HIP was launched in November 2012 at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. It is generously funded by a donation from Stephanie and Hunter Hunt.
The project is based on a cooperation agreement with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s initiative ‘UNHCR Innovation’.
“It is unacceptable that many refugees are left indefinitely dependent on international assistance, deprived of the right to work or freedom of movement. By developing a bottom-up approach to humanitarian innovation, we aim to support sustainable, market-based solutions that build upon refugees’ own skills, aspirations and entrepreneurship”
Dr Alexander Betts, Director, Humanitarian Innovation Project
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HIP Co-Hosted Engineering and Humanity Week 2013
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First HIP Research Assistants meeting and induction
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