About News News Subscribe Humanitarian Policy International and Global Affairs Global Politics & International Relations Research and Commentary Facet Area of Focus - News Craig Volden Benjamin Castleman Gerald Warburg Allan Stam Brian N. Williams Ian H. Solomon David Leblang Jennifer Lawless Lucy Bassett Gabrielle Adams John Holbein Sarah Turner Sebastian Tello Trillo Sophie Trawalter Todd S. Sechser Daphna Bassok James R. Detert Jay Shimshack Philip Potter Bala Mulloth Benjamin Converse Christine Mahoney Christopher J. Ruhm Eileen Chou Harry Harding Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Margaret Foster Riley Michele Claibourn Raymond C. Scheppach Adam Leive Adam Roux Andrew S. Pennock Daniel W. Player Galen Fountain George Foresman Gerald Higginbotham Jeanine Braithwaite Jieun Pai Kimberly Jenkins Robinson Michael D. Williams William Shobe (-) Kirsten Gelsdorf Facet People - News UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Facet UVA Partner - News Accolades Faculty In Action (-) Research and Commentary Facet News Type - News Jun 06, 2022 Kirsten Gelsdorf: Examining Today’s Humanitarian Crises and Organizations Humanitarian Policy Global Politics & International Relations International and Global Affairs Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Kirsten Gelsdorf spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about the current state of worldwide humanitarian crises and organizations poised to address them. Learn more Mar 21, 2022 Batten’s Gelsdorf Speaks with The Washington Post, NPR’s Marketplace About the Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine Humanitarian Policy As Russia’s war in Ukraine closes in on a month, news outlets across the country continue to turn to Batten Professor Kirsten Gelsdorf for insight into the humanitarian side of the crisis. Learn more Mar 12, 2022 Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways Humanitarian Policy International and Global Affairs As experts on international humanitarian policy and relief efforts, Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf and co-author Jacob Kurtzer write that while humanitarian corridors could create safe exit routes out of besieged cities – and allow aid to reach people within Ukraine – they are only part of the solution to protecting civilians during war. Learn more Aug 21, 2021 Batten Experts Discuss Humanitarian Response to Earthquake in Haiti with BBC, Christian Science Monitor Humanitarian Policy International and Global Affairs 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. Learn more Apr 26, 2021 Gelsdorf Talks Humanitarian Aid Misconceptions on NPR's 'With Good Reason' International and Global Affairs Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf has spent over 20 years working for the United Nations and other organizations in the humanitarian sector. On a recent episode of "With Good Reason," Gelsdorf discussed her experience in disaster zones as well as commonly-held misconceptions about humanitarian aid. Learn more Oct 26, 2020 Fountain and Gelsdorf: COVID, hunger are intertwined Research and Commentary 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. READ IN THE DAILY PROGRESS Stay Up To Date with the Latest Batten News and Events Subscribe
Jun 06, 2022 Kirsten Gelsdorf: Examining Today’s Humanitarian Crises and Organizations Humanitarian Policy Global Politics & International Relations International and Global Affairs Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Kirsten Gelsdorf spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about the current state of worldwide humanitarian crises and organizations poised to address them. Learn more
Mar 21, 2022 Batten’s Gelsdorf Speaks with The Washington Post, NPR’s Marketplace About the Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine Humanitarian Policy As Russia’s war in Ukraine closes in on a month, news outlets across the country continue to turn to Batten Professor Kirsten Gelsdorf for insight into the humanitarian side of the crisis. Learn more
Mar 12, 2022 Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways Humanitarian Policy International and Global Affairs As experts on international humanitarian policy and relief efforts, Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf and co-author Jacob Kurtzer write that while humanitarian corridors could create safe exit routes out of besieged cities – and allow aid to reach people within Ukraine – they are only part of the solution to protecting civilians during war. Learn more
Aug 21, 2021 Batten Experts Discuss Humanitarian Response to Earthquake in Haiti with BBC, Christian Science Monitor Humanitarian Policy International and Global Affairs 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. Learn more
Apr 26, 2021 Gelsdorf Talks Humanitarian Aid Misconceptions on NPR's 'With Good Reason' International and Global Affairs Batten's Kirsten Gelsdorf has spent over 20 years working for the United Nations and other organizations in the humanitarian sector. On a recent episode of "With Good Reason," Gelsdorf discussed her experience in disaster zones as well as commonly-held misconceptions about humanitarian aid. Learn more
Oct 26, 2020 Fountain and Gelsdorf: COVID, hunger are intertwined Research and Commentary 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. READ IN THE DAILY PROGRESS