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Centre for Migration Research and Development

Holding aid accountable: Plural humanitarianism in protracted crisis

The Aid Account study conducted in partnership with the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) aims to map, document, and analyze the moral and social dimensions of accountability as understood and practiced by civic and professional humanitarian aid providers. The project uses the case-study method and complementary qualitative methods, including participatory mapping, document analysis, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. They will be used to study the normative, institutional and experiential dimensions of accountability conceptualizations and practices among displaced and returned communities in the North and North Western parts of the country. By developing knowledge, the project hopes to support the efforts of professional humanitarian actors to improve localization and thus increase the efficiency of aid delivery.
Housing aid to communities

Project publications

  1. [Journal Articles] Alikhan, M., & Jayatilaka, D. (2025). Using photovoice methodology to capture narratives of Sri Lankan Northern Muslims displacement. Fennia-International Journal of Geography, 203(1), 111-130.
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  2. [Journal Articles] Erdal, M. B., Alikhan, M. M., Jayatilaka, D., Chalkiadaki, E., & Brun, C. (2025). Tracing housing aid modalities and solutions to protracted displacement: experiences among Sri Lanka’s northern Muslims. Journal of Refugee Studies, 38(4), 1122-1139.
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  3. [Journal Articles] Horst, C., Refstie, H., Brun, C., Alikhan, M. M., Erdal, M. B., Jayatilaka, D., ... & Viga, E. (2025). Reimagining humanitarianism: relational accountability in locally-led responses. Fennia-International Journal of Geography, 203(1), 1-13.
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  4. [Journal Articles] Brun, C., Alikhan, M. M., Jayatilaka, D., Chalkiadaki, E., and Erdal, M. B. (2024). "The dynamic space of aid relations in protracted internal displacement: the case of Sri Lanka’s northern Muslims.", Disasters, e12623
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  5. [Policy Brief] Chalkiadaki, E., M. Erdal, M. Alikhan, D. Jayatilaka, C. Brun (2024), Access, Power, Trust: Lessons from Humanitarian Aid in Protracted Displacement, PRIO Policy Brief, 1. Oslo: PRIO.
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