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
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Work
- Nicolás Caso, Dorothea Hilhorst, Rodrigo Mena & Elissaios Papyrakis (2024) - Does disaster contribute to armed conflict?: A quantitative analysis of disaster–conflict co-occurrence between 1990 and 2017 - International Journal of Development Issues, 23 (1), 1-23 - doi: 10.1108/IJDI-01-2023-0015 - [link]
- Dorothea Hilhorst (2024) - DRR pioneer interview with Thea Hilhorst - Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 33 (1), 61-66 - doi: 10.1108/DPM-10-2023-0262 - [link]
- Nicolás Caso, Dorothea Hilhorst & Rodrigo Mena (2023) - The contribution of armed conflict to vulnerability to disaster: Empirical evidence from 1989 to 2018 - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 95 - doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103881 - [link]
- Dorothea Hilhorst & Margit van Wessel (2022) - From humanitarian diplomacy to advocacy: a research agenda - [link]
- Thea Hilhorst, Sylvia Bergh & Susana Chang Espino (2022) - Closing the Accountability Gap:: Community Perspectives and Experiences with Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH) in Occupied Palestinian Territories (oPt), Bangladesh, and Ethiopia
- Thea Hilhorst, Maria Hagan & Olivia Quinn (2022) - Hulpverlening en belangenbehartiging in Europese migratiehotspots - [link]
- Rodrigo Mena & Dorothea Hilhorst (2022) - The transition from development and disaster risk reduction to humanitarian relief: the case of Yemen during high-intensity conflict - Disasters, 46 (4), 1049-1074 - doi: 10.1111/disa.12521 - [link]
- Rodrigo Mena & Dorothea Hilhorst (2022) - Ethical considerations of disaster research in conflict-affected areas - Disaster Prevention and Management, 31 (3), 304-318 - doi: 10.1108/DPM-03-2021-0075 - [link]
- Dorothea Hilhorst, Samantha Melis, Rodrigo Mena & Roanne Van Voorst (2022) - Erratum: Accountability in Humanitarian Action (Refugee Survey Quarterly (2021) 40:4 (363-389) DOI: 10.1093/rsq/hdab015) - Refugee Survey Quarterly, 41 (2), 342-346 - doi: 10.1093/rsq/hdac001 - [link]
- Dorothea Hilhorst & Greg Bankoff (2022) - Why Vulnerability Still Matters: The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation - [link]
- 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
