My research interests related to humanitarianism and peacebuilding are wide-ranging and have been supported by different sources, including the UK Department for International Development/Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Norwegian Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Swiss Development Corporation, the United States Institute of Peace, and the US Agency for International Development.
Additional scholarly and peer-reviewed publications for these themes appear on my Publications page.
Additional scholarly and peer-reviewed publications for these themes appear on my Publications page.
This research is a multi-year (2019-2024), interdisciplinary project, focused on the effects of attacks on healthcare in conflict settings (Researching the Impact of Attacks on Health, RIAH). The RIAH webpage features all of our Consortium publications. Academic articles also appear on my Publications page.
- Systematic Review of research about attacks on healthcare
- RIAH Working Paper on conceptual and methodological issues to evaluating the impact of attacks on health
- Using Data to Create Change
- Commentary (with Sophie Roborgh), "Healthcare workers are still coming under attack during the coronavirus pandemic" on TheConversation.com, 28 April 2020.
My previous publications on this topic include:
Fast, Larissa and Christina Wille. 2016. To stay or go? The complexities of providing healthcare in insecure environments. World Health and Population. 16 (June, 4): 38-42.
Blog, On the importance of humanitarian healthcare ethics: Fear, Ebola, and security. 30 March 2015. Guest blog for Political Violence at a Glance. Cross-posted guest blog for Humanitarian Healthcare Ethics, 27 March 2015, as On the importance of human connection: Fear, Ebola, and security.
Commentary, "Deadly challenge of keeping health workers safe" on TheConversation.com, 9 September 2013
Fast, Larissa and Christina Wille. 2016. To stay or go? The complexities of providing healthcare in insecure environments. World Health and Population. 16 (June, 4): 38-42.
Blog, On the importance of humanitarian healthcare ethics: Fear, Ebola, and security. 30 March 2015. Guest blog for Political Violence at a Glance. Cross-posted guest blog for Humanitarian Healthcare Ethics, 27 March 2015, as On the importance of human connection: Fear, Ebola, and security.
Commentary, "Deadly challenge of keeping health workers safe" on TheConversation.com, 9 September 2013
This area of research concerns the use of data, information, and technology in humanitarian crises. Many of my recent publications emerge from a collaborative project with colleagues from PRIO.
Fast, Larissa. 2022. Data Sharing Between Humanitarians and Donors. Bergen: Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies.
I also wrote about this topic for the ICT for Development blog (see here), published by the University of Manchester's Centre for Digital Development.
Previous work on this topic is below:
TechSalon Webinar on COVID-19 and the Tech Sector: Guidance for Effective Digital Responses, 16 April 2020
Blog for ALNAP with Laura Walker MacDonald, 14 March 2019, "Humanitarians are using blockchain – but it’s not (yet) as transformative as we thought"
Coppi, Giulio and Larissa Fast. 2019. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in the humanitarian sector. London: Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI.
Fast, Larissa. 2018. How the Centre will measure results. 16 March. Guest blog for the Centre for Humanitarian Data.
Fast, Larissa. 2017. The data divide: Overcoming an increasing practitioner-academic gap. 2 November. Guest blog for ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy.
Fast, Larissa and Adele Waugaman. 2016. Fighting Ebola with Information: Learning from the Use of Data, Information, and Digital Technologies in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak Response. Washington, DC: USAID.
Fast, Larissa. 2022. Data Sharing Between Humanitarians and Donors. Bergen: Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies.
I also wrote about this topic for the ICT for Development blog (see here), published by the University of Manchester's Centre for Digital Development.
Previous work on this topic is below:
TechSalon Webinar on COVID-19 and the Tech Sector: Guidance for Effective Digital Responses, 16 April 2020
Blog for ALNAP with Laura Walker MacDonald, 14 March 2019, "Humanitarians are using blockchain – but it’s not (yet) as transformative as we thought"
Coppi, Giulio and Larissa Fast. 2019. Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in the humanitarian sector. London: Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI.
Fast, Larissa. 2018. How the Centre will measure results. 16 March. Guest blog for the Centre for Humanitarian Data.
Fast, Larissa. 2017. The data divide: Overcoming an increasing practitioner-academic gap. 2 November. Guest blog for ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy.
Fast, Larissa and Adele Waugaman. 2016. Fighting Ebola with Information: Learning from the Use of Data, Information, and Digital Technologies in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak Response. Washington, DC: USAID.
I have written a series of publications while working for or affiliated with ODI's Humanitarian Policy Group. These publications focus on the protection of civilians and on local humanitarianism.
