Zarei, HosseinBaharmand, HosseinBashiri, MahdiMadanian, Samaneh2024-05-142024-05-142024-05-03International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, ISSN: 2212-4209 (Print), Elsevier BV, 104527-104527. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.1045272212-4209http://hdl.handle.net/10292/17539[From Introduction] In the rapidly evolving landscape of humanitarian aid, technological advancements have created new possibilities to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of humanitarian operations. However, the humanitarian sector is associated with slow technology adoption rates and poor information and communication technology infrastructure [1]. This necessitates exploring how technology can be contextually embedded and how the sector's peculiarities can be addressed to achieve “technological advancements in humanitarian aid.” This is the purpose of this special issue.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. The original publication is available at (see Publisher's Version).4404 Development Studies4406 Human Geography44 Human Society0502 Environmental Science and Management1117 Public Health and Health Services1604 Human Geography4404 Development studies4406 Human geographyJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104527