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*Session Abstract*
Could survey methodology be agile enough to help resolve humanitarian crises that have fast and lasting impacts on many people's lives? This session is devoted to discussing survey methodology that has played a vital role in efforts to resolve acute humanitarian crises affecting the disadvantaged people disproportionately.

The papers relevant to this session include, but are not limited to the following: health surveys of the disadvantaged people, such as children, women and disabled population in hard-to-access countries; survey studies leveraging SNS tools for the humanitarian disaster response; and agile surveys supplemented by administrative records and/or big data addressing humanitarian interventions. We are open to accepting case studies that leveraged interdisciplinary survey methodology to address human right issues in developing countries. Research papers in this session use survey methodology and interdisciplinary thinking to assist non-governmental organizations and/or UN agencies in addressing current humanitarian crises or human rights.

Papers encouraged to submit include innovative studies demonstrating how survey research has led to nimble policy decisions that help save many people's lives and/or improve quality of life of the disadvantaged people in developing countries. Submissions of interests are agile survey research that promoted synergy of academics, NGOs and UN agencies as well as governmental agencies to help develop humanitarian interventions. This session should be of interest to most conference participants and to those who are involved or wish to be involved with survey methodology applied to humanitarian efforts or human rights across the globe.

*Abstract submission instructions"

To submit a paper abstract, sign up or log in to theESRAwebsite. Click "Submit paper" and follow the instructions to submit an abstract.http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference

Make sure to select an area of survey research first in the drop-down menu "Special and hard-to-reach populations," and then choose the session entitled "The Nimble Survey Methodology in Addressing Humanitarian Emergencies."You may submit a maximum of two papers on which you are enlisted as presenting author.