Current Projects

IOM – Data Responsibility

Yale School of Public Health has been contracted by the UN - Organization of Migration (IOM) to a) Establish and publicize a series of white papers on Data Responsibility in humanitarian settings, b) Foster research to address identified needs in this field and c) Enable new curricular options for students at YSPH and beyond through online, short course, and massive open online course options.

Team members:

Kaveh Khoshnood
Nathaniel Raymond
Olivia Mooney

Conflict Observatory

The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) will document alleged gross violations of international law including war crimes by Russia-aligned forces in Ukraine as part of a new Conflict Observatory program. Yale HRL will use commercial satellite imagery combined with open source information partnership with Esri, the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, Planetscape Ai, and other partners.

Past Projects

IOM – JIAF

Yale School of Public Health was contracted by the Joint Intersectoral Analysis Framework (JIAF) Steering Committee within the UN system (International Organization of Migration (IOM) to conduct an independent review of JIAF. JIAF is a methodologically new approach to analyzing the multiple needs of populations in crisis. It was introduced by the international humanitarian community into the Humanitarian Programme Cycle in 2020. The review is intended to ascertain whether the JIAF is conceptually sound, whether it currently meets intended objectives for needs analysis, and how the framework and methodology can be improved moving forward.

Time Period: May – Sep 2021