Kerrie Holloway
@kerrie115.bsky.social
Research Fellow at HPG/ODI Global. Interested in humanitarian action and displacement. History PhD. All views my own.
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Last year, we hosted a series of workshops with @glasgow.ac.uk to reflect on, discuss and learn about #refugee camps as they are experienced by the practitioners who work in them.
Read a newly-published summary of these conversations ➡️ buff.ly/MgLhq0u
@btwhite.bsky.social @kerrie115.bsky.social
Read a newly-published summary of these conversations ➡️ buff.ly/MgLhq0u
@btwhite.bsky.social @kerrie115.bsky.social
Refugee camps: current practice and historical perspectives
This outcome note details the reflection, discussion and learning that were generated in a series of workshops that sought to bring together stakeholders from a wide range of organisations led by and ...
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July 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Last year, we hosted a series of workshops with @glasgow.ac.uk to reflect on, discuss and learn about #refugee camps as they are experienced by the practitioners who work in them.
Read a newly-published summary of these conversations ➡️ buff.ly/MgLhq0u
@btwhite.bsky.social @kerrie115.bsky.social
Read a newly-published summary of these conversations ➡️ buff.ly/MgLhq0u
@btwhite.bsky.social @kerrie115.bsky.social
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While the humanitarian system focuses on questions of being more efficient, accountable and people-centred, it is paying insufficient attention to a simple mechanism that ticks all these boxes: cash. 💸
HPG Research Fellow @kerrie115.bsky.social explores in our new article: buff.ly/AkXZ4oA
HPG Research Fellow @kerrie115.bsky.social explores in our new article: buff.ly/AkXZ4oA
Larger cash transfers, less often: the simple answer to supporting agency and increasing aid efficiency?
It’s time to view large cash as a viable solution to humanitarian crises – and as a key mechanism in the humanitarian reset – rather than as a series of pilot programmes that must continually prove…
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April 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
While the humanitarian system focuses on questions of being more efficient, accountable and people-centred, it is paying insufficient attention to a simple mechanism that ticks all these boxes: cash. 💸
HPG Research Fellow @kerrie115.bsky.social explores in our new article: buff.ly/AkXZ4oA
HPG Research Fellow @kerrie115.bsky.social explores in our new article: buff.ly/AkXZ4oA
Reposted by Kerrie Holloway
💶 New evidence from #Uganda shows that large cash transfers to refugees:
• reduce children missing school
• boost engagement in paid work by 22%
• cost up to 44% less than in-kind aid over 6 months.
📖 Read on as HPG's @kerrie115.bsky.social makes the case for large cash transfers: buff.ly/7RbA74A
• reduce children missing school
• boost engagement in paid work by 22%
• cost up to 44% less than in-kind aid over 6 months.
📖 Read on as HPG's @kerrie115.bsky.social makes the case for large cash transfers: buff.ly/7RbA74A
The case for large cash transfers: supporting refugees to meet basic needs and build resilience
This policy brief reports the findings of the baseline and endline surveys of the large cash transfer programme in Kiryandongo, and adds to existing evidence showing that cash is faster, cheaper, less...
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March 31, 2026 at 10:45 AM
💶 New evidence from #Uganda shows that large cash transfers to refugees:
• reduce children missing school
• boost engagement in paid work by 22%
• cost up to 44% less than in-kind aid over 6 months.
📖 Read on as HPG's @kerrie115.bsky.social makes the case for large cash transfers: buff.ly/7RbA74A
• reduce children missing school
• boost engagement in paid work by 22%
• cost up to 44% less than in-kind aid over 6 months.
📖 Read on as HPG's @kerrie115.bsky.social makes the case for large cash transfers: buff.ly/7RbA74A
My colleague Mike and I wrote an article reflecting on the 2026 GHO, the insane number of humanitarian transitions announced, and why they are likely poised to fail, based on lessons we've identified in Iraq that have clearly not been learned. Read it now 👇
HPG researchers Mike Pearson & Kerrie Holloway unpack the newly-released 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview, which highlights a troubling emerging trend amid drastic donor aid cuts: 'hyper-prioritisation'.
