The Signal Program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, founded in 2012, has worked to advance the safe, ethical, and effective use of information technologies by communities of practice during humanitarian and human rights emergencies, through interdisciplinary teams that collaborate with faculty members, international organizations, academic and non-academic research institutes, and professional agencies. Its core goals have been to train and equip humanitarian practitioners with the technical methods, ethical doctrine, research, and relevant evidence-based practices needed to responsibly use Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) as part of their operations. In this next phase of the Signal Program, it is the team’s objective to strengthen the efficacy and efficiency of early warning/early action work through a strategic, evidence-based, and ethical integration of spatial methods, field methods, and novel analytic tools into existing early warning/early action decision-support mechanisms and workflows.
As a member of the Signal Program, I have assisted with ongoing literature review exploring the use of spatial technologies for mass atrocity prevention; assisted with qualitative analysis of 25-30 key informant interviews in Dedoose; and supported the coordination, development, and implementation of a seminar to take place summer 2022.
As a member of the Signal Program, I have assisted with ongoing literature review exploring the use of spatial technologies for mass atrocity prevention; assisted with qualitative analysis of 25-30 key informant interviews in Dedoose; and supported the coordination, development, and implementation of a seminar to take place summer 2022.