UNHCR Innovation Service

How might localization drive systems change and transformation in the humanitarian sector?

The importance of championing creative, refugee-led approaches to misinformation and hate speech.

You might not mean to, but your efforts might harm the people they mean to help.

The humanitarian sector has the opportunity to pave new pathways, by pointing the way, and then getting out of the way.

How partnerships enable digital solutions for refugees, including mobile money.

Dominik Bartsch, UNHCR Jordan Representative, and Foni Joyce, a South Sudanese Refugee, share their letters from the future.

A project at a settlement for forcibly displaced people in Bangladesh is helping UNHCR anticipate health and safety interventions.

Unlocking possibilities with staff satisfaction, future risks and iterative growth.

How a project combines data modeling with collaboration across UN agencies to anticipate Venezuelan refugee movement into Brazil.

Digital leisure has been established as a central aspect in the digital lives of individuals around the world.

JIPS’ efforts to securely access and share data to better serve refugees and IDPs.

UNHCR’s NGO Innovation Award honors initiatives of all sizes — and reflects the continual experimentation required to innovate.

JIPS is building a model for safely accessing and analyzing data across organizations.

How UNHCR is ensuring refugees have the right to connect in the digital age.

The myth of the lone innovator was cast to the margins in a recent exploratory study.

UNHCR’s Innovation Service and Loughborough University London examine the Innovation Fellowship Programme.

Case studies from UNHCR’s Ecuador and Mexico operations on the use of music to communicate for social change.

At the UNHCR’s Innovation Service, we have recently started using exploratory and curiosity-led research.

Forecasting the future leads to smarter, more participatory decision-making.

The business and humanitarian case for creating inclusive digital tools.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, marks its 70th anniversary this year. During the past seven decades, UNHCR has assisted millions of refugees…

A look at the realities of climate change the UN Refugee Agency’s operations in Africa face today.

The culture at UNHCR’s Innovation Service provided the ideal environment for developing a fully accessible website.

In UNHCR’s Innovation Fellowship Programme, diversity and equality contribute to collaboration among participants.