Dr Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings

2023 units

AHA721: Dynamics and Dilemmas of the Humanitarian Sector

ADH701: The Humanitarian World

ADH702: The Humanitarian-Development Nexus

AHA722: Applied Humanitarian Assistance: From Theory to Practice

Previous units

AHA724: Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Humanitarian Contexts

ADH703: Evidence and Decision Making in Humanitarian Action

Humanitarian Action Team Internship (HATI)

Humanitarian aid, international relations, North Korea, civil society, humanitarian education, geopolitics of aid, international organisations, humanitarian-development nexus

Selected conferences

2021 Conference on Humanitarian Studies - New Realities of Politics and Humanitarianism: Between Solidarity and Abandonment (3-5 November 2021, Sciences Po, Paris/virtual)

2021 Humanitarian Leadership Conference (28-29 April 2021, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership at Deakin University, virtual)

North Korea International: (Re)Evaluating, (Re)Viewing, and (Re)Connecting in a COVID World (6 October 2020, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and Institute for Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University, Seoul/virtual)

Second Biennial Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Meeting (17 July 2020, Monash University, virtual)

2019 Asia Pacific Humanitarian Leadership Conference (22-24 May 2019, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership at Deakin University, virtual)

World Congress for Korean Politics and Society 2019 (24-26 June 2019, Konkuk University, Seoul)

Board member, International Humanitarian Studies Association (2022 - present)

Steering committee member, HPass (2022 - present)

Selected media appearances

‘Humanitarian studies programmes in short supply in Africa’ by Wagdy Sawahel, 17 March 2022, University World News: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220308103932835

'In the first few years of life, 1 in 5 North Korean kids suffer stunted growth' by Won-Gi Jung, 5 May 2021, NK News: https://www.nknews.org/2021/05/one-in-5-north-korean-kids-suffer-from-stunted-growth/

'North Korea says it’s ‘gravely concerned’ about Australian human rights abuses' by Chad O'Carroll, 22 January 2021, NK News: https://www.nknews.org/2021/01/north-korea-says-its-gravely-concerned-about-australian-human-rights-abuses/

'Typhoon Bavi strikes North Korea amid pandemic lockdown' by Jason Strother, 27 August 2020, The World: https://theworld.org/stories/2020-08-27/typhoon-bavi-strikes-north-korea-amid-pandemic-lockdown

'Coronavirus fears in North Korea as closed China border deals blow to economy' by John Power, 13 February 2020: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3050251/coronavirus-fears-north-korea-closed-china-border

Selected commentary

'Need, Aid, and Root Causes: The Appropriateness of Humanitarian Response in the DPRK' by Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, 8 April 2021, Global North Korea: https://globalnk.org/commentary/view?cd=COM000048#_ftn16

'Why diversity matters for humanitarian negotiation' by Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, 24 August 2021, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership: https://www.centreforhumanitarianleadership.org/the-centre/news/diversity-and-humanitarian-negotiation/

'North Korea’s silent health crisis' by Gianlucca Spezza and Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, 25 February 2019, The New Humanitarian: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2019/02/25/north-korea-s-silent-health-crisis

'The Hanoi US-North Korea Summit: Why Pyongyang’s Crippled Economy Is Central' by Gianluca Spezza and Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings, 25 February 2019, The Diplomat, https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/the-hanoi-us-north-korea-summit-why-pyongyangs-crippled-economy-is-central/

Current research projects

Transnational Engagement with North Korea: The Potential for Experience Based Learning

Collaborator: Mr James Banfill (Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue)

This project explores the potential of experiential learning, such as simulation and/or serious games, to inform and prepare individuals for effective engagement with North Korea.

Transitional Justice in Korea: A Role for Australia?

Collaborators: Dr Danielle Chubb (Deakin University), Dr Sarah Son (Sheffield University)

Funded by the Academy of Korean Studies, this project considers how Australia may support current and future transitional justice initiatives on the Korean peninsula.

Other projects

Humanitarian Leader

I am the Editor in Chief of the Humanitarian Leader, a monthly working paper series published by the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership. We publish papers that deal with concepts of leadership in the humanitarian system, as well as ideas useful to humanitarian decision-makers, or that interact with core concepts of the humanitarian system. https://centreforhumanitarianleadership.org/research/the-humanitarian-leader/