What are the problems generated by datafication of the humanitarian sector, and how can they be addressed?

Through a collection of interviews and analysis of people whose lives are various implicated in humanitarian data practices, Datafication, Humanitarianism, and Internal Displacement: Lived Experiences in North-Eastern Nigeria and South Sudan distinguishes data from experiential knowledge, and offers reflections on their use within the field, arguing for the need to review data practices in this context.

Exploring what counts as data, and who drives this, authors Vicki Squire, Briony Jones, and Olufunke Fayehun investigate the ethical concerns of datafication, how longer-standing power dynamics are exacerbated, and what the potential alternatives are.

Highlighting the complexities, opportunities, and dangers of advances in the field of humanitarian data, this book is ideal reading for students of Forced Migration, Displacement, and Refugee Studies, Migration Studies, Sociology, and Politics, as well as policy makers and practitioners.

Vicki Squire PhD is Professor of International Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies at University of Warwick. Briony Jones PhD is Reader of International Development in the Department of Politics and International Studies at University of Warwick. Olufunke Fayehun is Reader of Demography and Population Studies in the Department of Sociology at University of Ibadan Nigeria.