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    Mr Christopher Chen

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    Converging Humanitarian Risks in the Indo-Pacific
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    Mr Christopher Chen

    Associate Research Fellow
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    BA Hons; MIR (University of Melbourne)
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    Biography

    Mr. Christopher Chen is an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

    He obtained a Master of International Relations and a Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communication and Politics & International Studies) from the University of Melbourne (UniMelb), Australia. He currently specialises in the area of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. His research interests include HADR in the Asia-Pacific; institutional memory; human rights in Asia; forced migration; politics and conflicts in the Asia-Pacific.

    Prior to joining the Centre, he served an internship with the International Detention Coalition (IDC) in Melbourne where he was tasked to produce advocacy communications materials and periodic insights. He also produced a briefing paper to assist the IDC in developing its strategy for engagement with ASEAN on the issue of child immigration detention and on promoting alternatives to detention.

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    Areas of Expertise

    • HADR Landscape in the Asia-Pacific; Institutional Memory
    • Human Rights in Asia
    • Forced Migration
    • Politics & Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific
    • Humanitarian Technology

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    Professional Activities

    • Member of External Advisory Panel for Strategic Evaluation of WFP’s Use of Technologies in Constrained Environments (2020 – 2022)
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    RSIS Publications

      Policy Reports

      • Converging Humanitarian Risks in the Indo-Pacific

        18 May, 2022

      • Disaster Governance in the Asia-Pacific: Future Pathways for South and Southeast Asia

        16 August, 2021

      • Disaster Governance in the Southwest Pacific: Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Pathways for ASEAN

        29 November, 2019

      Commentaries

      • Global Health Security - COVID-19: Private Sector’s Role in Times of Crisis

        26 March, 2020

      • Humanitarian Action: Southeast Asia’s Local Turn

        06 December, 2019

      • Humanitarian Technology: Taking the ‘Human’ out of Humanitarianism?

        05 August, 2019

      • CO18163 | New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance - The Private Turn in Humanitarian Aid

        05 October, 2018

      • CO18162 | New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance - Blockchain for Humanitarian Aid: Problem or Panacea?

        04 October, 2018

      • CO17234 | Humanitarian Action - Power of the Crowd: Collective Voices in HADR

        13 December, 2017

      • CO17192 | Improving Disaster Response: Role of Knowledge Sharing

        13 October, 2017

      Commemorative / Event Reports

      • ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue On Disaster Management (SPDDM) 2021

        15 November, 2021

      • World Humanitarian Day: Voices from the Field

        21 November, 2017

      NTS Insight

      • Humanitarian Assistance in the Asia-Pacific during COVID-19

        31 August, 2020

      • Water Security in Southeast Asia: Regional, National, and Sub-national Challenges

        05 May, 2020

      • Simultaneous Disasters in Southeast Asia: Is Risk Outpacing Resilience?

        10 October, 2018

      IDSS Paper

      • IP22018 | Humanitarian Technology: No Excuse for Complacency

        23 March, 2022

      • IP21023 | Future-ready Humanitarian Action: Strategic Resilience in a Post-Covid World

        16 December, 2021

      • IP21009 | Greening Security: The Military as a Climate Game Changer

        27 October, 2021

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    External Publications

    Journal Articles

    • “Re-imagining the global humanitarian system: Emerging dynamics in the Asia-Pacific” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony, and Alistair D. B. Cook) in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 56, 2021
    • “Knowledge management and humanitarian organisations in the Asia-Pacific: Practices, challenges, and future pathways” (with Mely Caballero-Anthony, and Alistair D. B. Cook) in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 53, 2020
    • “Disaster governance and prospects of inter-regional partnership in the Asia-Pacific” (with Alistair D. B. Cook) in The Pacific Review, DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2020.1841823, 2020

    Edited Books / Special Issues

    • ASEAN Disaster Resilience Outlook – Preparing for a Future Beyond 2025 (with Alistair D. B. Cook, Lina Gong, and S. Nanthini), Eds. Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat, 2021

    Chapters in Edited Books

    • “Military Humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific” in Alistair D. B. Cook and Lina Gong (eds.), Humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific: Engaging the Debate in Policy and Practice. Singapore: Springer, 2021, pp 59-65
    • “Humanitarian Technology: What’s in a Name?” in Alistair D B Cook and Tamara Nair (Eds.), Non-Traditional Security in the Asia-Pacific: A Decade of Perspectives. Singapore: World Scientific, 2021, pp. 205-210
    • “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response” (with Margareth Sembiring, and Foo Yen Ne) in Mely Caballero-Anthony and Lina Gong (Eds.), Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN: Agendas for Action. Singapore: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, 2020,

    Op-Eds

    • “Partnerships a Pathway for Mekong’s Water Security”, 360info, 28 February 2022
    • “Is ASEAN Ready for the Disasters of Tomorrow?” (with Alistair D. B. Cook), THE DIPLOMAT, 8 October 2021
    • “The Future is Now: Artificial Intelligence and Anticipatory Humanitarian Action”, The Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog , 19 August 2021
    • “State Responses to the Refugee Situation during COVID-19: Rohingyas in Myanmar and Bangladesh” (with S. Nanthini), COVID-19 Impacts on Immigration Detention: Global Responses, 26 October 2020
    • “Establishing humanitarian lanes during COVID-19” (with Alistair D. B. Cook), East Asia Forum, 30 June 2020

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