Luke Kelly is a Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies in the Humanitarianism and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at the University of Manchester. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Manchester (2013). He worked for the Knowledge for Development (K4D) consortium between 2019 and 2022, producing numerous helpdesk reports on issues related to humanitarianism, conflict and security. He has published peer-reviewed articles on the history of child migration, refugee response and humanitarian aid.