The use of the Humanitarian Frontiers Lab (HFL) website is governed by the terms of use outlined here. By using our site, you indicate that you accept and agree to abide by these terms. If you do not agree to these terms, please refrain from using our site.

Acceptable Use

You may not use our site:

  • In any way that breaches any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation;
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  • To transmit any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material (spam);
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You also agree not to access without authority, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any part of our site, or any equipment, network, or software used in the provision of our site or owned or used by any third party.

Contributions

Where we invite contributions to our site or communications (for example, feedback or submitted content), contributions must be accurate where they state facts, be genuinely held where they state opinions, and comply with applicable law in Australia and in any country from which they are posted. Contributions must not be defamatory, obscene, offensive, or discriminatory; must not infringe the rights of any person, including copyright and privacy; must not be likely to deceive; must not impersonate any person or misrepresent an affiliation, including giving the impression that they emanate from HFL where this is not the case; and must not promote or assist any unlawful act.

We may remove material, restrict access, or take other action we deem appropriate in response to a breach of these terms.

Changes to these terms

We may revise these terms at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in our publications and other website content are the responsibility of the authors. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of any university or other organisation with which authors may be affiliated. HFL therefore disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

We aim to update our site regularly; however, any material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. Commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice on which any reliance should be placed.

Linking to our site

You may link to pages on our site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not take advantage of our reputation. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists.

We ask other organisations and media to create links to documents stored on our site, rather than hosting our documents on their own systems. This helps us track the use of our research, providing vital information for monitoring and evaluation.

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

The Humanitarian Frontiers Lab (HFL) holds the copyright for material available to view or download through humanitarianfrontierslab.org and/or in print, unless otherwise stated. This material is subject to Australian copyright law. HFL also publishes content under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC 4.0: full attribution, no commercial gain).

Reproduction and dissemination

HFL wants to ensure that the research carried out by its members reaches a wide audience, contributing to debate and research on humanitarian issues. We welcome requests for non-commercial dissemination and reproduction of our work; however, we do not permit the reproduction of HFL content for commercial gain, whether direct or indirect.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material must always be acknowledged, with a full credit given as follows:

  • Author or Editor, with last name first
  • Year of publication (in brackets)
  • Full title in italics
  • Humanitarian Frontiers Lab
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For queries about reproducing HFL publications, contact us by email: aaron.opdyke@sydney.edu.au

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Governing law

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These terms were last updated in August 2026.