Humanitarian Systems
About the Research
The University of Washington’s Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE), in collaboration with the American Red Cross Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC), aim to a) bring greater understanding for transforming STEM culture through the analysis of HICT as a specific practice of ethical STEM within a socially accountable culture, b) bring humanitarian practitioners,...
Learn More About Our Humanitarian Research
Here are some links to our publications in the space: Toward Better Design of Humanitarian ICT: A Social Agency–Centered Framework of Humanitarian Information Needs Based on a Grounded Study of Successful Red Cross/Red Crescent Practitioners (2018) Strategies for Designing RCRC Preparedness Messaging in Digital Applications (2018) Bringing Technology and Humanitarian Values Together: A Framework to...
Meet Our Humanitarian Systems Team
A partnership with the Red Cross Global Disaster Preparedness Center Robin Mays, PhD – Staff Scientist, Affiliate Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher, Resilience and Humanitarian Systems Omar Abou-Samra – Co PD/PI, Director, Global Disaster Preparedness Center, American Red Cross Mark Haselkorn, PhD – Co PD/PI, Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering, Director of CoSSaR Sabrina...