Ellen Lammers
Ellen Lammers is a researcher and writer based in Amsterdam. She received her doctorate in anthropology from the University of Amsterdam. Her PhD thesis (cum laude) is based on several years of field research in Uganda and deals with young men’s experiences of war and displacement. Ellen is a former graduate (medical anthropology, distinction) of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Ellen has published on forced migration and war, the ethics and politics of research, and various development and environmental issues. In 2009, together with Frans Bieckmann, she published the book Hivos! 1968-2008 History in the making: from aid to alter-globalism. She is managing editor of The Broker and partner of the research bureau WiW - Global Research & Reporting.
The road not taken
Ellen Lammers | March 09, 2012
INGOs are at a crossroads. Caught up in a tide of technocracy, they have become increasingly managerialist – ‘outsider’ experts disconnected from the real struggle. But which road should they take? Can they transform societies, or should they opt...
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Voorbij Zuid-Noord
Frans Bieckmann, Ellen Lammers, Evert-jan Quak | January 04, 2012
De Kennisbrief brengt het bouwen aan kenniscapaciteit in ontwikkelingslanden weer terug op het doelenlijstje van de Nederlandse OS. Maar is het niet tijd om voorbij Zuid-Noord te denken en in te zetten op internationale kennisnetwerken voor mondia...
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Een superplatform
Frans Bieckmann, Ellen Lammers, Evert-jan Quak | January 04, 2012
De staatssecretaris wil vijf kennisplatforms oprichten. Wie moeten daar in zitten? Hoe worden de onderzoeksvragen bepaald? Zullen zuidelijke deelnemers sterk genoeg zijn tegenover Nederlandse institutionele of economische belangen? Het antwoord op...
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Een wijde blik
Frans Bieckmann, Ellen Lammers, Evert-jan Quak | January 04, 2012
Voor een succesvol kennisbeleid geldt dat de kennisinfrastructuur voor ontwikkeling aansluit bij de grote mondiale uitdagingen. Veel van de deelnemers aan het kennisdebat zien dat voornemen onvoldoende terug in de Kennisbrief.
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Een troebel beeld
Frans Bieckmann, Ellen Lammers, Evert-jan Quak | January 04, 2012
De Kennisbrief lijkt een melange te zijn van oudere kennisnota’s met nieuwe kabinetsprioriteiten. Van alles een beetje. Maar pas in de concrete invulling zal blijken welke richting het kennisbeleid inslaat: die van Nederlandse economische of insti...
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Inspiration from elsewhere
Ellen Lammers | December 12, 2011
Quite a lot of thinking, deliberating and visioning about the future of NGOs, INGOs and civil society is happening by different organizations and at different fora. Be inspired. And let us know if you know of any other work that should be listed h...
Time to bite the bullet
Ellen Lammers | 09 December 2011
Was the welcome smell of oven-fresh apple pie meant to soften the controversial question on the table: is it time for INGOs to retire?
The future is calling
Ellen Lammers | 05 December 2011
The Broker is hosting a new debate titled ‘Future Calling’ and we warmly invite you – also on behalf of Hivos - to contribute.Our world is changing quickly and profoundly. Rich and poor – regardless of where they live – are faced with increasingly...
The long song
Ellen Lammers | 30 September 2011
Coincidence landed me in Williamsburg, Virginia. The pretty town serves as a proud testament to 18th century US history, as it was here, in the carefully reconstructed Capitol building and Raleigh Tavern that the American colonists became inf...