Fast, Larissa and Christina Bennett. 2020. From the ground up: It's about time for local humanitarian action.
** View the HPG webinar presenting this report and discussion local humanitarian action in the age of COVID-19 here.
Fast, Larissa. 2019. Beyond local and international: Humanitarian action at the margins.
Fast, Larissa. 2019. Researching local humanitarian action through partnerships with local actors.
Fast, Larissa and Kate Sutton. 2018. Protection in local response to disasters: Challenges and insights from the Pacific region.
Fast, Larissa. 2018. Crossing boundaries in protection: Mapping actors, insights and conceptual spaces.
Fast, Larissa. 2017. Upending humanitarianism: Questions emerging 'from the ground up.'
Pavanello, Sara with Larissa Fast and Eva Svoboda. 2018. Fostering local partnerships in remote management and high-threat settings: Emerging lessons from child protection programming in Syria.
Fast, Larissa and Christina Bennett. 2020. From the ground up: It's about time for local humanitarian action.
** View the HPG webinar presenting this report and discussion local humanitarian action in the age of COVID-19 here.
Fast, Larissa. 2019. Beyond local and international: Humanitarian action at the margins.
Fast, Larissa. 2019. Researching local humanitarian action through partnerships with local actors.
Fast, Larissa and Kate Sutton. 2018. Protection in local response to disasters: Challenges and insights from the Pacific region.
Fast, Larissa. 2018. Crossing boundaries in protection: Mapping actors, insights and conceptual spaces.
Fast, Larissa. 2017. Upending humanitarianism: Questions emerging 'from the ground up.'
Pavanello, Sara with Larissa Fast and Eva Svoboda. 2018. Fostering local partnerships in remote management and high-threat settings: Emerging lessons from child protection programming in Syria.
This project focuses on the causes of and responses to violence against aid workers. It includes the Security in Numbers Database (SiND), which tracks threats incidents of violence against aid workers and aid delivery. Learn more about the project and our publications via the Aid in Danger website. This is a joint project with Insecurity Insight.
I've included web links to selected publications below:
Blog for Political Violence at a Glance for World Humanitarian Day, 2015, "How can we keep aid workers safe?", 19 August 2015.
Blog on Aid Leap for World Humanitarian Day, 2014, "The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism on World Humanitarian Day", 19 August 2014.
Blog on HPN's The Humanitarian Space, "Protecting aid workers as civilians", 13 May 2013
Blog on Aid Leap for World Humanitarian Day, 2014, "The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism on World Humanitarian Day", 19 August 2014.
Blog on HPN's The Humanitarian Space, "Protecting aid workers as civilians", 13 May 2013
Wille, Christina and Larissa Fast. 2013. Humanitarian staff security in armed conflict: Policy implications for the international community from changes in the operating environment for humanitarian agencies. Insecurity Insight Policy Brief. Vevey, Switzerland: Insecurity Insight.
Wille, Christina and Larissa Fast. 2013. Operating in insecurity: Shifting patterns of violence against humanitarian providers and their staff (1996-2010). Report 13-1. Vevey, Switzerland: Insecurity Insight.
Wille, Christina and Larissa Fast. 2013. Operating in insecurity: Shifting patterns of violence against humanitarian providers and their staff (1996-2010). Report 13-1. Vevey, Switzerland: Insecurity Insight.
On the acceptance research project website you'll find more about consent-based approaches to managing security for aid workers. All of the project outputs are freely available on the website.
In July 2020, the Global InterAgency Security Forum (GISF) hosted a webinar on acceptance, during which I spoke about our acceptance research. You can watch the webinar here.
In December 2021, GISF published a new collection of articles about acceptance, which I co-edited with Léa Moutard.
In December 2021, GISF published a new collection of articles about acceptance, which I co-edited with Léa Moutard.
I've included links to selected publications from our 2010-2011 project below:
Fast, Larissa, Elizabeth Rowley, Michael O’Neill, and Faith Freeman. 2011. The promise of acceptance: Insights into acceptance as a security management approach from field research in Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda. Washington, DC: Save the Children.
Download the project report here
Download the acceptance toolkit here
Fast, Larissa, Elizabeth Rowley, Michael O’Neill, and Faith Freeman. 2011. The promise of acceptance: Insights into acceptance as a security management approach from field research in Kenya, South Sudan, and Uganda. Washington, DC: Save the Children.
Download the project report here
Download the acceptance toolkit here
Read my article with Michael O'Neill about acceptance in Humanitarian Exchange (June 2010) here
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