Future Research Directions for Humanitarian Affairs in the Asia–Pacific

Over the past two years from project inception to research completion, there are several areas that emerged as worthy of further study. In this chapter, we document several of these potential future research directions for scholars and policy practitioners to further consider. Some of these research puzzles have been repeated over a longer period and gained particular attention during the global consultations ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit and in regional policy dialogues in the Asia–Pacific. We also reflect on the challenges that the COVID-19 global pandemic in the year 2020 posed not only for the humanitarian community but for global society as a whole, and its implications on future research.