Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedWhere the aid sector is stuckMany sticky institutions governing the aid sector are outdated or unfit-for-purpose. Here’s how to get them unstuck.Dec 11, 20202Dec 11, 20202
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imagined“Do no harm” is an inadequate moral compass — here’s a more radical alternativeTo fix aid’s broken moral compass, we must take inspiration from the environmental justice movement and medicine.Jul 13, 20202Jul 13, 20202
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedAid may be inherently racist and colonial, but altruism is not — that’s a cause for hopeBy updating the story of aid, we can re-imagine its future.Jul 3, 2020Jul 3, 2020
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedVideo: How to be Anti-Racist in Aidhttps://youtu.be/UHiqLRmJtukJun 17, 20201Jun 17, 20201
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedThe philosophy of unintended consequencesReflections on the moral frameworks behind interventions that can cause more harm than good.Jun 13, 2020Jun 13, 2020
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedModels shape how we understand the world — the aid sector needs a new oneIt’s time to re-imagine aid.May 19, 20203May 19, 20203
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedThe tyranny of “technical expertise”Between renowned economists Jeffrey Sachs and William Easterly, there is a decade-long debate that has made them the Taylor Swift and Katy…Dec 20, 2019Dec 20, 2019
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedAre we seeing the rise of bullsh*t jobs in the aid sector?David Graeber, an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, recently published the book Bullshit Jobs, where he talks about “jobs…Nov 27, 20191Nov 27, 20191
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedThree things humanitarian aid workers can learn from Queer EyeQueer Eye is a Netflix reality TV show where five gay guys (the ‘Fab Five,’ as they are known) make-over someone’s life. The show has…Nov 8, 2019Nov 8, 2019
Aid Re-imaginedinAid Re-imaginedIt’s time to decolonise project management in the aid sectorI once provided project management support to a country office in Ethiopia for a conflict response. When I received the draft final report…Oct 22, 20191Oct 22, 20191
