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The Centre for Humanitarian Leadership is a global network of innovative thinkers and practitioners dedicated to addressing the planet's most pressing issues.

Who are the humanitarians?

The Humanitarian Leadership Conference returns in 2021.

28 Apr 2021 29 Apr 2021

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Conflict threatens global health security as children miss out on life-saving vaccines

From individual wellbeing to collective welfare

A new perspective of being and becoming in a post-pandemic world

A Conversation with Dr Hugo Slim

What skills do humanitarian practitioners need to meet future challenges?

Why we're different

We pioneer a hybrid combination of evidence, education, and good humanitarian practice.

The Centre is transforming the humanitarian sector through a hybrid approach to education and practical humanitarian experience, delivered through a leadership lens.

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Education and training

We teach leaders to create meaningful change in the aid sector.

The Centre offers accredited courses designed by working humanitarians that reflect the reality of crisis response efforts around the world, mixed with the solid, proven structure of Deakin University’s course delivery and assessment.

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Our courses

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Research and policy

We engage in collaborative research that informs, impacts, and influences real-world leadership in humanitarian contexts.

Our research agenda looks beyond the academic to how communities, organisations and individuals are meeting the challenge of leadership in the humanitarian system and a changing world.

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A view of a damaged area in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, after being hit by the earthquake and tsunami. On 28 September 2018, a shallow earthquake struck off the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi. The quake was located 77 km (48 mi) away from the provincial capital Palu. Following the mainshock, a tsunami alert was issued. A localised tsunami struck Palu, sweeping shore-lying houses and buildings on its way. The combined effects of the earthquake and tsunami has led to many deaths. Many more are displaced or homeless and in need of help.

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Horizon Scan of risks in the Asia Pacific Region for 2020 Q1

The political, health, and climate stressors likely to contribute to humanitarian need in the near future.

Humanitarian Leader

Institutional Amnesia and Humanitarian Disaster Management

We collaborate with forward-thinking partners to enhance policy, practice, and research in the humanitarian sector.

Drawing on our global partnerships, the Centre offers unparalleled access to humanitarian leaders, thinkers, and researchers from around the world. Our partners contribute expertise through coaching and mentoring. They offer enviable reach to apply academic research directly in the field. And they provide every resource required to transform the humanitarian sector for the better.

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Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)

Our people

The Centre is a collective of leading thinkers and practitioners from across the humanitarian landscape. Together, we deliver an equally diverse blend of collaboratively-based education, research and technological innovations for the humanitarian sector and beyond.

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