Happy and very honoured to receive the 2023 Fonnesbech PhD Prize 🥳 I look forward to continuing my research @CBDScbs, Copenhagen Business School and DIIS Denmark with great colleagues!

4 days left to propose a paper for #EASA2024 and to join our panel in Barcelona on contemporary capitalism, datafication and inequality where we'll also adress challenges of doing black box ethnography with our discussant Moisés Kopper easaonline.org/conferences/ea…

Check out this new study by Henriksen (Copenhagen Business School) examining how alignment between humanitarian and business interests is pursued and constructed in refugee-focused cross-sector #partnerships. #refugeecrisis. Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/000765…

My new publication "Treading Water in Transit" is out in SCMR! Exploring Ivorian migrant women's navigation in urban Tunis, I challenge conventional notions of 'transit.' tandfonline.com/eprint/GBIERRF… Can't access it due to the paywall? Drop me your email, and I'll gladly share!

What is humanitarian hacking and who does it actually help? I went to two refugee hackathons to find out! Read more in my new Journal of Refugee Studies article on refugees, #hackathons and digital capitalism: academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-ar… DIIS Denmark @CBDScbs #TechForGood

A mystery, truly

This is one of my new publications of which I am most proud, free downloads here-should they run out you are always welcome to DM me. 🙏 Dr. Alexandra C Budabin Mette Fog Olwig Dr Maha Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @AfricaBusPol Monica Krause, Peter Leys, Mariano Palomino+ Liliano Marcelo tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Har skrevet om hackatons og tech-giganternes indtog på det humanitære marked i Jyllands-Posten idag: jyllands-posten.dk/debat/kronik/E…

Because another border is possible: "Reimagining the Migration Protection System." A The Hope Border Institute Temple Law School publication by Ahlam Chemlali Lupe A. Flores @m_balaguera Samuel L. @zachgoodwin19 @BlancaNavGar Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Wanda Quintanilla &Grace Kindeke. hopeborder.org/_files/ugd/e07…

Humanitære hackathons har ikke ført til udvikling af brugbar teknologi. Men de har fodret en fortælling om tech-virksomheder, som en anden mindre profitorienteret slags virksomhed end de klassiske kapitalistiske virksomheder. Sofie Elbæk Henriksen diis.dk/publikationer/…

Some of you SASE #SASE2024 +know us Commodifying Compassion have seen how there are some remarkable things going on in the selling of 'helping' in late capitalism. 1st was the GOAT of 'the red pill makes you stronger...just say yes' upress.umn.edu/9780816665464/…

And then there was the superhero version where unaccountable elites sell business solutions to 'save' Congo with Starbucks coffee, militia-proof chocolate bars, and of course, Tom's hideous shoes lisaannrichey.wixsite.com/batmansavesthe…

🗣️Will donation apps revolutionize aid? The short answer is NO‼️ The long answer is found in Lisa Ann Richey and my article in the International Affairs Special Section 'The crisis in the palm of our hand' - just in time to be added to your summer reading list☀️ More info below⬇️

Conjuring innovation🪄 Tech pilots aren’t just designed to help people. Regardless of what they achieve, they are valuable products for aid industry actors to promote: medium.com/caribou-digita… ^This blog summarises my new research on tech pilots in aid: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What is the problem with 'Tech for Good'? What should tech companies like Google and meta do instead of commodifying compassion? Read this short commentary by me @afejerskov to find out. @CBDScbs DIIS Denmark @AfricaBusPol Dr Maha Sofie Elbæk Henriksen journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Thrilled to announce the second of our 2024 Early-Career Researcher Prize winners! 🎉 Congratulations to Sofie Elbæk Henriksen for her outstanding article: "Humanitarian Hacking", examining how refugee aid meets digital capitalism. Free to read for the next year! academic.oup.com/jrs/article-ab…