Evidence from Somaliland.

Inclusion and exclusion in the north-east Nigeria crisis (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Barbelet, V., Njeri, S., & Onubedo, G. Inclusion and exclusion in the north-east Nigeria crisis. London

The humanitarian response in north-east Nigeria is an important opportunity to examine barriers to more inclusive humanitarian action in large-scale, complex and protracted displacement crises. Acknowledging the immense operational challenges facing... Read More about Inclusion and exclusion in the north-east Nigeria crisis.

Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament (2020)
Book
Bolton, M. B., Njeri, S., & Benjamin-Britton, T. (Eds.). (2020). Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27611-9

This book analyses the politics of the humanitarian disarmament community—a loose coalition of activist and advocacy groups, humanitarian agencies and diplomats—who have successfully achieved international treaties banning landmines, cluster munition... Read More about Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament.

Race, positionality and the researcher (2020)
Book Chapter
Njeri, S. (2020). Race, positionality and the researcher. In R. Mac Ginty, R. Brett, & B. Vogel (Eds.), The companion to peace and conflict fieldwork (381-394). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46433-2_26

The chapter is an opportunity for retrospective reflection on issues of race and positionality of a researcher. A retrospective reflexivity is offered as a departure from the dominant approach of doing reflexivity because it provides an opportunity f... Read More about Race, positionality and the researcher.

Humanitarian Disarmament Movement: An Assessment and Review (2019)
Book Chapter
Bolton, M. B., Njeri, S., & Benjamin-Britton, T. (2019). Humanitarian Disarmament Movement: An Assessment and Review. In M. B. Bolton, S. Njeri, & T. Benjamin-Britton (Eds.), Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament (1-24). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27611-9_1

Disarmament has long been a dirty word in the international relations (IR) lexicon. But people have often chosen—for reasons of security, honor, ethics, or humanitarianism—to prohibit or limit certain violent technologies. In the last two decades, th... Read More about Humanitarian Disarmament Movement: An Assessment and Review.

The politics of non-recognition: Re-evaluating the apolitical presentation of the UN humanitarian mine action programs in Somaliland (2019)
Book Chapter
Njeri, S. (2019). The politics of non-recognition: Re-evaluating the apolitical presentation of the UN humanitarian mine action programs in Somaliland. In M. Breay Bolton, S. Njeri, & T. Benjamin-Britton (Eds.), Global Activism and Humanitarian Disarmament (169-195). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27611-9_6

Humanitarian programs in post conflict contexts are not only challenged by technical constraints but also by the political context. But they are often constrained by mandates guided by supposedly apolitical principles of neutrality and impartiality.... Read More about The politics of non-recognition: Re-evaluating the apolitical presentation of the UN humanitarian mine action programs in Somaliland.