Guest Editors

Samantha Temple

Samantha Temple is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Humanitarian Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. Trained in third sector scholarship, Samantha's teaching and research explore engineering in sustainable community development, power dynamics in development and humanitarian systems, and NGO-donor partnership dynamics.

Britton Buckner

Britton Buckner is a third sector practitioner and PhD candidate at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on the scaling practices of NGOs in crisis contexts, leveraging more than 20 years of experience leading international development and humanitarian programs

Galia Chimiak

Galia Chimiak is an Associate Professor in Sociology with the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Her major research interests are in civil society, NGOs, international development cooperation, humanitarian assistance, diaspora activism and volunteering.