"Bottom Up" Innovation: An Innovation Series Interview with Louise Bloom and Alexander Betts

Summary: In this episode, ATHA's Anaïde Nahikian speaks with Louise Bloom, Research Officer at the Humanitarian Innovation Project at the University of Oxford, and Professor Alexander Betts, Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, also at the University of Oxford. They discuss the processes of refugee innovation and the opportunities and impediments in developing “bottom up innovations”. They also explore lessons that can be drawn from specific refugee contexts, and how the current humanitarian system be re-imagined to enable and support innovation.