Sofie Elbæk Henriksen

Anthropologist and PhD Fellow at @diisdk & @CBDScbs. I study humanitarianism, migration and corporate tech responses to refugee crises

[Journal of Refugee Studies @JRefugeeStudies]

Thrilled to announce the second of our 2024 Early-Career Researcher Prize winners! 🎉 Congratulations to @sofie_hen for her outstanding article: "Humanitarian Hacking", examining how refugee aid meets digital capitalism.

Free to read for the next year! https://t.co/bnXyhWBUW6

[Lisa Ann Richey @BrandAid_World]

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 @diisdk @AfricaBusPol @MahaRafiAtal @sofie_hen https://t.co/uMWy2LfMuN

[Dr Margie Cheesman @margchee]

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: https://t.co/R0nw442IFx

^This blog summarises my new research on tech pilots in aid: https://t.co/GLgswV70rS

[Daniel Møller Ølgaard @DanihjelMO]

🗣️Will donation apps revolutionize aid?

The short answer is NO‼️ The long answer is found in @BrandAid_World and my article in the @IAJournal_CH Special Section 'The crisis in the palm of our hand' - just in time to be added to your summer reading list☀️

More info below⬇️

[Lisa Ann Richey @BrandAid_World]

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 https://t.co/sGKiBMH46T

[Lisa Ann Richey @BrandAid_World]

Some of you @SASE_Meeting #SASE2024 +know us @CocoResearch 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' https://t.co/VXCr82y30p

[DIIS Denmark @diisdk]

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_hen https://t.co/XqQHj6IpuV

[GE Sanchez (now on Bluesky) @_gesanchez]

Because another border is possible: "Reimagining the Migration Protection System." A @HopeBorder @TempleLaw publication by @AhlamChemlali @nepantlamb @m_balaguera @samloce12 @zachgoodwin19 @BlancaNavGar Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Wanda Quintanilla &Grace Kindeke.
https://t.co/Pfx3ALq0mT

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

@GiulioWolfe It’s not over though 🫣 https://t.co/EVHFyM3q2D

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

Har skrevet om hackatons og tech-giganternes indtog på det humanitære marked i Jyllands-Posten idag: https://t.co/SScE6F0c3c

[Business & Society @BASeditors]

Check out this new study by Henriksen (@CBScph) examining how alignment between humanitarian and business interests is pursued and constructed in refugee-focused cross-sector #partnerships. #refugeecrisis. Read more here: https://t.co/DLdUQq4ucu

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

@andrewpopp6 @STS_News Thanks so much Andrew!

[Lisa Ann Richey @BrandAid_World]

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. 🙏 @ABudabin @MFOlwig @MahaRafiAtal @sofie_hen @AfricaBusPol Monica Krause, Peter Leys, Mariano Palomino+ Liliano Marcelo https://t.co/ATk9pZ5Wln

[Giulio Coppi @GiulioWolfe]

A mystery, truly

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

@BondoHansen @JRefugeeStudies @diisdk @CBDScbs Thank you Kristian!

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

What is humanitarian hacking and who does it actually help? I went to two refugee hackathons to find out!

Read more in my new @JRefugeeStudies article on refugees, #hackathons and digital capitalism: https://t.co/DQG5YXrNtp

@diisdk @CBDScbs #TechForGood

[Ahlam Chemlali @AhlamChemlali]

My new publication "Treading Water in Transit" is out in @scmrjems! Exploring Ivorian migrant women's navigation in urban Tunis, I challenge conventional notions of 'transit.'

https://t.co/5wfIbswqKg

Can't access it due to the paywall? Drop me your email, and I'll gladly share!

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

@AhlamChemlali @scmrjems @diisdk @GenSeM3 So cool Ahlam!! Can’t wait to read it ❤️

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

@kerstinmartel @banupan Well done Dr. Kerstin!! 🥳

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

@rohawkins @PollyWilkins @PublicAnthropol @BondoHansen @BrandAid_World @sineplambech @diisdk @CBScph Thank you Roberta and also for your advice and feedback on parts of this thesis. You are in the acknowledgements of course 😊

[Sofie Elbæk Henriksen @sofie_hen]

Yesterday I successfully defended my PhD on tech companies as humanitarian actors 🥳 Thanks so much to the committee @PollyWilkins @PublicAnthropol and @BondoHansen for your thoughtful and hard questions 🤓 @BrandAid_World @sineplambech @diisdk @CBScph