Dorothea Hilhorst

Dorothea Johanna Maria (Thea) Hilhorst is a professor of humanitarian studies at the International Institute for Social Studies of Erasmus University in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Education and career Hilhorst received her Ph.D. from Wageningen University in 2000 with the thesis title Records and Reputations: Everyday Politics of a Philippine Development NGO. She was a professor for humanitarian aid at Wageningen University. As of 2022, Hilhorst was a professor at Leiden University and at Rotterdam. Hilhorst is the president of the International Humanitarian Studies Association.

Selected publications D.J.M. Hilhorst, B. Weijs and G. van der Haar (2017, eds) People, Aid and Institutions in Socio-Economic Recovery. Facing Fragilities. London, Earthscan/Routledge Jennifer B. Barrett, Margit van Wessel and Dorothea Hilhorst (2016) Advocacy for Development. Effectiveness, Monitoring and Evaluation. E-book, 91 page D.J.M. Hilhorst (2013). Disaster, Conflict and Society in Crisis. London and New York: Routledge Humanitarian studies G.E.A. Bankoff, G.E. Frerks & D.J.M. Hilhorst (2004). Mapping vulnerability. Disasters, development & people. London: Earthscan

D.J.M. Hilhorst (2003). The real world of NGOs: Discourses, diversity and development. London: Zedbooks

Honors and awards Hilhorst received the Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch scientific prize, in 2022.