My research and work engage with humanitarian governance, disaster risk, climate change and crisis response. I currently work as the Deputy Director of the Hague Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC), and as an Asst. Professor at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS).

Previously, I have worked as a researcher, project manager, and consultant with local and international NGOs, the United Nations, governmental organisations, and in the private sector. I have also led humanitarian aid groups and conducted in-situ research on several conflicts, crises, and natural hazard-related disasters, mostly in conflict-affected and vulnerable settings. As a researcher and practitioner, my work has taken me to multiple complex and disaster-prone places, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chile, Jordan, Peru, South Sudan, Uganda, and Yemen.

In addition to my academic work, I often take on research, monitoring and evaluation, and advisory consultancy assignments. This allows me to carry out action research on a regular basis, keeping me close to the experiences and processes unfolding in my fields of study.

For a full profile and all publications, please visit: https://pure.eur.nl/en/persons/rodrigo-mena-fluhmann/

Publications of articles 

• D.J.M. Hilhorst, M.J. Vervest, I. Desportes, S. Melis, R. Mena & R. Van Voorst (2021). Strengthening community resilience in conflict. (Extern Research report), Partners for Resilience
• R. Mena & D. Hilhorst (2020). The (im)possibilities of disaster risk reduction in the context of high-intensity conflict: the case of Afghanistan.  Environmental Hazards. 
• R. Mena (2020). Disaster response and DRR in high-intensity conflict settings.Opens external (Preprints, Research Brief). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies [go to publisher’s site]
• R. Mena (2020). Technology and Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan: Using technology for data collection and communication in the context of conflict.  (Extern rapport). Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
• D.J.M. Hilhorst, M.J. Vervest, I. Desportes, S. Melis, R.A. Mena Fluhmann & R. Van Voorst (2020). Strengthening community resilience in conflict: learnings from the Partners for Resilience programme. (Preprints, ISS Working Papers – General Series, no 666). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• D.J.M. Hilhorst, I. Desportes, S. Melis, R. Mena & R.S. van Voorst (2020). When Disaster Meets Conflict: A scenario-based approach to the politics of disaster governance in conflict settings.l (Preprints). : VICI-ISS [go to publisher’s site]
• R. Mena, D.J.M. Hilhorst & K. Peters (2019). Disaster risk reduction and protracted violent conflict: the case of Afghanistan. (Extern rapport). : Overseas Development Institute (ODI), International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) [go to publisher’s site]
• R. Mena (2019). Prioritizing disaster response in a context of high-intensity conflict: the case of South Sudan. (Intern rapport, Research Brief #3). : International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
• D.J.M. Hilhorst, R.A. Mena Fluhmann, R.S. van Voorst, I. Desportes & S. Melis (2019). Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Response in Different Conflict Scenarios. In Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) 2019. Geneva: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
• R. Mena (2018). Responding to Socio-environmental Disasters in High-Intensity Conflict Scenarios: Challenges and Legitimation Strategie.  In HG Brauch, U Oswald Spring, A Collins & SE Serrano Oswald (Eds.), Climate Change, Disasters, Sustainability Transition and Peace in the Anthropocene (The Anthropocene: Politik, Economics, Society, Science) (pp. 27-66). Switzerland: Springer
• R. Mena (2018). Understanding and Preventing Social Conflict while Implementing Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Afghanistan. (Extern rapport). Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan Resilience Consortium (ARC)
• R. Mena (2018). Disaster Risk Reduction in Afghanistan. (Intern rapport, Research Brief, no 6). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
• R. Mena (2018). Manual on Conflict Analysis Tools: Preventing, mitigating and reducing the risk of social conflict in Civil DRR Projects. (Extern rapport). Kabul, Afghanistan: Afghanistan Resilience Consortium (ARC)
• F. Carcamo & R. Mena (2017). Conflictos socio-ambientales en la sociedad moderna: aportes de la ecología política Latinoamericana y la teoría de la acción comunicativa.  Journal of Political Ecology, 24, 1077-1093.
• A. Pelfini & R. Mena (2016). Oligarquización y extractivismo. Cerrojos a la democratización de la política ambiental en Chile.  Revista Perfiles Latinoamericanos (FLACSO), 49 (1), 251-276.
• R. Mena (2015). Agricultura Urbana, reducción de la pobreza y seguridad alimentaria: Una relación compleja. In Tierra: Paisajes, suelos y biodiversidad: Desafíos para un buen vivir. Santiago, Chile: IPTCentral
• R. Mena (2014). Heritage, Youth and sustainability. (Preprints). : ONG Ambientarte
• R. Mena (2013). Urban Agriculture and Australian Food Supply Scenarios (Working Paper). (Preprints). : Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL)
• R. Mena & J. Carbonell (2013). Estudio de Satiafaccion Usuaria. (Preprints). Santiago de Chile: Corporacion de Asistencia Judicial; Ministerio de Justicia
• R. Mena (2012). From Rural to Ruralities: A transformation to a Territorial and Sustainable Development. In M.F. Meyer & J. Lüder (Eds.), Políticas Públicas y Economía Social de Mercado (pp. 52-65). Chile: Ed. Fundación Konrad Adenauer
• M.J. Lemaitre & R. Mena (2012). Aseguramiento de la calidad en América Latina: tendencias y desafíos. In Educación Superior en Iberoamérica: Informe 2012 (pp. 21-72). Chile: CINDA; Universia
•  R. Márquez, D. Flores, P. Güell, P. González, S. Godoy, R. Mena & F. Gonzalez (2008). Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano Rural en Chile. In UNDP Rural Development Report. Chile: United Nations Development Programe (UNDP)
• R. Mena (2011). Estudio Perfil Postulantes y Sistema Judicial. (Preprints). Chile: Corporacion de Asistencia Judicial; Ministerio de Justicia
• R. Mena & F. Gonzalez (2009). Lo rural como construcción sociopolítica. Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Humano, 2 (57).
• R. Mena, F. Gonzalez & C. Concha (2008). Ruralidad y Medioambiente. Revista de Antropología Rural, 3 (3):2.