prof.dr.ir. DJM (Thea) Hilhorst

Biography

I am an expert in development in areas affected by disaster, conflict or fragility, with a special focus on aid-society relations: the impact of humanitarian aid on society and the ways in which people and institutions shape the organisation of aid relations.

I have supervised 30 PhD candidates, and 21 of these  have been completed. In my current position, I am directing a research programme around situations where conflicts meet disaster.

My research programmes have taken place in settings affected by disaster, conflict and fragility, including Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Sri Lanka.

Currently, my main research programme concerns where “Conflict meets disaster’, that studies disaster governance in high-conflict, low-conflict and post-conflict societies.

In addition to my academic research, I maintain a portfolio for applied assignments and advisory work, which has enhanced an intimate knowledge base of international organisational processes and local dynamics of aid-state-society interaction. I am president of the International Humanitarian Studies Association and a board member of the Core Humanitarian Standard Alliance

I have published 6 books, 46 journal articles, 34 book chapters and 44 professional publications, and I am a regular blogger.

 

Keywords: Humanitarian Aid, Disaster Governance, Gender, Development, Refugee Studies

International Institute of Social Studies

Full professor | Academic staff unit
Email
hilhorst@iss.nl

Work

  • Z (Zeynep) Kasli, M (Marieke) van Houte, R (Rodrigo) Mena Fluhmann, DJM (Thea) Hilhorst & HM (Helen) Hintjens (5 September 2021) - Don't let our university researchers and students suffocate in Afghanistan

  • Dorothea Hilhorst, Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann, Samantha Melis & Roanne van Voorst (2021) - Accountability in Humanitarian Action (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Academic
  • Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann, Dorothea Hilhorst & Marta Welander (2021) - Round table: Safety and Security for University Staff, Students and Research Participants (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Academic
  • Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann & Dorothea Hilhorst (2021) - Ethical considerations of disaster research in conflict-affected areas (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Academic
  • Gabriela Villacis Izquierdo, Delu Lusambya Mwenebyake, Tewodros Bayu, Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann & Thea Hilhorst (2021) - Round Table: Towards equitable research collaborations (Speaker)
    Activity: Oral presentation Academic
  • Thea Hilhorst (2019) - Third World Thematics: a TWQ journal (Journal) (Editor)
    Activity: Editorial work Academic
  • Thea Hilhorst (2018) - Politics and Governance (Journal) (Editor)
    Activity: Editorial work Academic
  • Thea Hilhorst (2011) - Disaster Prevention and Management (Journal) (Editor)
    Activity: Editorial work Academic

Tussenvoorziening

Start date approval
December 2022
End date approval
December 2025
Place
ROTTERDAM
Description
Raad van toezicht

Institut Sperieur de Developpement Rural

Start date approval
December 2022
End date approval
December 2025
Place
ROTTERDAM

Routledge

Start date approval
December 2022
End date approval
December 2025
Place
ROTTERDAM

Humanitarian Leadership Academy

Start date approval
January 2024
End date approval
January 2027
Place
MELBOURNE
Description
Member Supervisory Board

Pax Vredesorganisatie

Start date approval
January 2024
End date approval
January 2027
Place
UTRECHT
Description
Member advisory board

The Hague Humanity Hub

Start date approval
January 2024
End date approval
January 2027
Place
DEN HAAG
Description
Member Supervisory Board

Board of Examiners

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-BOE-24-25

Major GDP

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-GDP-24-25

General Information

Year
2024
Course Code
ISSGENERAL-24-25

3105 Research Paper Preparation

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-3105-24-25

4227 Humanitarian Action

Year
2024
Course Code
ISS-4227-24-25

News regarding prof.dr.ir. DJM (Thea) Hilhorst

Action instead of helplessness: these students raise money for Turkey

Ada Sayal, Ela Şenbak and Zeynep Gülalp are Turkish students at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The students are far from home, but really want to do something.
Zeynep, Ada and Ela on campus

Professor Thea Hilhorst is astonished about Ter Apel: "Why can this exist?”

On NPO Radio 1 in Dr Kelder en Co she talked about her research and sketched the bigger picture about the reception of refugees worldwide.
Hulporganisaties in Ter Apel

Professor Thea Hilhorst wins prestigious Spinoza Prize

This prestigious prize is awarded annually to researchers in the Netherlands conducting outstanding and groundbreaking research with a broad social impact.
Thea Hilhorst - June 2022

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