(Samantha) S Melis MSc
- Location
- Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
- melis@iss.nl
Profile
Samantha Melis is a PhD candidate involved in the research project on disaster response in post-conflict settings. She has conducted research in three case study countries: Nepal, Sierra Leone and Haiti. For more information about this research project, please visit: www.iss.nl/whendisastermeetsconflict.
Samantha has both research and professional experience in (post)conflict countries, working as a Programme Advisor for ZOA in Burundi, coordinating an impact-evaluation research in Liberia and conducting research in the Palestinian Terroritories. She has further been involved in short-term work for the Palestinian Hydrology Group in Ramallah and The Carter Center in Atlanta.
She has an interdisciplinary academic…
Samantha Melis is a PhD candidate involved in the research project on disaster response in post-conflict settings. She has conducted research in three case study countries: Nepal, Sierra Leone and Haiti. For more information about this research project, please visit: www.iss.nl/whendisastermeetsconflict.
Samantha has both research and professional experience in (post)conflict countries, working as a Programme Advisor for ZOA in Burundi, coordinating an impact-evaluation research in Liberia and conducting research in the Palestinian Terroritories. She has further been involved in short-term work for the Palestinian Hydrology Group in Ramallah and The Carter Center in Atlanta.
She has an interdisciplinary academic background: BA Liberal Arts and Sciences, MA Conflict Studies and Human Rights and MSc Cultures and Development Studies.
- S. Melis (2018). The Fragile State of Disaster Response: Understanding Aid-State-Society Relations in Post-conflict Settings. In H Brauch, Ú Oswald Spring & A Collins (Eds.), Climate Change, Disasters, Sustainability Transition and Peace in the Anthropocene (The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, 25) (pp. 67-93). Cham: Springer [go to publisher's site]
- S. Melis (2019). Questioning 'the local' in 'localisation': A multi-local reply. (blog). blISS. (available: 18 Feb 2019).
- R. Mena, D. Hilhorst & S. Melis (2017). Conflicts and disasters: an integrated debate for peacebuilding and development. (nieuwsbrief). IPRA (International Peace Research Association). (available: 30 Jan 2017).
- D. Hilhorst, R. Van Voorst, R.A. Mena, I. Desportes & S. Melis (2019). Disaster Response and Humanitarian Aid in Different Conflict Scenarios. : United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
PhD Candidate
- University
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- School
- International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
- Department
- ISS PhD
- Country
- The Netherlands
ReflACTION
- Additional Information
- https://reflaction.linkando.co/ref_home
- Role
- Member of Framer's Group
- Obtained Wage
- no
- Start date approval
- Jul/2019