1. Caring in Crisis? Colloquium – 7 June 2014 Introduction By Dr. Rodolfo Leyva Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant Number F/07 112/Y..

2.  The contemporary global public sphere is full of information about the suffering of distant others.  Information about humanitarian disasters, wars and human rights abuses is often transmitted in real-time. Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

3.  However, we know very little about what this knowledge does to us, as 'symbolic bystanders', and what we do with that knowledge.  To help fill this gap, this three-year Leverhulme Trust funded study was launched in 2010 by Principal Investigator Dr Bruna Seu (Birkbeck), Co-Investigator Dr Shani Orgad (LSE) and Consultant Prof. Stan Cohen (LSE). Mediated Humanitarian Knowledge Audiences’ Reactions and Moral Actions (KARMA) Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

4.  The study sought to (in the UK context):  Investigate how people’s ideologies, emotions and biographical experiences shape their understandings and reactions to humanitarian and international development issues and communications.  Explore how NGOs plan and think about their communications. Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

5. How do people get engaged and stay engaged? How can NGOs foster trust and understanding? What kinds of relationship do people have and want with distant others in need? How do people think about creating change in the world? Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

6. 20 demographically representative focus groups with 182 participants. 17 in-depth Interviews with NGO Professionals 22 In-depth one-on-one interviews with 12 members of the UK public 3 Action Research/Knowledge Exchange Events Autumn 2012 Summer 2013 Summer2014 Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

8.  10 male and 10 female groups of approximately 9 participants each.  5 Age groupings 18-25; 26- 35; 36-45; 46-55; 65+.  Mixed in terms of ethnicity, socio-economic status., occupation, sexuality and marital status.

9. http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychosocial/our- research/research-projects/mediated- humanitarian-knowledge Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

10. Main researchers: Dr Bruna Seu (Birkbeck) and Dr Shani Orgad (LSE) Panel speakers: Brendan Gormley (CDAC Network), Professor Paul Hoggett (UWE),Professor Mark Levine (University of Exeter), Professor Sonia Livingstone (LSE),Professor Kate Nash (Goldsmiths College), Professor Peter Singer (Princeton University) and Glen Tarman (Action Against Hunger) Keynote speaker: Professor Peter Singer (Princeton University) Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.

11. Programme: 10.15: Bruna Seu: Presentation on data from the UK public 11.15: Tea break (Room 152) 11.30: Panel 1: Paul Hoggett, Sonia Livingstone, Glen Tarman, and questions from the floor 12.30: Lunch (Room 152) 13.30: Shani Orgad: Presentation on data from NGO practitioners 14.30: Panel 2: Brendan Gormley, Mark Levine, Kate Nash, and questions from the floor 15.30: Tea break (Room 152) 15.45: Peter Singer: Keynote 16.30: Plenary 17.00: Close Leverhulme Trust: Reference Grant # F/07 112/Y.