Op-eds & media
Eleanor Davey, Fernando Espada and Kim Scriven (2024). “Humanitarian reform beyond the mega-crisis“, Humanitarian Practice Network, 10 September.
Eleanor Davey (2024). “The roots of vulnerability: how heatwaves confront us with the past,” Humanitarian Advisory Group blog, 5 February.
Régis Soubrouillard (2022). “Enquête: Le vrai pouvoir des ONG,” Marianne, 17-24 November. Interviewed and quoted.
Eleanor Davey (2022). “The humanitarian disgrace of Australia’s immigration regime,” Boston Review, 18 January.
Eleanor Davey (2021). “Freedom for detained refugees in Australia – but the struggle continues,” United Against Inhumanity, 15 February.
Eleanor Davey (2021). “Biden and humanitarianism: making the most of this moment,” Humanitarian Advisory Group blog, 19 January.
Eleanor Davey (2019). “Life in Stasis: Behrouz Boochani’s Manus Prison Literature,” Los Angeles Review of Books, 18 May.
Ben Parker (2016). “New ‘Sans Frontières’ PR firm crosses the line for MSF,” The New Humanitarian [formerly IRIN], 4 October. Interviewed and quoted.
Eleanor Davey (2016). “The bombing of Kunduz and the crisis of international humanitarian law,” Reluctant Internationalists blog, 21 January.
Eleanor Davey (2014). “The silent sea: Australia’s refugee policy and international scrutiny,” Open Democracy, 3 July.
Obi Anyadike (2015). “Humanitarianism: the world’s oldest profession?,” The New Humanitarian [formerly IRIN], 23 October. Interviewed and quoted.
Reports & working papers
Pamela Combinido, Eleanor Davey, Pip Henty, Leaine Robinson, Iris Low, Zaki Ullah, Muhammad Tanveer Amjad, and Suman Ahsanul Islam (2022). Needles in a Haystack: An Analysis of Global South Roles in Humanitarian Knowledge Production. Humanitarian Advisory Group.
Véronique Barbelet, Gemma Davies, Josie Flint and Eleanor Davey (2022). Interrogating the Evidence Base on Humanitarian Localisation: A Literature Study. Overseas Development Group.
Ashley Jackson and Eleanor Davey (2014). From the Spanish Civil War to Afghanistan: historical and contemporary reflections on humanitarian engagement with armed groups. HPG Report. Overseas Development Institute.
Eleanor Davey and Eva Svoboda, eds (2014). Histories of Humanitarian Action in the Middle East and North Africa. HPG Working Paper. London: Overseas Development Institute.
Eleanor Davey and Eva Svoboda (2013). The search for common ground: police, protection and coordination in Timor-Leste. HPG Working Paper. Overseas Development Institute, 2013.
Eleanor Davey with John Borton and Matthew Foley (2013). A history of the humanitarian system: Western origins and foundations. HPG Working Paper. Overseas Development Institute, 2013.
Eleanor Davey (2012). Beyond the “French Doctors”: the evolution and interpretation of humanitarian action in France. HPG Working Paper. Overseas Development Institute.
Policy briefs
Eleanor Davey (2014). Humanitarian history in a complex world. HPG Policy Brief. Overseas Development Institute.
Eleanor Davey (2012). New players through old lenses: why history matters in engaging with Southern actors. HPG Policy Brief 48. Overseas Development Institute.
Industry publications
Sara Pantuliano, Simone Haysom, and Eleanor Davey (2012). “Forced Migration in an Urban Context: Relocating the Humanitarian Agenda,” chapter 4 in World Disasters Report 2012: Focus on Forced Migration and Displacement, ed. Roger Zetter. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, pp. 113-43.
Eleanor Davey (2012). “The diversity of aid in historical perspective,” The Networker, September.