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Posts by Alasdair Gordon-Gibson

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My Life In… New Seminar Series The Centre for Minorities Research is excited to launch My Life In…, a new public seminar series that highlights the professional journeys of individuals working with minorities and …

Today is the fourth session of My Life In…!

8 April 2026
3–4PM (UK time)
Host: Dr Alasdair Gordon-Gibson
Guest: David Horobin

Link: cmr.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/my-li...

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The Power of the Less Powerful: doing more with more Pursuing the call for middle powers around the world to step up, Alasdair Gordon-Gibson considers opportunities for the humanitarian sector to regain trust through a more honest engagement with a chan...

I enjoyed this latest edition of HUMANITARIAN which urges the need ‘to translate between statecraft and real estate craft’ and locate a middle ground where the humanitarian can function within the hierarchies of power while protecting the most vulnerable www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/01/2...

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Resetting the Moral Compass Failures in moral leadership questions the nature of humanitarian engagement with power. Alasdair Gordon-Gibson argues that its compass must direct towards a path of participation that is relevant to ...

Resetting the Moral Compass www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/26/08/2...

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The Power of the Less Powerful: doing more with more Pursuing the call for middle powers around the world to step up, Alasdair Gordon-Gibson considers opportunities for the humanitarian sector to regain trust through a more honest engagement with a chan...

The Power of the Less Powerful: doing more with more www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/01/2...

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Redirecting the Revolution — Dr Alasdair Gordon-Gibson The anguish and turbulence confronting the aid and development world have spurred a valuable and much-needed outpouring of reflection amongst

My latest thought piece on humanitarian reform with Solferino Academy
solferinoacademy.com/redirecting-...

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Let us be problem solvers, rather than problem observers.

16 million people in Syria need our help right now.

The cost of hesitation will be far greater than the risk of decisive action. We must act with ambition.

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Power Shift | Can dialogue truly shift power? Power Shift’s first episode sets the stage by highlighting the costs of power inequalities in humanitarian response, and whether dialogue can be a solution.

Can we change humanitarian aid, one conversation at a time? With the entire industry in crisis, The New Humanitarian and The Center for Transformational Change are giving it a try. Our new podcast #powershift is out now: ⬇️

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Conflict and Development | Andrew J. Williams, Alasdair Gordon-Gibson Fully revised and updated in its third edition, this timely book brings together the study of conflict and war and the problems surrounding the economic

The 3rd edition of Conflict and Development builds on the two previous books co-authored by Roger Mac Ginty and Andrew Williams. This edition adds analysis on the practice of aid delivery and the humanitarian questions
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

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Space for engagement: rethinking the humanitarian role | Humanitarian Practice Network New thinking around humanitarian space presents an opportunity for incremental steps towards more inclusive participation.

Fresh perspectives on a space for humanitarian engagement with politics and power odihpn.org/publication/...

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