Heidi Mogstad
Senior researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Norway, specializing in humanitarian language, political analysis of crises, and critiques of humanitarian practice.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 29min
Tragedy? When humanitarian language becomes oppressive | Rethinking Humanitarianism
Heidi Mogstad, senior researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute who studies humanitarian language and crisis politics, explores how well-meaning words can harm. She examines how terms like "tragedy" erase political responsibility. Short takes cover securitization of refugees and Palestinians, three linguistic harms, and alternatives that insist on rights, agency, and naming complicity.
