Emerging Issues in Humanitarian Response
ID 262
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
The course introduces the foundational concepts, theory and emerging issues essential for understanding and engaging in humanitarian research and intervention. The course will prepare students to understand and engage in humanitarian response, while examining emerging critical challenges that have multi-dimensional global impacts. These issues include armed conflict, social oppression migration, community engagement and accountability, among other themes. The major options for protection and support- including early warning, prevention, and mitigation strategies - will be analyzed through case studies and discussion of current research findings, and through the lenses of the norms, actors, and processes of international humanitarian and human rights law, operations, and policy.
Class Notes
THIS CLASS HAS PRIORITY ENROLLMENT
Priority Wave Groups
Wave 1 | MPH-GEN and MPH-EPI students
Wave 2 | MPH-GEN and MPH-EPI students
Wave 3 | MPH-GEN, MPH-EPI, and approved petitioners
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Priority Wave Timing
Wave 1 | 8/13/2026 11:00 AM - 8/23/2026 11:59 PM
Wave 2 | 8/24/2026 12:00 AM - 8/26/2026 11:59 PM
Wave 3 | 8/27/2026 12:00 AM Enrollment Deadline (varies by session)
MPH-GEN and MPH-EPI students do not need to petition to enroll. Other students may petition.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
