29 February 2016

Dr Ishbel McWha-Hermann’s new book was launched recently at the UN in Geneva.
New Book on Humanitarian Work Psychology and the Global Development Agenda

On 26 January 2016, a Book Launch was held as part of the Library Talks Series at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Switzerland, for the recently-published Humanitarian Work Psychology and the Global Development Agenda: Case Studies and Interventions, edited by Drs Ishbel McWha-Hermann, Douglas C. Maynard, and Mary O’Neill Berry.

Attendees were welcomed by Mr Francesco Pisano, Chief, UNOG Library, and Introductory Remarks were delivered on behalf of Mr Michael Moller, Under-Secretary-General, Director-General, UNOG, by Mr David A. Chikvaidze, Chef de Cabinet.

The meeting was moderated by Telma Viale, Director, Organizational Development, SRI. Presenters were Chakib Belhassan, Senior Officer, UNOPS Europe and Central Asia Regional Office, Geneva; Dr Lichia Yiu, President, Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND), Geneva; and Dr Raymond Saner, Professor Emeritus in International Relations and International Management, University of Basel, and Co-Founder of CSEND. Viale, Dr Yiu, and Dr Saner are all authors of chapters in the book.

Article reposted from GOHWP