Now is the time to deliver: looking for humanitarian innovation’s theory of change
Abstract Since the publication of the ALNAP study on innovation in international humanitarian action in 2009, innovation has emerged as a central vehicle for change in the humanitarian sector. As the field of humanitarian innovation expands and matures, there is an increasingly vocal expectation tha...
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| description | Abstract Since the publication of the ALNAP study on innovation in international humanitarian action in 2009, innovation has emerged as a central vehicle for change in the humanitarian sector. As the field of humanitarian innovation expands and matures, there is an increasingly vocal expectation that “now is the time to deliver.” Navigating optimistic claims about the role and relevance of humanitarian innovation as a vehicle of change—and the reverse inclination to dismiss humanitarian innovation as a neoliberal hype—this review article sets out to get a better sense of the expectations concerning humanitarian innovation as a theory of change: exactly what do actors in the humanitarian sector expect innovation to deliver, how, and why does it matter? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02a3037f74e74ef0bdf976eb54bb65802022-12-21T23:00:01ZengSpringerOpenJournal of International Humanitarian Action2364-34122364-34042017-09-012111110.1186/s41018-017-0023-2Now is the time to deliver: looking for humanitarian innovation’s theory of changeKristin Bergtora Sandvik0Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of OsloAbstract Since the publication of the ALNAP study on innovation in international humanitarian action in 2009, innovation has emerged as a central vehicle for change in the humanitarian sector. As the field of humanitarian innovation expands and matures, there is an increasingly vocal expectation that “now is the time to deliver.” Navigating optimistic claims about the role and relevance of humanitarian innovation as a vehicle of change—and the reverse inclination to dismiss humanitarian innovation as a neoliberal hype—this review article sets out to get a better sense of the expectations concerning humanitarian innovation as a theory of change: exactly what do actors in the humanitarian sector expect innovation to deliver, how, and why does it matter?http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41018-017-0023-2Humanitarian innovationTheory of changeEffectivenessICTPrivate sectorMarket |
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| title | Now is the time to deliver: looking for humanitarian innovation’s theory of change |
| title_full | Now is the time to deliver: looking for humanitarian innovation’s theory of change |
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| title_short | Now is the time to deliver: looking for humanitarian innovation’s theory of change |
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| topic | Humanitarian innovation Theory of change Effectiveness ICT Private sector Market |
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