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February 2026

Newsletter of the Foundation

N°13

Special issue ‘Humanitarian research in the light of the crisis in the aid sector’

What role should research play in the ongoing reconfiguration of humanitarian aid?

3 February 2026

In the face of crises, the power of knowledge: how RC3 is mobilising humanitarian research

Within RC3, there is a shared conviction: research is not an abstract exercise, but the essential driving force behind clear-headed humanitarian action, capable of deciphering crises in order to respond to them more effectively.

10 February 2026

[Interview] Crisis in the aid sector: 3 questions for Virginie Troit, Executive Director of the French Red Cross Foundation

Virginie Troit, Executive Director of the Foundation, shares her perspective on the crisis currently affecting the aid sector.

Actualités

11 December 2025

[Pause-Culture-Recherche] Shared perspectives on sensitive research fields: understanding and acting in high-risk areas

“Investigating in Sensitive Research Fields: Risks and Methodological Challenges in International Studies.” A look back at the presentation by political scientists Christelle Calmels and Aghiad Ghanem, guests of the Foundation.

14 November 2025

[2025 Research Prizes] The foundation puts the spotlight on three researchers with inspiring and committed careers

The Foundation awarded its 2025 Research Prizes on November 5 during its Annual Meetings. Three exemplary laureates were honored in three categories

14 November 2025

[Replay] A look back at the 2025 edition of the ‘Rencontres de la Fondation’

On 5 November, the French Red Cross Foundation organised the 5th edition of its Rencontre de la Fondation at Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

15 September 2025

[Pause-Culture-Recherche] “Relations between academia and humanitarian organizations: an American perspective”

Virginie Troit, Executive Director of the French Red Cross Foundation and recipient of a NGO Leaders grant from the Franco-American Fulbright Commission, reflects on her stay at Columbia University in New York, where she worked on a project entitled “Transforming the relationship between research and civil society to reconfigure humanitarian systems.”

17 September 2025

[Replay] Health and climate change: the vital role of research

During RC3’s 2025 Long Night of Research, the Foundation hosted a roundtable discussion on the impacts of climate change on health and the role that research can play in mitigating them.

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AL MAJALI Solenn

“By us, for us”: self-governed humanitarian initiatives by Sudanese refugees in Jordan

This research, conducted by Anthropologist Solenn Al Majali, aims to understand how refugees subvert the categories of ‘recipient’ and ‘donor’. The aim is to explore the multiple possibilities for autonomy in the constrained context of forced migration.

NGUEUTA NOUFFEUSSIE Léopold

Local humanitarian networks in Cameroon and the Lake Chad basin

This research project, conducted by Cameroonian Political Scientist Leopold Ngueuta Nouffeussie, aims to understand how local humanitarian networks in Cameroon and the Lake Chad Basin construct relationships in response to the inertia of the Grand-Bargain resolutions, as well as the power dynamics and obstructions they face.

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