Research Seminar Series: Dr. Valentina Baú

Seminar Title:

Between Aid and Development

Event Details:

📅 Date: 22 April, 2026 (Wednesday)

⏰ Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm

📍Venue: CR-W2-03, Asia School of Business

💻 Zoom Link: https://asb-my.zoom.us/j/98415165312?pwd=Y3bJzoYVI0rhQNY8bgvyjr9PgHHPnq.1

Meeting ID: 984 1516 5312

Passcode: 770585

Abstract

As refugee camps evolve into long-term sites of displacement, communication plays a crucial role beyond emergency response. Drawing on research from Kakuma and Zaatari refugee camps, this seminar explores how communication practices support humanitarian objectives while shaping social cohesion, participation, and peacebuilding, highlighting the need for context-sensitive and participatory communication strategies in protracted displacement.

Speaker’s Bio

Dr Valentina Baú is a Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI) at Western Sydney University. Her research focuses on communication, media, and peacebuilding in humanitarian and development contexts, with particular attention to protracted displacement and refugee camps. She is currently an ARC Chief Investigator on development communication and peace.

We look forward to your participation in this insightful research seminar.

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