Lorenzo Guadagno works on displacement, disasters, and climate change with the Platform on Disaster Displacement. He has a PhD in sociology of disasters and over 15 years of experience working with academic institutions, International and Non-Governmental Organisations on Disaster Risk Reduction, Emergency Management, and Migration and Displacement. Lisette R. Robles is a Research Fellow at JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development, where she has been involved in research initiatives on human security and empowerment, disaster displacement, and forced migration. She holds a PhD in Media and Governance from Keio University, Japan.
Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action brings together a wealth of experience and much-needed knowledge on how humanitarian action can be improved to more effectively meet the specific and differentiated needs of displaced people who are all too often lumped together under the label of 'vulnerable groups'. Walter Kälin, Professor Emeritus at University of Bern, Switzerland, and former Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons. Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action makes a valuable contribution to understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the humanitarian system in responding to the needs of forced migrants at particular risk because of their age, gender, ability and legal status. I hope that the book is not only widely read but that its insights are translated into more effective humanitarian action. Elizabeth Ferris, Professor at Georgetown University, USA. This book offers thought-provoking insights into different forced migration scenarios. It poses well-grounded lessons on addressing displacement challenges for researchers and practitioners in Japan and around the globe. Yukie Osa, Professor of Rikkyo University, and Chairperson of the Association for Aid and Relief (AAR), Japan.