Dr. Rodrigo Mena Fluhmann is an Assistant Professor of Disasters and Humanitarian Governance, also serving as the Deputy Director of the Humanitarian Studies Centre (
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At the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), he co-coordinates the Humanitarian Governance project (
HUM-GOV), funded by a European Research Council (ERC) advanced grant. This project delves into the evolving dynamics of humanitarian governance, with special attention to civil society actors and crisis-affected populations. Additionally, he contributes to the coordination of the Observatorio Humanitario de América Latina y el Caribe (
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