📝 Read their full analysis → buff.ly/pHab5DS @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
📝 Read their full analysis → buff.ly/pHab5DS @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
Abrupt transitions: The Global Humanitarian Overview pushes a dangerous trend
It’s not “hyper-prioritised” crises that should raise red flags, but those at risk of a rushed exit.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My colleague Mike and I wrote an article reflecting on the 2026 GHO, the insane number of humanitarian transitions announced, and why they are likely poised to fail, based on lessons we've identified in Iraq that have clearly not been learned. Read it now 👇
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HPG Research Fellow @kerrie115.bsky.social explores the link between conflict, displacement and climate change – drawing on key examples from Sudan, Colombia, Bangladesh and beyond – in this new article for @uk.theconversation.com.
🔗 Read in full 👉 buff.ly/BcycfrQ
🔗 Read in full 👉 buff.ly/BcycfrQ
Why people displaced by conflict are particularly vulnerable to climate risks
The effects of climate change do not affect everyone equally.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
HPG Research Fellow @kerrie115.bsky.social explores the link between conflict, displacement and climate change – drawing on key examples from Sudan, Colombia, Bangladesh and beyond – in this new article for @uk.theconversation.com.
🔗 Read in full 👉 buff.ly/BcycfrQ
🔗 Read in full 👉 buff.ly/BcycfrQ
In our current aid crisis, we're constantly asking how to do more with less. Why not re-build the humanitarian system around cash-first responses? It's more effecient, helps local communities and people prefer it. To find out more, read my new policy brief 👇
💸 As aid cuts crunch down on the humanitarian sector, it's more important than ever that direct cash assistance to individuals continues – and in fact scales up – in order to sustain/accelerate economic growth.
More from researcher @kerrie115.bsky.social in a new HPG policy brief → buff.ly/6cyVQ9X
More from researcher @kerrie115.bsky.social in a new HPG policy brief → buff.ly/6cyVQ9X
September 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In our current aid crisis, we're constantly asking how to do more with less. Why not re-build the humanitarian system around cash-first responses? It's more effecient, helps local communities and people prefer it. To find out more, read my new policy brief 👇
If you're interested in IDPs, Iraq, livelihoods, urbanisation, reconstruction, climate change and/or transitions away from humanitarian assistance, check out the new report I wrote with some other very smart people (who are not on BlueSky)! 👇
🚨 NEW: Our latest study from researcher @kerrie115.bsky.social & others explores how internally displaced people in Mosul, Iraq, are rebuilding their lives and livelihoods amidst poor economic conditions, crumbling infrastructure & ongoing risks from climate change ➡️ buff.ly/bbv0Th3 [1/2] @iom.int
The lives and livelihoods of internally displaced people in Mosul, Iraq
This paper explores how IDPs in Mosul are rebuilding their lives and livelihoods amidst poor economic conditions, crumbling infrastructure and ongoing risks from extreme and erratic weather…
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September 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
If you're interested in IDPs, Iraq, livelihoods, urbanisation, reconstruction, climate change and/or transitions away from humanitarian assistance, check out the new report I wrote with some other very smart people (who are not on BlueSky)! 👇
Reposted by Kerrie Holloway
#Syria’s interim govt has announced its first post-Assad elections, but deep societal fractures & recent violence highlight the ongoing fragile situation. HPG researcher Leen Fouad urges global humanitarians to prioritise safety, localisation & accountability going forward – read on: bit.ly/41qOSBF
How humanitarians can support Syria's fragile post-conflict transition
Syria’s interim government has announced its first post-Assad elections, but deep societal fractures and recent violence highlight the ongoing fragile situation.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
#Syria’s interim govt has announced its first post-Assad elections, but deep societal fractures & recent violence highlight the ongoing fragile situation. HPG researcher Leen Fouad urges global humanitarians to prioritise safety, localisation & accountability going forward – read on: bit.ly/41qOSBF
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The int'l community has failed #Gaza. As the world watches the latest disastrous aid operations unfold, we must acknowledge that none of this is as far removed from how the current system plays out as we would like to believe. So, what next? HPG Director Freddie Carver reflects → buff.ly/pkC0YAC
June 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The int'l community has failed #Gaza. As the world watches the latest disastrous aid operations unfold, we must acknowledge that none of this is as far removed from how the current system plays out as we would like to believe. So, what next? HPG Director Freddie Carver reflects → buff.ly/pkC0YAC
Reading through some interview transcripts from Sudanese refugees in Chad and am a bit surprised at how many have mentioned the end of USAID funding. I naively assumed that they would feel the effects of the cuts but perhaps not hear all the reasons behind them. I wonder if the US assumed the same?
