Assoc ProfessorPat Gibbons

The majority of Pat’s teaching is at postgraduate level and focuses on humanitarian action, a boundary discipline that intersects with established fields such as Law, Public Health, Social Anthropology, Politics, and Management. His teaching is primarily centred on the management of humanitarian programmes and projects, which are invariably guided by the humanitarian principles — a defining feature of the sector.

In recent years, reflecting shifts in the international humanitarian community following the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, Pat has addressed the growing emphasis on the sustainability of humanitarian action. In response, he has developed and introduced modules on Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies and Localisation of Humanitarian Action. Both have proven highly popular at UCD and are now attracting interest from universities across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.