About me
I am a lifelong academic committed to making incremental changes in the aid system to make it work better for beneficiaries. Most of my research focuses on the politics of foreign aid, especially in conflict-affect contexts.
Publications
- Desrosiers, M. E., & Swedlund, H. J. (2025). Localization Through Coordination? Implementing the Humanitarian‐Development‐Peace Nexus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Public Administration and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2091
- B Reisberg and HJ Swedlund. 2023. “How transparent are aid agencies to their citizens? Introducing the citizen aid transparency dataset.” Journal of International Development. OnlineFirst. DOI: 10.1002/jid.3762
- N Cheeseman, HJ Swedlund, and C O’Brien-Udry. 2024. “Aid withdrawals and suspensions: Why, when and are they effective?” World Development. OnlineFirst. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106571
- Podcast, Fragile Truths | Season 3, Episode 6 | Unintended Effects: Backlash to aid and undermining social contracts, with Dirk-Jan Koch, Chief Science Officer, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Campbell, D Oyewole and HJ Swedlund. 2023. “Bridging the Gap between Research and Policy: Lessons from Co-Creation in the Aid Sector.” Duck of Minerva, Bridging the Gap.
- S Campbell, D Oyewole and HJ Swedlund. 2023. “Who is in Charge? Power Dynamics and Aid in Africa.” Africa Up Close: A Blog of the Africa Program at the Wilson Center. 3 May.
- B Reisberg and HJ Swedlund. 2023. “Opinion: Aid agencies should be more transparent to taxpayers.” DEVEX. 31 March