On this UVA Speaks podcast, Kirsten Gelsdorf, Professor of Practice of Public Policy at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, talks about humanitarian crises today and shares that 1 in 29 people in the world needs assistance. Gelsdorf explains that humanitarian organizations must leverage information, advocacy, and assessment to deliver aid and services to meet that overwhelming need. As a Professor of Practice at the Batten School, Gelsdorf leads her students through case studies that highlight the broad spectrum of activities and organizations meeting critical needs across the globe. Then, as a result of this scholarship, she and her students develop research and policy to inform real-time humanitarian solutions.

Transcripts of the audio broadcast can be found at www.rev.com/transcript-editor/s…loadFrom=SharedLink

Kirsten Gelsdorf, Professor of Practice of Public Policy and the Director of Global Humanitarian Policy at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. At Batten, Gelsdorf co-Directs the UVA Humanitarian Collaborative, a research initiative bringing together scholars, global practitioners, and students to develop research and policy supporting the needs of vulnerable populations caught in humanitarian crises. Professor Gelsdorf brings almost 20 years of experience working in the humanitarian sector to her teaching and scholarship at UVA.

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