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The Role of Bots in Spreading Conspiracies: Case Study of Discourse About Earthquakes on Twitter
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, volume 92, issue 103740 (2023), 11 pp.
"In this paper, we identified seven most widely spread conspiracy discourses about earthquakes. These conspiracy discourses link earthquakes to military activities like secret nuclear bomb testing, God’s Providence like the punishment of humans for their sins, space activities like aliens visiting
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Natural Language Processing for Humanitarian Action: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Path Toward Humanitarian NLP
Frontiers in Big Data, volume 6 (2023), 14 pp.
"Natural language processing (NLP) is a rapidly evolving field at the intersection of linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence, which is concerned with developing methods to process and generate language at scale. Modern NLP tools have the potential to support humanitarian action a
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Using mass media to increase audiences’ ability to keep safe from explosive ordnance in Afghanistan
London: BBC Media Action (2023), 2 pp.
"BBC Media Action has been using mass media to help audiences recognise risks and keep safe from explosive ordnance (EO), which is widespread across Afghanistan following years of conflict. We conducted a panel study in 10 most affected provinces to evaluate the impact of our programme. We found tha
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An Overview of Emergency Communication Networks
Remote Sensing, volume 15, issue 1595 (2023), 36 pp.
"In recent years, major natural disasters and public safety accidents have frequently occurred worldwide. In order to deal with various disasters and accidents using rapidly deployable, reliable, efficient, and stable emergency communication networks, all countries in the world are strengthening and
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Humanitarian Topics Explained: Forgotten Crises to Go
Berlin: Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) (2023), 10 pp.
Humanitarian Journalists: Covering Crises from a Boundary Zone
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvi, 127 pp.
"Based on a 5-year study, involving over 150 in-depth interviews, this book examines the political, economic and social forces that sustain and influence humanitarian journalists. The authors argue that – by amplifying marginalised voices and providing critical, in-depth explanations of neglected
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Communication, community engagement and accountability in Sudan’s regional response: Outcomes of the high-level meeting to discuss elevating collective CCEA in the regional Sudan conflict response
CDAC Network (2023), 5 pp.
"Despite the strides made towards strengthening two-way communication and dialogue in the regional response to the Sudan crisis, there remain critical gaps inhibiting the effectiveness of collective efforts. The Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and the Regional Refugee Response Plan should allocate
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The state of communication, community engagement and accountability across the Ukraine response. Snapshot report
London: CDAC Network, 4th ed. (2023), 12 pp.
Common Advocacy Statements: The CDAC Network 2022
London: CDAC Network (2022), 5 pp.
"CDAC's core vision focuses on ensuring people and communities are central to identifying solutions to the problems they face in a crisis. The 2022-2027 vision is: 'that communities will have the information and resources they need to determine their own solutions and be central stakeholders in huma
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Strengthening Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability Capacity in Papua New Guinea. Training for Managers and Programme Leads, October 2022: Learning Outcomes
London: CDAC Network (2022), 16 pp.
"This report provides a summary overview of the key learning outcomes from a training workshop on communication, community engagement and accountability (CCEA) held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 10-13 October 2022. The training was a means to bring together various stakeholders with an intere
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The Digitalisation of Armed Conflicts: Three Humanitarian Priorities
Brussels: Brussels School of Governance, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (2022), 5 pp.
"States should interpret – and apply – existing rules in a manner that ensures adequate and sufficient protection for civilians and civilian infrastructure, information and communication technology (ICT) systems and data in our ever-increasingly digitalised societies. Academia, tech companies, s
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Interconnected Disaster Risks
United Nations University (UNU) (2022), 114 pp.
Critical Gaps and Implications of Risk Communication in the Global Agreements SFDRR, SDGs, and UNFCCC: 3 Select Case Studies from Urban Areas of Tropics in South Asia
Natural Hazards, issue 111 (2022), pp. 2559-2577
"There has been a consistent rise in urban disasters, particularly in developing countries located in tropical areas. Among various challenges of disaster risk management and climate change impacts, it is noted that most residents are poorly informed about their risk exposure or apposite response. T
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability: Perspectives from Stakeholders, Communicators and Audiences
London: CDAC Network (2022), 62 pp.
"This study sought to identify changes, if any, to the communication and community engagement landscape as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It did not aim to evaluate communication, community engagement and accountability (CCEA) during the pandemic but, rather, aimed to bring together some of the
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