Our world is experiencing crises of unprecedented number and scale. Emergencies that relate to health, conflict and the environment are on the rise. Climate change is impacting, adding a new dimension to age-old causes of human suffering such as disease outbreaks and natural disasters. Communal tensions and resource competition, wars and forced migrations, continue to affect many populations.

Crises are increasingly multiple and interconnected, creating highly complex situations for emergency responders to navigate.

When people are caught up in crises, they need responses that are rapid but also are appropriate to their situation. Social science and behavioural insights are essential to inform such responses. The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) provides social science insights and tailored analyses that can be quickly and fully integrated into rapid and locally-informed emergency responses.

Our mission is to provide evidence on demand, capacity-building and networking spaces on emergencies that relate to health, conflict and the environment. We focus our efforts on exploring the political economy, community engagement, cultural logics, social difference and vulnerabilities of those emergencies. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated this need to draw on interdisciplinary science and find solutions to address humanitarian emergencies based on strong evidence.

Our vision is emergency responses which are effective, adaptive, contextually informed, and sensitive to vulnerabilities and power relations. Importantly, we look towards a future where all responses are planned in consultation with affected communities and local institutions, and based on social and interdisciplinary science and evidence.

SSHAP est un partenariat entre le Institut d'études sur le développementAnthrologie Université de GuluLe Groupe d'Etudes sur les Conflits et la Sécurité Humaine (GEC-SH)École d'hygiène et de médecine tropicale de LondresUniversité de JubaCRCF SénégalUniversité d'Ibadan et le Centre de recherche urbaine de la Sierra Leone.

SSHAP is supported by Bienvenue (225449/Z/22/Z) and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, with previous funding from UNICEF.

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Le Forum SSHAP est un groupe de discussion en ligne destiné aux praticiens, aux décideurs politiques et aux chercheurs qui promeut le partage de preuves et de perspectives en sciences sociales concernant les dimensions sociales de la préparation et de la réponse aux épidémies, aux urgences sanitaires et aux crises humanitaires. Le forum SSHAP est un espace en ligne, hébergé sur Google Groupes, permettant aux pairs de différentes zones géographiques et contextes de :

  • partager des enseignements tirés de leur pratique ;
  • apprendre les uns des autres et se soutenir mutuellement ;
  • et informer et contribuer aux activités et initiatives du SSHAP, par exemple en co-rédigant ou en révisant des briefings, en participant à des tables rondes, etc.

Veuillez rejoindre le forum SSHAP en demander l'accès au groupe.

The LinkedIn Group helps practitioners, policymakers and researchers to connect and to share share resources, insights and opportunities with their peers.

Visit the SSHAP LinkedIn Group.