Research Team 2

PhD candidate, Department of History, Carleton University

Helen Kennedy is a PhD candidate studying international intervention and humanitarian action in Bosnia. Her research is focused on how international institutions describe people affected by conflict and what that discourse can tell us about policy decisions. She is most interested in contributing to a thoughtful conversation about the protection of civilians in times of complex crises. Helen is a member of the Canadian Network on Humanitarian History and the Global Institute for Research Education and Scholarship.