Humanitarian & Disaster Technologist
Writing on technology, crisis response, and the future of humanitarian aid — drawn from 16 years working in the field.
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Designing Europe for Extreme Heat: Resilience as Long-Term Public Policy
11–16 minutes2,582 wordsRead more: Designing Europe for Extreme Heat: Resilience as Long-Term Public PolicyHow European governments, regions and cities can plan buildings, infrastructure and services for extreme heat as a long-term public policy.
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Resilience in Practice: A New Category
1–2 minutes313 wordsRead more: Resilience in Practice: A New CategoryA new category examining how technology and institutions sustain essential services through disruption, response and recovery.
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Edge AI for First Responders: Real-Time Intelligence at the Disaster Frontier
13–19 minutes3,006 wordsRead more: Edge AI for First Responders: Real-Time Intelligence at the Disaster FrontierHow edge AI supports first responders with local data processing, degraded-connectivity operations, and Crisis Cognition’s 0_La offline decision-support system.
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From the Field: How Hawaii Used DisasterAWARE to Coordinate Flood Response Across the Islands
6–9 minutes1,426 wordsRead more: From the Field: How Hawaii Used DisasterAWARE to Coordinate Flood Response Across the IslandsA field report on how Hawaii used Pacific Disaster Center’s DisasterAWARE ecosystem to coordinate multi-island flood response and hazard analysis.
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Pneumatic Tube Logistics: Rapid Medical Transport in Dense Urban Ruins
8–13 minutes1,983 wordsRead more: Pneumatic Tube Logistics: Rapid Medical Transport in Dense Urban RuinsIn a damaged city, the desire for a fast route between a treatment area, a blood bank, and a laboratory is understandable. Rubble, access controls, congested corridors, and exhausted staff can all slow the movement of a specimen or urgently needed product. But the useful lesson from pneumatic tubes is not that responders can unroll a magical transport network across ruins. It is that mature hospital tube systems are carefully engineered logistics infrastructure: fixed networks with controlled routes, compatible carriers, trained users, priority rules, maintenance, and a human backup when the system is unavailable. That distinction matters. Pneumatic tube systems…
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From the Field: How Kenya Red Cross Used KoboToolbox During the Floods
8–11 minutes1,781 wordsRead more: From the Field: How Kenya Red Cross Used KoboToolbox During the FloodsA field report on Kenya Red Cross using KoboToolbox offline data collection, standardised forms, and dashboards during the 2024 floods.