June 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Reading through some interview transcripts from Sudanese refugees in Chad and am a bit surprised at how many have mentioned the end of USAID funding. I naively assumed that they would feel the effects of the cuts but perhaps not hear all the reasons behind them. I wonder if the US assumed the same?
Looking forward to being at hashtag#HNPW in Geneva this week with some other HPG colleagues! I'll be speaking on panels on:
💵🧑🔧 cash-based livelihoods interventions with @iom.int
🌡️🚶➡️ climate mobility with @islamicrelief.bsky.social
🔄📈 accountability in research with @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social
💵🧑🔧 cash-based livelihoods interventions with @iom.int
🌡️🚶➡️ climate mobility with @islamicrelief.bsky.social
🔄📈 accountability in research with @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Looking forward to being at hashtag#HNPW in Geneva this week with some other HPG colleagues! I'll be speaking on panels on:
💵🧑🔧 cash-based livelihoods interventions with @iom.int
🌡️🚶➡️ climate mobility with @islamicrelief.bsky.social
🔄📈 accountability in research with @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social
💵🧑🔧 cash-based livelihoods interventions with @iom.int
🌡️🚶➡️ climate mobility with @islamicrelief.bsky.social
🔄📈 accountability in research with @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social
As part of our project on the lives and livelihoods of urban IDPs, we're exploring how climate change/extreme or erratic weather events are changing people's lives in displacement -- not just a trigger for displacement. We're also looking at how much the aid sector is considering this in their work.
March 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
As part of our project on the lives and livelihoods of urban IDPs, we're exploring how climate change/extreme or erratic weather events are changing people's lives in displacement -- not just a trigger for displacement. We're also looking at how much the aid sector is considering this in their work.
Join me starting next week online and hybrid in Geneva the week after!
📣 We're heading to Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks!
From 20-27 March, we'll be taking part in a range of discussions to unpack the increasingly pressing issues that currently challenge the humanitarian sector.
🔗 More info & register to attend: buff.ly/KLBWelQ #HNPW
From 20-27 March, we'll be taking part in a range of discussions to unpack the increasingly pressing issues that currently challenge the humanitarian sector.
🔗 More info & register to attend: buff.ly/KLBWelQ #HNPW
HPG at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks 2025
Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) is a major annual humanitarian conference providing a collaborative space for humanitarian practitioners and experts, including HPG.
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March 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Join me starting next week online and hybrid in Geneva the week after!
I have a new colleague, Mike, and he likes charts. Give him a read below if you can bear reading anything more about the USAID cuts and dire state of the humanitarian sector:
💸 The growing dependence on US funding has left aid sectors such as food security, nutrition and protection highly vulnerable, says HPG's Mike Pearson. The solution? Donor diversification.
Read on in this recent article for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social: buff.ly/LVYgyH8 #USAidCuts
Read on in this recent article for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social: buff.ly/LVYgyH8 #USAidCuts
Humanitarian aid’s extreme donor dependency problem in five charts
A closer look at the numbers shows the perils of donor concentration, and why a wider donor base means more funding.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I have a new colleague, Mike, and he likes charts. Give him a read below if you can bear reading anything more about the USAID cuts and dire state of the humanitarian sector:
I've been Interim HPN Coordinator for the last 18 months – it's a fantastic role. If you are interested in coordinating the voices of local, national and international humanitarian practitioners, so they can share their knowledge and experience with a practitioner audience, please consider applying!
