Disaster Diplomacy
A Course for Practitioners and Academics
Disaster Diplomacy is a self-learning course developed by Prof. Ilan Kelman, professor of Disasters and Health at University College London and Professor II, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Disaster diplomacy investigates how and why disaster-related activities do and do not induce cooperation amongst enemies. This course presents the theory and practice of understanding the evidence from disaster diplomacy, from local to global levels, including bilateral and multilateral interactions.
Overall, the evidence indicates that disaster-related activities do not create fresh diplomatic opportunities, but that they have the possibility for catalysing diplomatic action, although this possibility is not always fulfilled.
This course explains why this result emerges and the possibilities for changing it.
Target audience:
Learning objectives:
Disaster diplomacy investigates how and why disaster-related activities do and do not induce cooperation amongst enemies. This course presents the theory and practice of understanding the evidence from disaster diplomacy, from local to global levels, including bilateral and multilateral interactions.
Overall, the evidence indicates that disaster-related activities do not create fresh diplomatic opportunities, but that they have the possibility for catalysing diplomatic action, although this possibility is not always fulfilled.
This course explains why this result emerges and the possibilities for changing it.
Target audience:
- Practitioners involved in disaster-related activities who seek more information about cooperation and conflict processes.
- Practitioners involved in cooperation and conflict processes who seek more information about disaster-related activities.
- Academics and students across fields of disasters, disaster-related activities, humanitarianism, peace, conflict, and development.
Learning objectives:
- To introduce and critique theories and practicalities of disaster diplomacy.
- To indicate the political influence, or lack thereof, of disaster-related activities–before, during, and after disasters.
- To support the critiquing and analysis of the political uses of disaster-related activities.