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Biography
Dr. Evan Easton‑Calabria is a Research Assistant Professor at the Friedman School whose work focuses on refugee livelihoods, humanitarian interventions, and the impacts of climate‑related displacement. Her research examines the lives and self‑reliance strategies of displaced populations, particularly where conflict, climate change, and food security intersect.
Dr. Easton-Calabria is the author of over 85 publications on humanitarianism and development, including Refugees, Self-Reliance, Development: A Critical History (Bristol University Press, 2022), and co-author of The Global Governed: Refugees as Providers of Protection and Assistance (Cambridge University Press, 2020). She is currently co-authoring a book on the future of humanitarian protection (Oxford University Press). At Tufts she is PI of major projects on anticipatory action in fragile and conflict-affected contexts and early warning systems for forcibly displaced people, with a focus on livelihoods, educational, and nutritional outcomes. She conducts qualitative and mixed methods research on humanitarian interventions in east and the Horn of Africa with partners including the United Nations Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
