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Published research
PhD thesis
Harries, K., Improving humanitarian impact: Development of an innovative guide for empowering technical field teams
Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, Deakin University, 2023
The complete PhD thesis provides detailed analysis of the challenges facing technical field teams, the development process for FieldTiK, and evaluation by sector experts.
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Harries, K., Building stronger field teams for better outcomes: the Field Team Impact Kit
The Humanitarian Leader, August 2024
This paper describes the development of FieldTiK, the challenges facing humanitarian field teams, and how the approach addresses long-standing sector gaps. It includes feedback from sector experts and explores how FieldTiK can improve accountability, localisation, team well-being and humanitarian outcomes.
Conference Presentations
Development of an innovative guide to improve team performance, Development Studies
Association of Australia Conference, July 2024Team-based holistic knowledge management, Knowledge Management Leadership Forum, Melbourne, April 2023
Draft guidance to empower technical field teams in humanitarian organisations, 42nd WEDC Conference, Loughborough University, UK, September 2021
Empowering technical field teams: Interactive feedback session, Asia Pacific Humanitarian Leadership Conference, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, April 2021
An innovative approach to knowledge management for humanitarian organisations, 1st Asia Pacific Humanitarian Leaders Conference, April 2017
Earlier Publications
An innovative framework for embedding knowledge management in an organisation: A manager's perspective, 40th WEDC International Conference, July 2017
Pacific WASH in Emergencies Coordination Handbook, developed for UNICEF Pacific, 2017
Contributing to the evidence base
Are you using FieldTiK or piloting it with your team?
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