The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) – which is managed by HPG – is #hiring for a brand-new role! The HPN Coordination Manager will support in amplifying the perspectives, knowledge and research of a diversity of actors engaged in crisis-related research & action. Apply by 28 Feb: buff.ly/4gEqpOc
Hiring: HPN Coordination Manager | Humanitarian Practice Network
This new role will support in amplifying the perspectives, knowledge and research of a diversity of actors engaged in crisis-related research and action.
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February 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I've been Interim HPN Coordinator for the last 18 months – it's a fantastic role. If you are interested in coordinating the voices of local, national and international humanitarian practitioners, so they can share their knowledge and experience with a practitioner audience, please consider applying!
There's been a lot of talk lately (and rightly so) about the impact of USAID cuts on the humanitarian sector, but I've seen less about the impact of the US's other directives, such as anti-anything Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Accessibility -- until now: odihpn.org/publication/...
The US administration assault on DEIA is an assault on the humanitarian principles of humanity and impartiality | Humanitarian Practice Network
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) is essential to principled humanitarian action.
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February 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There's been a lot of talk lately (and rightly so) about the impact of USAID cuts on the humanitarian sector, but I've seen less about the impact of the US's other directives, such as anti-anything Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Accessibility -- until now: odihpn.org/publication/...
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February 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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📣 #WorkWithUs: This research aims to develop a deeper understanding of the priorities and strategies of internally displaced persons (IDPs), identifying how aid actors can better support them in rebuilding their livelihoods on their own terms.
Further details & application info → buff.ly/48orDZW
Further details & application info → buff.ly/48orDZW
February 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
📣 #WorkWithUs: This research aims to develop a deeper understanding of the priorities and strategies of internally displaced persons (IDPs), identifying how aid actors can better support them in rebuilding their livelihoods on their own terms.
Further details & application info → buff.ly/48orDZW
Further details & application info → buff.ly/48orDZW
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January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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What should the humanitarian sector be focusing on this year when it comes to internal displacement? Check out our new blog here: odi.org/en/insights/...
What next for internal displacement? Four priority actions for 2025
Internal displacement has long been a neglected issue on the international stage. We explore four priority actions for internal displacement in 2025.
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January 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What should the humanitarian sector be focusing on this year when it comes to internal displacement? Check out our new blog here: odi.org/en/insights/...
At @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social, we're constantly on the lookout for illustrators to help us visualise our research. If you're an artist or graphic designer, especially with lived experience of displacement, please do reach out! We'd love to collaborate!
January 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
At @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social, we're constantly on the lookout for illustrators to help us visualise our research. If you're an artist or graphic designer, especially with lived experience of displacement, please do reach out! We'd love to collaborate!
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January 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Wish this had been offered ten years ago. Would have been brilliant for my PhD!
Interested in researching migration and refugee narratives? This online research training session will introduce participants to a wealth of resources and is free to attend.
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Register today via: https://buff.ly/3ZgvjdC
December 13, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Wish this had been offered ten years ago. Would have been brilliant for my PhD!
Come and join us on Monday! Details below 👇
2 DEC: Our Humanitarian Policy Group will host Francesca Albanese (UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories), Dr Agnès Callamard (Amnesty Int'l) and Dr Nimer Sultany (SOAS), to discuss violence against civilians and impunity in #Palestine & beyond. Join: https://buff.ly/3ZgoZnv
November 26, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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We're looking for a research partner to work with us on livelihoods of urban IDPs in Mosul, Iraq. If you're interested or know someone who is, you can find the TOR (in English and Arabic) here: odi.org/en/careers/c... Deadline to apply is 25 November!
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November 12, 2024 at 2:28 PM
We're looking for a research partner to work with us on livelihoods of urban IDPs in Mosul, Iraq. If you're interested or know someone who is, you can find the TOR (in English and Arabic) here: odi.org/en/careers/c... Deadline to apply is 25 November!