About News Gelsdorf Talks Humanitarian Aid Misconceptions on NPR's 'With Good Reason' Apr 26, 2021 Gelsdorf Talks Humanitarian Aid Misconceptions on NPR's 'With Good Reason' (Wikimedia Commons)Kirsten Gelsdorf, a Batten School professor of practice of public policy and director of global humanitarian policy at UVA, has spent over 20 years working for the United Nations and other organizations in the humanitarian sector. On a recent radio interview for "With Good Reason," host Sarah McConnell spoke with Gelsdorf about her experiences in disaster zones as well as commonly-held misconceptions about humanitarian aid. "With Good Reason" is a production of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for the Virginia Higher Education Broadcasting Consortium. Listen to the Full Podcast Kirsten Gelsdorf As Director of Global Humanitarian Policy, Kirsten brings 19 years of experience working in the humanitarian sector; most recently serving as the Chief of the Policy Analysis and Innovation section at the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Read full bio Related Content Kirsten Gelsdorf Batten Experts Discuss Humanitarian Response to Earthquake in Haiti with BBC, Christian Science Monitor News Batten School experts are weighing in on the international humanitarian response to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti last weekend. Batten professor Kirsten Gelsdorf, who worked in 2010 as the Humanitarian Advisor to President Clinton in his role as the UN Special Envoy for the Haiti Earthquake, spoke to The Christian Science Monitor and alum Makayla Palazzo (MPP ’18) joined "BBC World News" live from Port-au-Prince. Fountain and Gelsdorf: COVID, hunger are intertwined News Earlier this month, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nation’s World Food Programme. Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf and Galen Fountain discuss what that means in the era of COVID-19. Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Kirsten Gelsdorf As Director of Global Humanitarian Policy, Kirsten brings 19 years of experience working in the humanitarian sector; most recently serving as the Chief of the Policy Analysis and Innovation section at the United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Read full bio
Batten Experts Discuss Humanitarian Response to Earthquake in Haiti with BBC, Christian Science Monitor News Batten School experts are weighing in on the international humanitarian response to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Haiti last weekend. Batten professor Kirsten Gelsdorf, who worked in 2010 as the Humanitarian Advisor to President Clinton in his role as the UN Special Envoy for the Haiti Earthquake, spoke to The Christian Science Monitor and alum Makayla Palazzo (MPP ’18) joined "BBC World News" live from Port-au-Prince.
Fountain and Gelsdorf: COVID, hunger are intertwined News Earlier this month, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nation’s World Food Programme. Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf and Galen Fountain discuss what that means in the era of COVID-19.